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Dal course uses ancient languages to decode modern medical terminology
A new Classics course is helping students — many headed for health professions — understand complex clinical vocabulary by learning the Greek and Latin roots that have shaped the language of medicine for centuries. Read more.
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Thursday, March 19, 2026
Fashion Revival, a show by the Dal Students for Ethical Fashion, encouraged reflection on fashion and its life cycle through six powerful scenes.
Friday, March 13, 2026
From guilty‑pleasure riffs to improvised arrangements, DalPop’s musicians explore how vulnerability, collaboration, and creative risk‑taking shape their sound as they prepare for Unwritten: The Music that Wrote Us this weekend.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
A modern history course taught by Dr. Kassandra Luciuk reframes Canada through upheaval, challenging students to confront myths, recognize patterns across decades, and see today’s political tensions in a sharper, more revealing light.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Architecture student Jennifer Kinnunen is part of an international team whose idea for refugee-led "food buses" was one of five finalists in the global What Design Can Do 2016 Refugee Challenge.
Friday, April 7, 2017
A devoted traveller, International Food Business student Jeremy Stroud had the opportunity to work in the coffee industry last year on an internship in the Netherlands. Now, he’s building on that experience to develop a novel iced tea beverage using cascara and other natural ingredients with the support of Cultiv8, Dal's agricultural sandbox.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Photo Essay: The 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ International Students' Society brought the world to campus last week with its annual International Night.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
The 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ Jazz Ensemble will perform with Canadian singer, pianist, composer and arranger Michael Kaeshammer at his upcoming Halifax concert on April 10 — a unique collaboration for all parties involved.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Economics students Vicky Qu and Haolin Shao were two of the 40 international students who put their English skills to the test at Dal's annual "International Perspectives on Economics, Arts and Science" conference.