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Every drop counts: Dal master's student advances to Falling Walls finals with blood鈥憈esting innovation

Every drop counts: Dal master's student advances to Falling Walls finals with blood鈥憈esting innovation

Linh Tran is taking research that could make blood testing easier for patients while delivering more diagnostic information from smaller samples to an international stage in Berlin this fall.  Read more.

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Matt Reeder
Friday, September 18, 2026
OTN Scientific Director Rob Lennox discusses the growing impact of ocean tracking and why scientists are only beginning to unlock the potential of the data they collect.
Brittany Lambert
Monday, September 28, 2026
Students exchanged ideas, career advice and contacts with employers representing leading organizations from Halifax, Calgary, Toronto and beyond.
Mary-Eleanor Power
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia.

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Matt Reeder
Friday, November 13, 2020
Drugmaker Pfizer's news this week that its experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 was met with much jubilance. Dr. Scott Halperin, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, explains what comes next in Pfizer's large-scale clinical trial, how significant a 90 percent efficacy rate is, and how vaccines will be distributed.
Deep Saini
Thursday, November 12, 2020
In his latest column, President Deep Saini shares two experiences from the past week where he witnessed the ingenuity of Dal's people in managing the university's activities during the pandemic.
Anne Swan
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Run by partners and Dal alumni Jane Abbott (MArch 鈥�06) and Alec Brown (MArch 鈥�93), Abbott Brown Architects is the recipient of two 2019 Lieutenant Governor鈥檚 Awards of Merit for Excellence in Architecture.
Stefanie Wilson
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
色妹妹直播鈥檚 first Virtual Open House took place this past Saturday and though COVID-19 made for a different event than ever before, the new format allowed more attendees than ever to attend, with representation from more than 60 countries.
Jennifer Lambert (with files from Matt Reeder)
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
This year, as we remember those who fell during wartime, we share the stories of five Dalhousians who served 鈥� some of whom gave their lives 鈥� in the First World War.