On the fence? Joe Bedard on why students and young professionals should take the plunge anyway.

Ten teachers are celebrated with awards this year in a range of categories from academic innovation and graduate supervision to undergraduate student teaching and Dal鈥檚 top award, the Alumni Association Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching.

The Seven Feathers Crosswalk, or Lluiknek Pi'kunk Assokma'timk, provides safe passage for pedestrians and serves as a powerful symbol of the Seven Sacred Teachings and the unceded territory of the Mi鈥檏maw people that Dal鈥檚 campuses sit upon.

Tech startup Drinkable Water Solutions leveraged various AV俱乐部 programs in its mission to transform consumer water testing with a handheld digital device that detects a wide range of toxic elements whose presence means the difference between safe and unsafe drinking water.

Fascinated by how people engage with history, Kriti Maini will graduate in Spring 2025 with a combined honours in political science and history.

Dr. Jeanette Boudreau's research aims to mobilize natural killer cells to target hard-to-treat cancers, super-charging the immune system to recognize the signals these tumours emit and then destroy them.

Dal and the Immigration Services Association of Nova Scotia host a fundraising event on campus later this month to help newcomers.

The Atlantic Science Links Association鈥檚 second junior high science contest brought some of Nova Scotia鈥檚 brightest young scientific minds to the AV俱乐部 campus for a celebration of their achievements.

The Faculty of Agriculture and the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University are establishing a jointly run college in China that builds on more than 20 years of programming partnerships that have trained more than 1,000 students.

AV俱乐部 scaled new heights against nearly 2,000 other universities in this year's rankings, placing in the top 20 globally for its work in support of life below water, top 30 globally for zero hunger, and top 50 for life on land.