For Dal AC student athlete Thea McLachlin, desire is the fuel for her success.

This year, the bulk of Hanukkah falls during the university semester at Dal, and some students such as Liane Cloutier are carving time out of their busy exam schedules to celebrate the festive Jewish holiday.

Simon Gebremeskel, a Dal PhD candidate helping illuminate how the immune system fights cancer, is part of a select group of grad students from around the world nominated to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany next year.

Pursuing two master's degrees at once would be a daunting task for most. But for Becky Shaw, completing degrees in Library & Information Studies and Musicology concurrently was a perfect fit.

On the 28th anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at École Polytechnique, a new set of awards — each in honour of one of the 14 victims — celebrate women studying Engineering who are making a difference in the classroom and in their communities.