The Faculty of Computer Science’s ability to help meet Nova Scotia’s growing tech-sector talent demand is receiving a next-level upgrade thanks to $13.3M in new funding from the Province.

Kayleigh Landers and Annika Benson competed against seven other teams in this year’s Canadian Engineering Competition, emerging on top with their design of an accessible campus and the repurposing of salmon cages.

Fifty years ago this month, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s Killam Memorial Library opened its doors for the first time, creating much-needed space for a rapidly growing student population and signaling the start of a new architectural era on campus.

For the Winter 2021 term, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Management Career Services supported the largest cohort of Commerce Co-op students in the history of the program — with nearly all of them successfully landing positions.

An international team of researchers, including AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s Boris Worm, has developed a comprehensive plan that would safeguard more than 80 per cent of global habitats for endangered marine species — while also increasing fish catches and curbing carbon emissions.

Meet the 13 researchers selected from across the university to join the 2021 cohort of OpenThink, a program that gives future thought leaders the training and platform they need to influence public discourse and policy.

Nick and Kathryn Southan's determination and work ethic has set them up for success in becoming a supplier of hops to craft-beer makers across Atlantic Canada.

Debates about public safety and temporary foreign workers continue without input from those whose health is most affected. Migrant workers themselves are largely invisible amid discussions about risk, write Raluca Bejan and Kristi Allain.

Researchers affiliated with AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Faculty of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health, and the IWK received funding provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant Program.

Dr. Robin Urquhart has been chosen to lead the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health Study (Atlantic PATH), an offshoot of a national research platform investigating how genetics, environment, lifestyle, and behaviour contribute to the development of chronic disease and cancer.