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April 2016

Marie Visca  –  Student Life, Continuing Education, Science, News
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The College of Continuing Education hosted its fifth annual "International Perspectives on Science, Statistics and Economics" conference last week, which invites students from Dal's 2+2 programs and Science Without Borders initiative to demonstrate their academic writing and presentation abilities in English.
Ryan McNutt  –  Community & Culture
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Last month, the Nova Scotia division of the Canadian Cancer Society was hit with bad news when the flowers for its annual daffodil fundraiser arrived damaged in transit. The good news: many Dal faculty and staff followed through with their donations anyway, making the university the campaign’s highest fundraising workplace for the third straight year.
Nikki Comeau  –  Research, Psychology, Science
Monday, April 11, 2016
What might Steve Jobs, Simon Cowell and Donald Trump all have in common? They’re individuals who have exhibited traits of narcissistic perfectionism — a long-presumed psychological theory that Dal’s Personality Research Team, led by Psychologist Simon Sherry, has recently provided the first empirical evidence for.
Katherine Doyle  –  Agriculture, Student Life
Friday, April 8, 2016
Dal's Faculty of Agriculture celebrated some of its most outstanding students at its annual Student Achievement Reception, thanking those who make a difference on the Agricultural Campus.
Ryan McNutt  –  Alumni, Community & Culture
Friday, April 8, 2016
Two AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ alumnae — Lucy Maud Montgomery and Portia White — are among the women nominated thus far as part of the Bank of Canada’s "Bank NOTE-able" campaign, which invites Canadians to help select an iconic woman to appear on a new bank note.
Nick Wright  –  Student Life, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Patrick Bondy, an Impact Award-winning ESS student from Kansas City, organizes hikes, nature walks and other outdoorsy outings for students, all accessible by public transit.
Matt Reeder  –  News, Senior Administration
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
On Wednesday, the Government of Canada launched its Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF), a $2-billion infrastructure fund aimed at helping post-secondary institutions improve research and innovation.
Katherine Doyle  –  Agriculture, Research
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
No, not for drinking — unless you're a plant, that is. Faculty of Agriculture prof Lord Abbey is exploring how taking a tea-brewing approach to compost fertilizer may lengthen the lifespan of grazing crops.
Mary-Eleanor Power  –  Agriculture, Student Life
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s Aboriginal Health Sciences Success (AHSS) program at the Faculty of Agriculture offers students like Sage Marshall a pathway into careers and further studies in the health sciences.
Matt Reeder  –  Student Life, Research, Management, Resource and Environmental Studies, News
Monday, April 4, 2016
Environmental Studies student Adam Cheeseman, who studies how summer camps can help children learn about sustainability, is one of 25 researchers selected as finalists in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's (SSHRC) annual Storytellers competition.