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September 2024

Allison Barss  –  Student Services, Community & Culture, Senior Administration
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Workplaces and other organizations have made major strides in prioritizing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in recent years, but how far have we really come and how far do we have left to go? Panelists explore Oct. 8.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Medicine, Psychiatry
Monday, September 23, 2024
Dal researchers are trying to better understand the potential relationship between cannabis use and brain development in teens, particularly among those who've experienced psychotic-like experiences.
Chelsea Norris  –  Sports
Monday, September 23, 2024
This weekend鈥檚 Tigers action saw the women鈥檚 soccer team win at the historic Wanderers Grounds and Jacob Benoit remain undefeated in AUS invitational races this season.
Ariel Mackenzie  –  Student Life, Community & Culture
Friday, September 20, 2024
Dal Gives Back linked students with opportunities to make a difference by assembling hygiene kits for those in need and crafting thoughtful cards for seniors.
Julie Hallett, with photos by Cody Turner  –  Community & Culture
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Dal students, community members, and others brought a fresh and vibrant look to the intersection of Larch and Jennings streets during a street painting event last weekend.
Kate Rogers  –  Medicine, Student Life
Thursday, September 19, 2024
For the first time, an Indigenous medical student and resident found themselves working side-by-side with an Indigenous staff physician at the Wije鈥檞inen and Sipekne鈥檏atik Health Centres.
Andrew Riley  –  Research, Law, News, Community & Culture
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Dr. Elaine Craig's Mainstreaming Porn: Sexual Integrity and the Law Online explores how law, policy, and social measures can address the harmful consequences of algorithm-driven mainstream porn.
Mia Samardzic and Josh Boyter  –  Research, News, Graduate Studies
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
This year's recipients of the national award for academic excellence are helping forge new frontiers in knowledge about medical assistance in dying and medical diagnostics.
Cheryl Bell  –  Student Life, Dentistry
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Soheil Ghaffari's proactive hunt for a career that could help him balance his love of science and the arts landed him in a Dal dental lab over the summer.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Medicine, Psychiatry
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Seniors in New Brunswick improved their sleep and reduced dependence on sleeping pills with the help of educational packages mailed directly to their home, new research from Dal shows.