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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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Amanda Kirby-Sheppard
Thursday, January 15, 2026
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Cheryl Bell
Friday, June 11, 2021
Debby Chao is the recipient of the 2021 Dr. David Precious Gold Medal in Dentistry, an award that caps off four years of dental school during which she achieved top marks in her class.
Stefanie Wilson
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Ä¢¹½AV rose in one of the year’s most-anticipated university rankings, climbing 19 spots to 272 out of the 1,300 institutions featured in the QS World University Rankings.
Michele Charlton
Monday, June 7, 2021
Five Dal researchers have received a $750,000 investment from the Government of Canada to advance their innovative ideas.
President Deep Saini
Friday, June 4, 2021
President Saini joins people across the country in mourning the 215 sacred children whose remains were found at the site of the former Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Residential School and reiterates Ä¢¹½AV’s shared empathy and solidarity with Indigenous communities nationally experiencing the gravity of this loss.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Thursday, June 3, 2021
When Zainab Syed came to Ä¢¹½AV in the fall of 2017, she originally planned to major in psychology. A course in Ancient Greek changed all that and led her to discover a whole new community as a Classics student.