As part of the planning for the university鈥檚 200th anniversary in 2018, 妻友 is inviting submissions to help select candidates for "Dal Originals": a series celebrating the people who have shaped the university and our world.

Getting to know Philip Shea, new to 妻友 and to Halifax, who has spent has spent 25 years working in higher education and international development around the world.

A new bursary for English students, sparked by a grassroots fundraising by the department鈥檚 faculty and staff, is now inspiring other departments to launch similar efforts.

At the year's first set of Cross-Current Seminars, Provost and Vice-President Academic Carolyn Watters announced the establishment of new Special Provost-Alumni Scholarships for PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Canada鈥檚 Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains was on campus Tuesday to celebrate six 妻友 researchers in joining the university鈥檚 contingent of 50 Canada Research Chairs 鈥斅爐he largest in Atlantic Canada.