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Impact Awards spotlight Dal’s vibrant culture of student achievement

Impact Awards spotlight Dal’s vibrant culture of student achievement

Dal’s 15th annual Impact Awards brought students, faculty, and staff together to celebrate remarkable contributions in community service, student life, leadership, and society involvement across every corner of campus.  Read more.

Featured News

Genevieve MacIntyre
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
A new Classics course is helping students — many headed for health professions — understand complex clinical vocabulary by learning the Greek and Latin roots that have shaped the language of medicine for centuries.
Linden Thomas
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Fashion Revival, a show by the Dal Students for Ethical Fashion, encouraged reflection on fashion and its life cycle through six powerful scenes.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Theresa Anne Salah
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Industrial Engineering grad Kiran Persaud has always had an interest in health and wellness. Thanks to his capstone project with VON Canada, he’s been able to use his skills to help improve health care in Nova Scotia.
Matt Semansky
Thursday, June 1, 2017
From social entrepreneurship to on-campus employment at the Dal Bookstore, some of Mary-Margaret Bennett's defining Dal experiences have comes from applying her learning and skills outside the classroom.
Laura Hynes Jenkins
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
In her leadership role with the ÃÀÅ®×ö°® Student Pharmacy Society, Kristin Kaupp helped reshape a national student competition to make it more inclusive and constructive.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Master of Nursing graduate and soon-to-be PhD student Keisha Jefferies has had the opportunity to explore health policy in Tanzania while working to make an impact on health care here at home.
Nicole Maunsell
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Before she came from China to study Commerce at Dal, Wendi Zhao had never been to Canada. Now, she's graduating with a job in Halifax as an operations analyst for financial services firm CITCO and plans to stay permanently.