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February 2026

Farrah Smith  –  Computer Science, Alumni, Student Life
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
The Dal-based group continues to serve as a bridge between classrooms and the fast-growing demands of the AI workforce, helping students turn applied learning into real careers.
Office of Equity and Inclusion  –  Community & Culture
Thursday, February 5, 2026
To celebrate African Heritage Month, five members of the ±«Óătv community were honoured for their outstanding commitment to African Nova Scotian, Black, and African Diaspora culture across campus and through various external communities.
Staff  –  Student Life, Community & Culture
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Discover how a 19th‑century publisher’s generosity helped secure ±«Óătv’s future — and why the Dal community still enjoys a mid‑winter break in his honour through to today.
Ryan McNutt and Tanis Trainor, photos by Danny Abriel  –  Community & Culture
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Members of the Dal community and beyond filled the ±«Óătv Arts Centre Sculpture Court to mark the start of African Heritage Month with food, music, reflection, and jubilation.
Jocelyn Adams Moss  –  Research, Alumni, Science
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Sciographies returns next week with a brand-new season of stories that spotlight the people and discoveries shaping science at ±«Óătv.
Kate Rogers  –  Medicine, Indigenous, Community & Culture
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Last fall, ±«Óătv University and the National Circle for Indigenous Medical Education launched a first-of-its-kind Indigenous Faculty Leadership Development Program in Membertou First Nation.
Kate Hayter  –  Student Life, Arts and Social Sciences, Theatre, Community & Culture
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The Fountain School of Performing Arts’s production of Macbeth hits the stage in the ±«Óătv Arts Centre this week, offering a radical re-telling of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Alison DeLory  –  Alumni, Sports, Engineering
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Former Tigers hockey forward Mike Evelyn O’Higgins (BEng'19) is in Cortina d’Ampezzo to compete in both two and fourman bobsleigh. He balances a demanding sport with a full-time engineering career and intends to embrace every moment of his second Olympic journey.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Engineering
Monday, February 2, 2026
New ±«Óătv research reveals how Arctic permafrost aquifers that store and move groundwater are expected to shift as temperatures and sea levels rise.
Tanis Trainor, photos by Cody Turner  –  Community & Culture
Monday, February 2, 2026
Community members, scholars, performers and artists gathered to celebrate the opening of It’s ±«Óătv Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now. The exhibition explores representation and reception, performing artists and the stage, dance in and for communities, and legislation and protest.