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Dal course uses ancient languages to decode modern medical terminology

Dal course uses ancient languages to decode modern medical terminology

A new Classics course is helping students — many headed for health professions — understand complex clinical vocabulary by learning the Greek and Latin roots that have shaped the language of medicine for centuries.  Read more.

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Linden Thomas
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Fashion Revival, a show by the Dal Students for Ethical Fashion, encouraged reflection on fashion and its life cycle through six powerful scenes.
Kate Hayter
Friday, March 13, 2026
From guilty‑pleasure riffs to improvised arrangements, DalPop’s musicians explore how vulnerability, collaboration, and creative risk‑taking shape their sound as they prepare for Unwritten: The Music that Wrote Us this weekend.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, March 12, 2026
A modern history course taught by Dr. Kassandra Luciuk reframes Canada through upheaval, challenging students to confront myths, recognize patterns across decades, and see today’s political tensions in a sharper, more revealing light.

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Chelsea Norris
Friday, January 24, 2025
To earn this coveted award, student-athletes had to maintain at least a 3.50 grade point average over the course of the 2023-24 academic year while competitive in a varsity sport.
Farrah Smith
Friday, January 24, 2025
The International Centre will serve as a home away from home this year for students and others from the Dal community wishing to usher in the Year of the Snake together.
Emily MacKinnon
Friday, January 24, 2025
É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥'s ShiftKey Labs invites all gamers to get creative this weekend at its 2025 Global Game Jam, an event that promises to help everyone level up their game-creation skills.
Emily MacKinnon
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Acciceptron is the brainchild of third-year student Sai Narayan Karthikeya Redrowtu, who conceptualized an AI-driven platform for vehicles that blends human and machine intelligence to reduce motor-vehicle accidents.
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
A knockout-style tournament started by two part-time academics on Dal's Truro Campus put teams of undergrads to the test in a series of engineering-based challenges testing a variety of skills essential to the discipline.