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                            Law, Libraries, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 8, 2019
            In the basement of the Sir James Dunn Law Library, behind an unassuming door, is a room on campus like no other: a new escape room that helps law students put their library research skills to the test.
        
                    
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                            Research, Medicine
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 8, 2019
            Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation’s Molly Appeal is turning to Maritimers for help in establishing an important new resource for heart research in the region—a biobank, located at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB).
        
                    
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                            Alumni, News
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 7, 2019
            Edward Snowden’s leaking of U.S. surveillance activites made him a hero to some, a traitor to others, and a global fugitive. Now, as part of an Open Dialogue event during Dal Alumni Days, Snowden will speak to members of the Dalhousie community via livestream from Moscow, Russia about our rights and responsibilities as citizens when it comes to privacy.
        
                    
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                            Research, Health Professions, Human Communication Disorders
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 7, 2019
            Dal Health researcher Steve Aiken advocates for universal hearing screening services for Canadian infants.
        
                    
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                            Research, Chemistry, Science
                    
            
                    Monday, May 6, 2019
            She's earned a reputation as one of the best young chemists in North America. Now, Dal prof Erin Johnson's contributions to her field have been recognized with NSERC's prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship.
        
                    
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                            Research
                    
            
                    Friday, May 3, 2019
            Four Dal research projects were among the $3M in funding announced through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada’s Strategic Partnership Grant program.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Friday, May 3, 2019
            When the Dalhousie Tigers take to the field this fall to defend their Atlantic Football League championship, they’ll do so as the first university football program in Canada to provide all players with high-tech helmets that help detect potential concussions. Learn more about the new initiative and how you can contribute to the team’s crowdfunding campaign.
        
                    
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                            News
                    
            
                    Friday, May 3, 2019
            Dal Provost Teri Balser delivered a keynote lecture at the 2019 Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning this week, discussing how instructors can encourage active learning in students by setting a precedent themselves through "active teaching."
        
                    
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                            Research, Oceans, Oceans
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 2, 2019
            The Dal-headquartered Ocean Tracking Network is receiving almost $2.3M in funding to enhance its capacity to track the movements and survival of the ocean's aquatic animals, including a community-led project focused on Nova Scotia snow crabs.
        
                    
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                            Arts and Social Sciences, Theatre, Music, News
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 2, 2019
            Last week, the Fountain School brought together several prominent supporters of Dalhousie’s Performing Arts Campaign to set the stage for groundbreaking on the $38.5M expansion to the Dalhousie Arts Centre – a project set to further transform performing arts education in Atlantic Canada.