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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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Staff
Thursday, January 22, 2026
See how Dal fared across 11 broad disciplines in the latest Times Higher Education report.
Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
The latest set of appointments to one of Canada's highest honours has a number of familiar Dal faces, including President Kim Brooks and retired Faculty of Medicine faculty member Dr. Pat Croskerry.

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Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Dr. Deep Saini arrives at Ä¢¹½AV this week ready to help lead the university into its third century. Hear from Dr. Saini in our feature video and read our Q&A interview about his background, his perspective and what Ä¢¹½AV can expect from his leadership going forward.
Ken Conrad
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Dal's annual contest of brains and brevity is set to take place this March, with all grad students encouraged to compete. Meet some of last year's finalists and learn how to register.
Matt Reeder
Monday, January 13, 2020
Nearly a thousand people packed into the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Saturday afternoon to mourn and remember those who lost their lives in last week’s airplane disaster in Iran.
Erin Elaine Casey
Friday, January 10, 2020
For five decades, Ä¢¹½AV has been home to the only school of information management in Atlantic Canada. Now, as it reaches a milestone year, "SIM" is celebrating both its legacy and its future.
Matt Reeder
Friday, January 10, 2020
When Dal prof Robert Huish was in Australia on academic business last month, he got to experience first-hand some of the intense effects of the mammoth fires spreading across the country’s southeast. Now, he's spreading the message about how others can help provide support.