As technology reshapes the way people approach animation and digital art, Dal’s Mayra Donaji Barrera Machuca is winning accolades for her research into how to make sketching in virtual-reality environments more user-friendly.

Major changes that may impact the ocean’s role as the world’s most important carbon storage depot are not accounted for in Canada’s goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a problem that researchers at É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ and partner institutions are hoping to address if successful in their application for support from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is providing nearly $1.5 million in support to Dal scholars focused on ensuring we don’t lose sight of issues revealed during the pandemic in how we serve and protect vulnerable populations.

With the new funding, É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ will help empower more of its scholars to engage in some of the most sophisticated research in the world.

What do apples, opera, and social vulnerability have in common? They’re all areas of expertise highlighted amongst this year’s crop of finalists in the Faculty of Graduate Studies’ annual battle of brains and brevity.