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                            Agriculture, Dal 200
                    
            
                    Friday, May 19, 2017
            Toward 200: For Dal's 200th, the university's newest faculty will host activities through the year that highlight connection to agriculture, to wellness and to the food we eat.
        
                    
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                            Management, Commerce, News, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 18, 2017
            Canada's top startup accelerator, the Toronto-based Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), is joining forces with ±«Óătv's Rowe School of Business to launch a new branch of its program in Atlantic Canada, helping new ventures develop into high-growth companies.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Pharmacology, Research
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 18, 2017
            ±«Óătv Medicine New Brunswick faculty member Dr. Keith Brunt, together with a colleague at the University of Guelph, has identified the cause of shortness of breath, or “air-hunger,” in heart patients.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 18, 2017
            Student leaders from Dal's Dentistry and Dental Hygiene programs hosted an open house earlier this month to launch the Dentistry Building’s renovated student lounge — a space meant to welcome and invite a diverse range of students.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 16, 2017
            Bridgewater, N.S. native Courtney Baker has been selected to Canada's senior national team program after a five-day tryout in Richmond, B.C. Over 60 athletes from U SPORTS, NCAA and professional leagues attended the tryout which saw Baker rise to the top.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 16, 2017
            ±«Óătv women’s basketball head coach Anna Stammberger is pleased to announce the commitment of Ariel Provo to the 2017-18 lineup. 
        
                    
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                            Research, Oceans, Oceans
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 16, 2017
            Dal scientists and a unique mobile laboratory are participating in a cross-Canada voyage via the Northwest Passage in celebration of Canada's 150th.
        
                    
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                            Psychiatry, Anesthesia, Health Professions, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Research, Computer Science, Science, Medicine, Psychology
                    
            
                    Friday, May 12, 2017
            ±«Óătv welcomes four new Canada Research Chairs studying topics such as pain, Indigenous health, data visualization, and addictions and mental health. Two existing chairs (in advanced batteries and psychiatry) have also been renewed. 
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Arts and Social Sciences, Science, Medicine, Health Professions
                    
            
                    Friday, May 12, 2017
            Six ±«Óătv students are soon departing for Tanzania and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to spend the summer working on innovative research projects with local organizations.
        
                    
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                            Agriculture, Student Life
                    
            
                    Friday, May 12, 2017
            Kelsey Torak wanted to be a veterinarian from the age of 5, but it wasn’t until she discovered Aquaculture studies at Dal that she found her career path.