As Nova Scotia adopts a ban on the use of plastic shopping bags by retailers, we ask Kareina D’Souza of Dal’s Office of Sustainability about the reasons behind the ban and how consumers can make further changes to their daily lives to reduce their use of single-use plastics.

In the first edition of a new regular column, Dal President Deep Saini discusses shared challenges in working through the COVID-19 pandemic, how he takes inspiration from the Dal community, and shares advice from a favourite movie.

In the last Sciographies episode of the year, pharmacology student, neuroscience alum and varsity athlete Gracious Kashéké (BSc’20) takes over hosting duties to interview usual host David Barclay for a change.

Analytical chemistry and engineering student Alanna Gravelle used her summer research scholarship to build a lab instrument for use at home.

With a 40-plus year career that's taken her to eight cities across Canada and into several different sectors from high-tech to higher ed, Gitta Kulczycki brings decades of experience to the table as Dal's new vice-president finance and administration.

»ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ has been added to the federal government's list of approved post-secondary institutions that are allowed to reopen to students currently studying outside of the country and who wish to return to Canada to complete their studies.

»ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ alumna Angie Coombes (BSc’06) merges neuroscience and music for a sound that’s pure emotion.

»ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s Merlinda Weinberg, a professor in the School of Social Work, was the only Canadian on a global team of eight social work ethicists who conducted a first-of-its-kind international study on the challenges social workers face as a result of COVID-19.

The Schulich School of Law and the »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ Law Alumni Association have announced that judicial trailblazer the Honourable Corrine Sparks (LLB ’79, LLM ’01) is the 2020 recipient of the Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service. Justice Sparks was the first African Nova Scotian to be appointed to the bench and the first Black woman to serve on the judiciary in Canada.

Groups that provide help for victims of abuse have had to come up with different and more discreet ways to reach out and offer assistance, a new study out of Dal's School of Nursing shows.