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Making a whale of an entrance: 18‑metre blue whale skeleton installed at Dal

Suspended from ceiling of the Steele Ocean Sciences Building is the skeleton of an adult blue whale found washed up in Nova Scotia. The new installation is the centrepiece of the Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity and serves as a powerful reminder of the need to protect our ocean and its inhabitants.  Read more.

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Emm Campbell
Friday, May 16, 2025
Eight vibrant paintings by Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy now grace the halls of ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ۺϒs Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ Art Gallery, aims to celebrate Indigenous heritage and expand public access to underrepresented voices in Canadian art.
Mary Jane Webber
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The complicated process of switching the heat off and the cooling on at Dal.
Emm Campbell
Friday, May 16, 2025
Eight vibrant paintings by Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy now grace the halls of ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ۺϒs Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ Art Gallery, aims to celebrate Indigenous heritage and expand public access to underrepresented voices in Canadian art.

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Kenneth Conrad
Friday, November 15, 2024
Dal’s Faculty of Science hosted a group of Grade 9 students earlier this month as part of the national Take Our Kids to Work day, giving them a taste of research and learning on campus.
Tanis Trainor
Friday, November 15, 2024
There are no shortage of opportunities this year at ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ for people looking to help tackle challenges facing local communities, such as food insecurity. Learn how you can contribute.
Wyatt Carling
Friday, November 8, 2024
Remembrance Day hits home in a deep way for these ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ students who also serve as reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Matt Reeder
Friday, November 8, 2024
George Stairs set a new academic record for marks when he was a student at ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ. Just a few years later, he perished serving in the First World War — a story of sacrifice captured in compelling fashion in a newspaper found in a trench on the frontlines.
Matt Reeder
Friday, November 8, 2024
A record number of prospective students and their supporters got up close and personal with ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ last weekend at the fall Open House event in Halifax.