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November 2014

Emily Colin  –  Engineering, Community & Culture
Thursday, November 20, 2014
DalTRAC, the AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Transportation Collaboratory, launches a province-wide expansion of its "Share the Road" campaign with the support of the Nova Scotia Department of Energy.
Ryan McNutt  –  Management, News, Engineering
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
A new sandbox space in Engineering, in partnership with NSCAD University, will support students and entrepreneurs in transforming innovative concepts from idea, to prototype, to product.
Rosalie Fralick  –  Arts and Social Sciences, Spanish
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
In advance of one of Mexico's most fantastical celebrations, Dal's Spanish department hosted a colourful "Dia de los Muertos" workshop for students.
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Sports Information
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Courtney Thompson (basketball) and Corbin Boes (hockey) are Dal's G2 Athletes of the Week.
Allison Gerrard  –  Research, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Friday, November 14, 2014
Scott Halperin, director of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology and professor of Microbiology & Immunology at AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Medical School, is the medical lead for Canada's only Ebola vaccine trial.
Emma Skagen  –  English, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
Friday, November 14, 2014
Helen Pinsent's "Transaction" took home first place in this year's Varma competition in Gothic literature, which celebrates the late Devendra Varma's contributions to the Department of English.
Janice MacInnis  –  Information Technology Services, Community & Culture, Human Resources
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Information Technology Services becomes the first two-time recipient of AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s Healthy Workplace Award.
Geoffrey Smith  –  Student Life, Research, Earth Sciences, Biology, Science, News
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Kai Boggild's co-op experience with Natural Resources Canada took him to the northern-most point on our planet and transformed him into something of a third-generation Arctic explorer.
Marie Visca  –  Research, Student Life, Student Services, News
Thursday, November 13, 2014
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ researchers are helping lead the new Caring Campus Initiative, funded by Movember Canada, which will provide new data and inform strategies for addressing alcohol and drug misuse among first-year students.
Asha Katz  –  Canadian Studies, Arts and Social Sciences, International Development Studies, Community & Culture
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Introduced last fall, "Halifax and the World" unites faculty and students from International Development Studies and Canadian Studies to explore Halifax's history and its global connections.