Lezlie Oler (LLB’75) is the owner of In A Box Gifts, a giftware and clothing boutique that specializes in providing customers with a selection of beautiful, unique and fashionable items. Dal alumni get 15% off all regular-priced merchandise as part of the Dal Alumni Benefits Program.

Climate change has become an undeniable reality for the modern world. According to NOAA Climate.gov, global temperatures are climbing an estimated 0.14° C per decade. With that comes irreversible consequences, from rising sea levels and extreme weather, to biodiversity loss and worsening health for humanity. These are signs that radical change is needed, and fast.

Greg (BComm’02) and Paula (BScN’04) Feltham are the owners/operators of Islands’ Villa Lewisporte, a beautiful oceanside retreat located in central Newfoundland on the coastline of Notre Dame Bay. Lewisporte is a scenic town that overlooks the largest Marina in Atlantic Canada.

Jeff Dahn (BSc’78), Chongyin Yang and Michael Metzger will use millions in new funding to help advance their work on developing better batteries for electric vehicles and grid-energy storage.

Landon Getz (BSc’17) is the founder of a visibility and community building project working to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion for individuals identifying as LGBTQ+ in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields across the Atlantic Provinces.

A family doctor, a hospital-based pharmacist and a handful of Dalhousie health researchers are studying who is receiving opioids for their pain and what they are doing with this treatment.

Noteworthy Dalhousie connections were named to the Order of Canada in the Governor General’s announcement, including medical trailblazer and Dal faculty member Dr. Noni MacDonald. The Honourable James Cowan (BA’62 and LLB’65) and The Honourable Donald Oliver (LLB’64) were among the alumni appointed.

Dr. Mohammed Al-Hamdani’s (BSc(HP)’09, MHA’11) research has shown the effectiveness of Health Canada’s new plan for cigarette packaging, work for which he has received the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation–Postdoctoral.

Dalhousie University’s men’s soccer head coach Pat Nearing (BPE’79) has announced his retirement from coaching after a 21-year career.

Dr. Christine Chambers (BSc’96), Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain, has been named a Women’s Executive Network (WXN) 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner, joining a community of Canada’s most influential women leaders.