On Friday, Donald Trump officially becomes the 45th president of the United States. We asked Dal experts and others taking part in this week's panel event on campus to weigh in on what a Trump presidency may mean for the U.S. and the world.

Over the past decade, the Dal-hosted Ocean Tracking Network has provided researchers around the world with unprecedented data on the movements, migrations and interactions of marine species 鈥斅爄ncluding the seals who call Sable Island home. Now, the network will continue its important work thanks to new support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) Major Science Initiatives Fund.

Nova Scotia has a new way to visualize health care data thanks to the work of Dal researchers: an interactive website that will help decision makers, researchers and clinicians better understand health indicators across the province.

Dal alumnus and Nobel Laureate Arthur McDonald has pushed the boundaries of human knowledge. Now, a new set of Dal research chairs named in his honour is set to support researchers like Randall Martin (Physics & Atmospheric Science) and Jean Marshall (Microbiology and Immunology) striving to do the same.

A team of Dal physics researchers is helping unlock the secrets of perovskites, materials that holds immense potential in developing more efficent solar cells.