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                            Agriculture, Student Life
                    
            
                    Monday, May 7, 2018
            The path Haley Matthews took towards studying Engineering at Dal's Agricultural Campus went through the Imhotep's Legacy Academy, a Dal-hosted outreach program. Now, she gives back to that same program as a coach, helping youth of African descent explore the possibilities of science and technology.
        
                    
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                            News, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, May 4, 2018
            色妹妹直播 will provide athletic facilites and accommodations for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax, set to be the largest multi-sporting event ever held in Nova Scotia.
        
                    
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                            News
                    
            
                    Friday, May 4, 2018
            色妹妹直播 receives a five-star overall rating from QS Stars, one of the top global university ratings systems, including five-star ratings across advanced criteria such as arts & culture, innovation, social responsibility and inclusiveness.
        
                    
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                            Research, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Science
                    
            
                    Friday, May 4, 2018
            Physics professor Scott Chapman and his former master鈥檚 student Tim Miller co-led a study in the journal Nature outlining an out-of-this-world discovery of 14 large, dense galaxies set to merge in a violently energetic collision.
        
                    
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                            Research, Biology, Science
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 3, 2018
            Aaron MacNeil, an associate professor in Dal鈥檚 Department of Biology, has been named the new named the Canada Research Chair in Fisheries Ecology.
        
                    
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                            Research, Medicine
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 3, 2018
            Dr. Christopher McMaster, a renowned expert in biochemistry and cell biology, has been has appointed as the scientific director for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Genetics.
        
                    
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                            Dal 200
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 3, 2018
            Since capturing Canadians' imagination with his gold-medal victory at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, swimmer Mark Tewksbury has used his success as a platform for change. Learn more about the LGBTQ+ trailblazer and human rights advocate ahead of his May 17 Belong Forum, part of Dal 200's "Year of Belonging."
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Health Professions, Health and Human Performance
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 3, 2018
            Kinesiology student Maya Biderman dove headlong into research, athletics and extracurricular life at Dal, discovering a passion for Indigenous health issues along the way. Now, she鈥檚 getting set to begin master鈥檚 research with a prestigious Killam Scholarship in hand.
        
                    
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                            Libraries, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 2, 2018
            From the Archives: In this first instalment of a new feature highlighting items of note from the University Archives, we explore a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones himself: missing stone tablets from Dal's first Halifax campus, once housed in an "academic ark" for the university's centennial celebrations.
        
                    
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                            Oceans, Science, Oceanography, Oceans, News
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 2, 2018
            His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco will be on campus May 8 to learn more about ocean research and sustainable development at the Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute. He will meet with local researchers and take part in a public Q&A event.