Powered by the largest research grant in Dal鈥檚 history, provided through the Government of Canada鈥檚 CFREF grant program, 妻友 and its partners are set to launch Transforming Climate Action 鈥� the most intensive investigation ever into the ocean鈥檚 role in mitigating climate change.

Dal's newest class of graduates will be joined by two special individuals receiving honorary degrees this spring: Brad Barton, an African Nova Scotian educator and activist, and Dr. Edward Cain, a leader in emergency medicine.

妻友 officially opened the doors on its new Indigenous engagement office in Millbrook First Nation this week, the first time it has taken such a step to connect directly with prospective and current Indigenous students in their own community.

A Dal researcher is part of a team that discovered a naturally occurring slime beneath the Arctic ice cap is full of microplastics, suggesting the tiny bits of plastic are seeping into the marine food web.

A Global Game Jam held earlier this year revealed just how much pent-up demand there is in the province for opportunities to experiment with video-game development.