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Dal receives $1.6M for new ocean sciences graduate-level training and research program 12 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has announced $1.6 million in funding for a new Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program based at Dalhousie. The ...
Considering the future of campus energy 9 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Dalhousie is looking to become the first university in Atlantic Canada to generate its own electricity, as it considers a tri-generation system that would employ combustion turbine generators, fired b...
Arctic Ocean more vulnerable to human-induced changes than Antarctic Ocean 6 Aug 2013 | 11:48 pm
A team including Dalhousie Oceanography Professor Helmuth Thomas and recent Dalhousie Oceanography PhD graduate Elizabeth Shadwick found evidence suggesting that the Arctic Ocean is more vulnerable to...
New funding for shark research in Nova Scotian waters 1 Aug 2013 | 12:01 am
Dalhousie University’s Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) has been awarded funding from Encana Corporation to study blue sharks off the coast of Nova Scotia, and to train students in the capture, tagging an...
New Industrial Research Chair seeks ways to improve data transmission underwater 23 Jul 2013 | 11:06 pm
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Ultra Electronics Maritimes Systems (UEMS) have partnered to award a $2.5 million Industrial Research Chair (IRC) to Dr. Chr...
Faculty of Computer Science launches Canada's first big data research institute 18 Jul 2013 | 06:36 pm
Dalhousie University has launched the first academic research institute in Canada committed to expanding knowledge in the field of big data analytics. Key Points: Constant advances in technology all...
Experts@dal video spotlight: Dr. Stan Matwin 17 Jul 2013 | 09:09 pm
Dr. Stan Matwin is the Director of the Institute for Big Data Analytics at Dalhousie University. He's a professor in the Faculty of Computer Science and a Canada Research Chair in Visual Text Analytic...
Dal researchers join effort to reduce deaths due to heart disease and stroke 25 Jun 2013 | 05:34 pm
Dalhousie Medical School has joined the Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Leadership Circle to advance heart disease and stroke research. The Research Leadership Circle initiative will accelerate t...
The sands of time: What 30,000 years of sediment can teach us about the changing ocean 20 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
Key Points: A team of international scientists known as the NICOPP (Nitrogen Cycle in the Ocean, Past and Present) working group, led by Dalhousie oceanographer Markus Kienast and Eric Galbraith of M...
Dal to launch Canada's first undergrad degree in Ocean Sciences 7 Jun 2013 | 05:19 pm
Dalhousie is set to launch Canada’s first undergraduate degree program in Ocean Sciences. Key Points: This program, which will launch in the fall, 2013, will help position Canada as a global leader ...
