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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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Tanis Trainor
Monday, November 27, 2023
Leading researchers and innovators from across Nova Scotia were celebrated last week at the 21st annual Discovery Awards, including several members of the ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ community.
Staff
Monday, November 27, 2023
What It's Like, a web series for ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ Accessibility Week, provides members of the Dal community an opportunity to share their first-person perspective on living with a disability.
Dawn Morrison
Friday, November 24, 2023
A spirit of joy and celebration filled the classroom as Professor Wanda Thomas Bernard commenced the first in-person class of the new Africentric Bachelor of Social Work (ABSW) Cohort program earlier this fall.
Staff
Friday, November 24, 2023
Post-secondary schools across Nova Scotia are once again joining together to raise funds for campus food banks this Giving Tuesday, which falls on November 28.
Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Through hard work and perseverance, Medical Sciences student Diana Adamo has overcome substantial challenges in her own family life to carve a path forward to academic success and community impact.