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                            Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Tuesday, November 13, 2018
            More than 300 students in Grades 7-12 from across Nova Scotia visited É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ last Monday afternoon as part of STEMFest — a week-long series of conferences, activities and events in Halifax aimed at promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education and innovation.
        
                    
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                            Research, Health Professions, Health Promotion
                    
            
                    Tuesday, November 13, 2018
            Women and adolescent girls say that being outdoors in nature offers opportunities to gain confidence in physical activity, write Dal researchers Rebecca Spencer and Sara Kirk.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Tuesday, November 13, 2018
            Results from volleyball, baskteball, hockey and cross country.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Tuesday, November 13, 2018
            Graham Schmuland (volleyball) and Courtney Baker (volleyball) are this week's É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week.
        
                    
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                            Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, November 9, 2018
            Each year, Dal's International Centre collects donations of winter coats, scarves, hats and more from the Dal community, and helps distribute them to international students readying themselves for a Nova Scotia winter.
        
                    
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                            Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, November 9, 2018
            As Canada marks the 100th anniversary of the First World War’s end, learn more about the university’s wartime contributions — including the Dal-led No. 7 Stationary Hospital.
        
                    
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                            Research, Agriculture
                    
            
                    Friday, November 9, 2018
            From the Swiss border to the English channel, Robert France (Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences) describes his pilgrimage of the Western Front as a tribute to fallen soldiers and to learn more about the devastating loss of life.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Dal 200, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, November 9, 2018
            More than 1,200 people converged on Halifax's new convention centre on Saturday night, filling the grand ballroom to capacity for a long-anticipated evening of celebration to mark É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ Medical School's 150th anniversary.
        
                    
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                            Dentistry, News
                    
            
                    Thursday, November 8, 2018
            After making it all the way to the finals of CBC's Great Canadian Baking Show, Dentistry prof Sachin Seth reflects back on a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
        
                    
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                            Computer Science, Student Life, Dal 200
                    
            
                    Thursday, November 8, 2018
            For Dal's 200th anniversary year, the Faculty of Computer Science set out to double the number of female students entering its undergrad programs. The Faculty not only met this ambitious goal — it’s just getting started when it comes to increasing diversity in its field.