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Alumni News
Several alumni-led startups financed by Innovacorp
Nova Scotia’s provincial innovation agency has invested $5.9 million in local startups in the past fiscal year, many of which were founded by Dal alumni.
Dr. Arthur B. McDonald (BSc’64, MSc’65, LLD’97) wins second science award of the year
The Dal physics grad and Nobel laureate has been awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, worth $3 million, for his team’s discoveries on neutrino oscillation.
Halifax athletic analytics startup partners with California firm
Athletigen Technologies Inc. will now be able to incorporate the Affymetrix genotyping platform in its DNA analyses of athletic performance.
5 alumni finalists for Discovery Awards
Dr. Todd Hatchette (BSc’91), Dr. Jason Clyburne (PhD’95), Dr. Orlando Hung (BScPh’79, MD’83, PGM’88), Dr. Nicholas Nickerson (PhD’14), and Alec Falkenham (BSc’10) are finalists for this year’s Discovery Awards.
WeUsThem Inc. wins Webby Award for work on mental health site
The firm, led by Ashwin Kutty (BScCS’99) and Faten Alshazly (BScCS’99), is the first agency on the East Coast to receive the international award.
12 accomplished alumnae recognized as Women of Excellence by Halifax Progress Club
Twelve of the 19 women honoured by the local Canadian Progress Club for their community and business contributions are Dal alumnae.
Dr. Arthur B. McDonald (BSc’64, MSc’65, LLD’97) wins Nobel prize in physics
The Dal alumnus was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel prize in physics for his work in demonstrating that neutrinos have mass.
Four alumni join Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Dr. Christine Chambers (BSc’96), Dr. Krista Kesselring (BA’94, MA’95), Dr. Alice Aiken (BScPT’94) and Claudia Nadine Wathen (BA’89) were invited to join the Royal Society of Canada.
Range of alumni honoured as Top 50 Atlantic Canadian leaders under 40
Several Dal alumni have been selected as 2015 Top 50 Atlantic Canadian leaders under 40 for 2015. Congratulations!
Alumni demonstrate Canada’s lack of will to protect endangered fish species
A study led by Dr. Julia Baum (MSc’02, PhD (Biology)’08) and Dr. Susanna Fuller (PhD (Biology)’06) shows that the federal government often fails to follow scientists’ recommendations to protect threatened or endangered marine fish species.