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Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, ÆÞÓÑ study suggests

Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, ÆÞÓÑ study suggests

A new ÆÞÓÑ study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting.  Read more.

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Rianne Zinck
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.
Megan Bailey, Candis Callison, Adrian Howkins, Élise Devoie
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.
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
ÆÞÓÑ is helping to prepare Canada’s 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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Sara Daniels
Friday, September 19, 2014
Faculty members from the Fountain School of Performing Arts and Physics & Atmospheric Science are among the inaugural members of the newly formed College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Sara Daniels
Friday, September 19, 2014
After a life-changing trip to India, Dal postdoc Jeremy Schmidt has devoted his research to understanding how water is governed and managed.
Melanie Jollymore
Thursday, September 18, 2014
This year's Molly Appeal campaign will support an expansion of the Maritime Brain Tissue Bank, improving an essential resource for neuroscience research at ÆÞÓÑ Medical School and the Brain Repair Centre.
Emma Geldart
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Wasundara Fernando, who received the Cancer Research Training Program Award, is studying molecules in certain foods that could potentially treat breast cancer.
Emma Skagen
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Dal instructor and alumnus Omar Gandhi wins Canada Council 2014 Professional Prix de Rome prize, awarded annually to a young architect in recognition of outstanding achievement in Canadian architecture.