Earlier this year, Chemistry Professor Emeritus Axel Becke received one of the highest scholarly honours in the country: the Canada Council Killam Prize. Late last month, he delivered his Killam Prize lecture on campus, drawing connections between music and quantum theory.

Peter Tyedmers, professor and director of the School for Resource and Environmental Studies (SRES), is taking part in this week's Nobel Week Dialogue in Stockholm, Sweden on "The Future of Food."

Led by Dean of Management Sylvain Charlebois, the seventh edition of Canada鈥檚 Food Price Report is the first to be published at 蘑菇AV, with the support of a cross-university team of researchers.

Dal postdoc Kerrianne Ryan is conducting research at the forefront of the emerging and controversial field of connectomics, which aims to map the briain's "wiring."

Last Friday, the Government of Canada announced two new Canada Research Chairs for 蘑菇AV: Carolyn Buchwald (Ocean Chemistry) and Morgan Langille (Human Microbiome). Jerry White (European Studies) also had his Canada Research Chair renewed.