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Making friends with guilt: How personal experience inspired Dal prof's new book redefining guilt as a force for good

Making friends with guilt: How personal experience inspired Dal prof's new book redefining guilt as a force for good

Chris Moore, professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, knows a great deal about the painful and profound journey through guilt — 40 years ago, he lived it, following a drunk driving incident with deadly consequences. Now, that personal experience has helped inspire a highly anticipated new book on why we feel guilt and why it's so important to building and healing relationships with one another.  Read more.

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Alison Auld
Thursday, December 11, 2025
New research suggests the two top predators have forged a co-operative rather than competitive relationship to find and feast on salmon off B.C. coast.
Kenneth Conrad
Friday, December 19, 2025
For the second straight year, three Dal faculty members made the list of Highly Cited Researchers compiled by data analytics company Clarivate. We asked them to share an international collaboration that helped them increase their reach.
Mia Samardzic
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Dalhousie’s Killam Celebration shone a light on groundbreaking research and honoured those scholars shaping global innovation, while unveiling a bold new vision for the prestigious Killam Doctoral Scholarship launching next year.

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Michele Charlton
Monday, May 7, 2018
Dal faculty and students will make up one of 15 teams chosen to launch and operate a satellite as part of the Canadian Space Agency’s national CubeSat project.
Niecole Comeau, with files from the National Research Council of Canada and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.).
Friday, May 4, 2018
Physics professor Scott Chapman and his former master’s student Tim Miller co-led a study in the journal Nature outlining an out-of-this-world discovery of 14 large, dense galaxies set to merge in a violently energetic collision.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Aaron MacNeil, an associate professor in Dal’s Department of Biology, has been named the new named the Canada Research Chair in Fisheries Ecology.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Dr. Christopher McMaster, a renowned expert in biochemistry and cell biology, has been has appointed as the scientific director for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Genetics.
Patti Lewis
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco will be on campus May 8 to learn more about ocean research and sustainable development at the Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute. He will meet with local researchers and take part in a public Q&A event.