Campus romance: Your Dal love stories

In honour of Valentine’s Day, Dal News asked alumni to share their stories about finding love at Dal. Meet James and Evelyn, and seven other couples with their own unique “how we met” …

February 14, 2013 / 0

Connected students, “Kinnected” possibilities

Kinnections is an annual event, hosted by Dal Kinesiology, that invites Health and Human Performance alumni to campus to share their unique career experiences with students. Alumni came from a diverse range of …

January 30, 2013 / 0
Materials Prof, Stephen Corbin

Pioneering better materials

Dr. Stephen Corbin (BEng‘87, MASc‘88) laughs when asked what it’s like to be a pioneer. “It’s cool,” he concedes. “It’s nice knowing you’ve developed something no one else has thought of doing …

January 24, 2013 / 0

Alumna attends international talks on mercury

Julie van der Hoop (BSc (Marine Biology and Oceanography)’10) was among the ten MIT students who joined officials from around the world in Geneva, Switzerland from January 13 to 18 …

January 24, 2013 / 0

Remembering W. Andrew MacKay, 1929-2013

“Mr. Dalhousie.” That’s how Senator James Cowan, former chair of Dal’s Board of Governors, referred to W. Andrew MacKay when asked to share his thoughts on the university’s eighth president …

January 14, 2013 / 10

Dal Tigers shine spotlight on successful alumnae

On Wednesday, more than 200 people of all ages came together for the annual Women in Leadership Spotlight Dinner. A fundraising event for the Tigers women’s basketball and volleyball teams, attendees included youth athletes, Dalhousie alumni, Tigers supporters and university staff.

December 6, 2012 / 0

A piece of historic Dal returns to campus

Together with Peter Dykhuis, director of the Dalhousie Art Gallery, President Tom Traves unveiled a display featuring the cornerstone from the original Dalhousie College building on Halifax’s Grand Parade.

December 5, 2012 / 0

Celebrating Women of Excellence in 2012

Several Dal alumnae were honoured as inspirational and accomplished women leaders of the community at the Progress Women of Excellence Dinner held November 14th at the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax.

November 13, 2012 / 0

Zurel appointed to CPPIB

Alumnus Jo Mark Zurel (BComm’86), President of Stonebridge Capital Inc., has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) by the federal government.

November 6, 2012 / 0