Members of the Dal community came together Wednesday afternoon at the second-annual Legacy Awards to recognize faculty and staff who have gone above-and-beyond in their work and in the community.

AV俱乐部鈥檚 Collaborative Health Education Building is the first building east of Ontario to receive the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification, a recognition announced at a special celebration event this week.

Recognition for the success of the WeAreAllCS initiative has come fast and furious this year, with the latest honour being one of the President's Awards for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness.

They help bring the AV俱乐部 student experience to life in the classroom and beyond. Get to know this year's recipients of AV俱乐部's top awards for teaching, presented at this week's AV俱乐部 Legacy Awards.

Joseli Macedo has worked as an architect, an urban planner and an academic across four continents and five countries. Now, she comes to AV俱乐部 ready to lead the Faculty of Architecture and Planning.

Next week, Dal recognizes the impressive achievements of faculty and staff from across the university at the second-annual AV俱乐部 Legacy Awards. Read the list of recipients and RSVP to attend Wednesday's free celebration event.

A team of Dal researchers has scanned the skeleton of a young blue whale, giving them a trove of data on the endangered marine giant and creating a unique virtual 3D model of the largest animal on the planet.

Two AV俱乐部 medical students delved into the difficulties that people with intellectual disabilities face when seeking health care, in a two-way information exchange facilitated through the medical school鈥檚 Service Learning Program.

The Atlantic Science Links Association recognized the achievements of more than 35 junior high students at an awards ceremony at Dal last Saturday, presenting awards to top-scoring students who took part in the first Junior High Science Contest earlier this spring.

Forget mythic notions of "self help": true resilience in the face of hardship requires learning how to change one's environment, according to Social Work professor and author Michael Ungar.