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February 2019

Niecole Comeau  –  Student Life, Biology, Science, Marine Biology
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Humpbacks and seals and dolphins, oh my! Learn how Dal students get an up-close look at marine life through the Faculty of Science’s SEASIDE course.
Matt Reeder  –  News, Community & Culture
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Featuring the raising of the pan-African flag and a wide range of speakers, Dal's African Heritage Month kickoff event was an inspiring, engaging celebration of how people of African descent have shaped the past, present and future of AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ and its communities.
Rima Wilkes and Howard Ramos  –  Research, Arts and Social Sciences, Sociology and Social Anthropology
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
It’s easier to accuse someone else of racism than it is to challenge the racist and colonial systems we participate in, write Dal sociology prof Howard Ramos and colleague Rima Wilkes (UBC).
Sarah Nearing  –  Arts and Social Sciences, Theatre, Community & Culture
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
The Fountain School's production of Ödon von Horváth’s "Don Juan Comes Back from the War" is set to transport audiences back in time — and into a war within one’s self.
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Sports Information  –  Sports
Monday, February 4, 2019
Fabiana Petricca (Hockey) and Quinton Dowling (Volleyball) are this week's AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week.
Catherine Mah, J. Nicole Arsenault, Nathan Taylor, Rebecca Hasdell  –  Health Professions, Health and Human Performance
Monday, February 4, 2019
Canada's Food Guide makes nutrition recommendations. But the revamped guide does much more, says a team of Dal researchers. It directs us to consider the broader set of circumstances — the social determinants — of how we eat.
Matt Reeder  –  Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
Monday, February 4, 2019
Roughly a year before The Bridge premiered at Halifax's Neptune Theatre, Shauntay Grant brought her gospel-inspired play to campus for a public reading that helped the Dal professor and poet fine-tune her theatrical debut.
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Sports Information  –  Sports
Monday, February 4, 2019
Results from over the weekend in basketball, volleyball and hockey.