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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.

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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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Michele Charlton
Friday, September 2, 2016
As part of a partnership between ÃÀÅ®×ö°® and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Studies in Eilat (Israel), eight students from seven different Israeli universities came to Halifax this summer to learn more about the North Atlantic ocean.
Matt Semansky
Thursday, September 1, 2016
First-year students are about to arrive on campus, with a whole schedule of exciting and educational activities awaiting them.
Cheryl Bell
Friday, August 26, 2016
Abdulrahman Alkahmees (BSc ’10, DDS ’14) talks about his experience returning to Dal from his native Kuwait this fall to continue graduate studies in Dentistry.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, August 26, 2016
More than 30 Syrian newcomers to Halifax took part in a five-day programming camp hosted by Dal students, in which they learned website development skills and explored opportunities in computer science.
Emily Holland
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Dal's Coastal Studio program allows Architecture students like Sarah Dede and Josh Nieves to develop and build unique community projects for farmers' markets, national parks and more.