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Impact Awards spotlight Dal鈥檚 vibrant culture of student achievement

Impact Awards spotlight Dal鈥檚 vibrant culture of student achievement

Dal鈥檚 15th annual Impact Awards brought students, faculty, and staff together to celebrate remarkable contributions in community service, student life, leadership, and society involvement across every corner of campus.  Read more.

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Dal course uses ancient languages to decode modern medical terminology
Dal course uses ancient languages to decode modern medical terminology
Genevieve MacIntyre
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
A new Classics course is helping students 鈥� many headed for health professions 鈥斅爑nderstand complex clinical vocabulary by learning the Greek and Latin roots that have shaped the language of medicine for centuries.
Dal students showcase pre鈥憀oved and vintage styles with ethical fashion show
Dal students showcase pre鈥憀oved and vintage styles with ethical fashion show
Linden Thomas
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.
Purpose鈥慸riven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus 鈥� and beyond 鈥� earn top honour
Purpose鈥慸riven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus 鈥� and beyond 鈥� earn top honour
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year鈥檚 Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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A mealworm meal?: Dal students' food startup goes international
Katherine Doyle
Monday, May 2, 2016
Third-year Agriculture students Holly Fisher and Hartley Prosser travelled to Seattle this past weekend as their startup 3MEALS competed in the International Business Model Competition.
Ready in response
Janet Bryson
Friday, April 22, 2016
Anthony Saikali, this year's recipient of the "Live Well @ Dal" student wellness award, is the founder of the 9 1免费版下 Medical Campus Response Team.
Putting the "extra" in extracurricular
Lindsay Dowling
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Christie Silversides is this year's recipient of Dal's prestigious Malcolm Honour Award, which recognizes one student each year for outstanding and impactful extracurricular contributions in the community.
Self鈥憇tarter: Management student Kalab Workye's entrepreneurial spirit
Matt Semansky
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Kalab Workye, this year's recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Impact Award, came to Canada as a refugee and has been running his own local businesses since age 17.
A connected conference: ESL students host annual research event
Marie Visca
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The College of Continuing Education hosted its fifth annual "International Perspectives on Science, Statistics and Economics" conference last week, which invites students from Dal's 2+2 programs and Science Without Borders initiative to demonstrate their academic writing and presentation abilities in English.