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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 Ä¢¹½AV’s Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the Ä¢¹½AV 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 Ä¢¹½AV’s Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the Ä¢¹½AV Art Gallery, aims to celebrate Indigenous heritage and expand public access to underrepresented voices in Canadian art.

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Andrew Riley
Monday, November 7, 2022
The Ä¢¹½AV community comes together this afternoon to celebrate individual achievements of excellence at the fifth-annual Legacy Awards, including Dal’s newest Distinguished Research Professors and faculty members receiving President’s Research Excellence Awards.
Allison Barss
Friday, November 4, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained many aspects of everyday life, including the affordability and accessibility of food.
Sonya Jampolsky
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Known for her role as senior legal counsel for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Ms. Big Canoe has devoted herself to rerouting centuries of deadly and discriminatory action toward Canada’s First Peoples.
Matt Reeder
Friday, October 28, 2022
Dal's Halifax campuses sprang to life last weekend as a record number of prospective students and their parents and supporters turned up for a taste of the university experience.
Stephanie Rogers
Thursday, October 27, 2022
A Mi'kmaw artist from Millbrook First Nation recently completed two murals in Cox Institute on Dal's Agricultural Campus — a small step in a much bigger plan to help Indigenize the campus to be more welcoming and inclusive for all learners.