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Posted Fri, 10/12/2012 - 10:02 in Health

L-R: Richard J. Currie; Lynn Irving, campaign chair; Marilyn Trenholme Counsell; Dr. Anthony Reiman, DMNB; Dr. Tom Marrie, dean

N.B. businessman donates to Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick

Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick received a generous donation of $250,000 from Mr. Richard J. Currie as part of the Bold Ambitions: The Campaign for Dalhousie.  The announcement was made at a Dal...  Read more


Posted Thu, 10/11/2012 - 07:46 in Science

Dal scientists are first to observe cellular events during programmed cell death of lace plants

Dr. Arunika Gunawardena, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, and her team (Chirstina Lord, Adrian Dauphinee and Jaime Wertman) are the first scientists in the world to observe the order of cel...  Read more


Posted Mon, 10/01/2012 - 08:46 in Health

Experts@dal spotlight: Dr. Ingrid Waldron

Dr. Ingrid Waldron is an assistant professor in Dalhousie's School of Nursing. In this video, she talks about her research on the social determinants of health facing the Aboriginal and African-Nova S...  Read more


Posted Mon, 10/01/2012 - 08:29 in Arts

Taking the Disney out of fairy tales

Dalhousie University and The University of King's College has invited Dr. Jack Zipes to speak in a multimedia public lecture titled De-Disneyfying Disney Stereotypes: Twists and Turns of the Fairy-Tal...  Read more


Posted Fri, 09/28/2012 - 01:00 in Business

Mr. Rowe at the Rowe School of Business naming ceremony.

A new era in business education takes flight

Dalhousie University is positioning itself for a new era in business education by adopting the name of a stalwart champion of the school, Kenneth C. Rowe. On Friday morning, an official ceremony was h...  Read more


Posted Tue, 09/25/2012 - 14:53 in Health

Three Dalhousie health projects receive federal funding

The Government of Canada today announced that three Dalhousie health research projects will receive more than $1.5M in funding through its Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program. Chemis...  Read more


Posted Tue, 09/25/2012 - 08:54 in Dalhousie-related

Romeo Dallaire

Dalhousie announces three honorary degree recipients

Dalhousie University is delighted to announce three distinguished Canadians as the latest recipients of honorary degrees. They will be honoured during convocation ceremonies October 1-3 where almost 1...  Read more


Posted Tue, 09/18/2012 - 08:00 in Arts

Can medieval ideas solve modern problems?

Dalhousie University has invited Dr. Carlos Fraenkel of McGill University to deliver the inaugural public lecture in the Shaar Shalom Lecture Series titled: The Law of God and the Law of Nature - An A...  Read more


Posted Wed, 09/05/2012 - 15:05 in Health

Dr. Jean Marshall in her lab with Sharon Oldford, a postdoctoral research fellow and co-author of the grant.

Chemical released during allergic reaction could be linked to preventing spread of tumours

Canadian Cancer Society, Nova Scotia Division has recently awarded just over $180,000 in funding to Dalhousie researcher Dr. Jean Marshall. Dr. Marshall and her team will examine the effects of histam...  Read more


Posted Tue, 09/04/2012 - 10:04 in Agriculture

Cumming Hall, front

New Faculty of Agriculture joins the Dalhousie family

It's official, the former Nova Scotia Agricultural College is now the Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture.    Read more


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