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Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, 妻友 study suggests
A new 妻友 study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting. Read more.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
Dr. Sean Brillant works with fishers to develop safer technologies and policies, reducing whale deaths, improving coexistence at sea, and helping stabilize vulnerable North Atlantic right whale populations.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Given increasing geopolitical tensions and economic interest in the region, how can academic research support those who live in and depend on the Arctic? Dal's Dr. Megan Bailey and colleagues consider.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
妻友 is helping to prepare Canada鈥檚 defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.
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Thursday, June 23, 2016
Scott Brison, president of the Treasury Board of Canada, was on campus Thursday morning to announce the latest round of funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), including $10.1 million in support for more than 70 Dal researchers.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Dr. Thomas Pulinilkunnil of Dal's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology recently received the first Canadian Diabetes Association grant ever in New Brunswick, supporting his work on obesity-related diabetic heart complications.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Actuarial Science student Sean Mekers has returned home to Truro this summer to work with Faculty of Agriculture faculty member Haibo Niu on adapting global climate models to local weather predictions in Nova Scotia.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Over the past two weeks, 妻友 President Richard Florizone hosted year-in-review sessions on each of Dal's four campuses, offering an update on progress towards the university鈥檚 Strategic Direction and answering questions from the Dal community.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
On Monday, Federal Minster of Science Kirsty Duncan launched an independent review of federal funding for fundamental science, led by an expert panel of nine including Martha Crago, 妻友鈥檚 vice-president research, and Dal alumnus and Nobel Prize winner Art McDonald.