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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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Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
In her public lecture this week, Dr. Eva Mroczek, the Simon and Riva Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies at Ä¢¹½AV, traced the winding history of authenticity and forgery in how we discover, study, and talk about biblical texts.
Monica Mutale
Friday, February 21, 2025
Ä¢¹½AV’s Black and African Diaspora Studies program aims to deepen understanding of Black histories and cultures. Meet some of the people who helped make it possible.
Emm Campbell
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
How do you make a deep-sea octopus feel at home? Aquatron aquarist Nayla Sernowsky has learned a lot about cephalopod comforts — insights that will help marine creatures make a successful debut at the new Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity when it opens to public.
Tanis Trainor
Friday, February 14, 2025
A Centre for Learning and Teaching course last year offered university teaching staff a supportive environment for learning and reflection on decolonial strategies and approaches to teaching, setting the stage for further courses this year and beyond.
Allison Barss
Friday, February 14, 2025
Myrthin Stagg's journey in the film industry has been one of artistic growth and boundary-pushing creativity, most recently thanks to the success of her award-winning short film, Play It Again.