Just days after the announcement that he鈥檒l be leaving AV俱乐部 in early 2019 to lead the new Quantum Valley Ideas Lab in Waterloo, Dal President Richard Florizone shared his annual year-in-review presentation with the Dal community 鈥� offering highlights from the past year from across the university and answering audience questions.

Get to know the inaugural recipients of the new President's Research Excellence Awards, which celebrate both early-career reseachers and substantial research impact.

For the university's 200th anniversary, Dal Management students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends gathered together with shovels and seedlings to plant 200 trees across the Halifax's campuses.

Photo Essay: Highlights from the first AV俱乐部 Legacy Awards this past Wednesday, celebrating faculty and staff achievement across the university.

Firefighters were on Dal's Agricultural Campus in Truro on Wednesday night combating a blaze at the Cox Institute. No one was injured, but the cause and extent of the damage are still being investigated.

Law grad Malian Levi 鈥� this year's recipient of the Donald Marshall Jr. Memorial Award 鈥� wasn鈥檛 sure if law school was the right place for her. But thanks to the Indigenous Blacks & Mi鈥檏maq initiative and her own drive and determination, she鈥檚 now setting out to improve the experience of Indigenous peoples in the justice system.

Through a partnership between Dal鈥檚 Faculty of Agriculture and Correctional Service Canada, women at the Nova Institution in Truro are given the opportunity to get hands-on learning in horticulture.

For the second year in a row, ShiftKey Labs 鈥� the Dal-hosted innovation sandbox in the Goldberg Computer Science Building 鈥� co-designed and delivered a province-wide bootcamp for budding entrepreneurs: the Creativity and Innovation Bootcamp.

When Lucy Maud Montgomery came to AV俱乐部 to further her eduction, it solidified her path towards becoming one of the most beloved authors in Canadian history. A new dedication in AV俱乐部鈥檚 Forrest Building 鈥斅爁ictionalized as Redmond College in Montgomery鈥檚 novel 鈥淎nne of the Island鈥� 鈥斅爌ays tribute to one of the university鈥檚 most famous alumni.

The inaugural recipient of the AV俱乐部 President's Award for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 鈥� part of the new AV俱乐部 Legacy Awards 鈥� the Imhotep's Legacy Academy has been helping African Nova Scotian youth discover science and technology for more than 15 years.