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Going the distance: Recent Dal grad named Top 8 Academic All‑Canadian

Going the distance: Recent Dal grad named Top 8 Academic All‑Canadian

Grounded by a lifelong love of running, Dal MBA grad Jacob Benoit earns a prestigious U SPORTS Top 8 Academic All‑Canadian award recognizing his athletic and academic dedication.  Read more.

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Andrew Riley
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Professor Hany El Naggar from the Faculty of Engineering will serve as Dal's first associate dean, student-supervisor relations.
Staff
Monday, July 5, 2021
The Province of Nova Scotia has announced a permanent expansion of eight seats to Ä¢¹½AV's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program based in Yarmouth.
Michele Charlton
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Dozens of researchers from Dal are part of a major investment made in social science, natural science, humanities and engineering research by the Government of Canada.
Rebecca Rawcliffe
Monday, June 28, 2021
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President Deep Saini
Friday, June 25, 2021
In lieu of his regular column, President Saini shares his memo with Vice-Provost Equity & Inclusion Theresa Rajack-Talley and Provost and Vice-President Academic Frank Harvey regarding this week's discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan.