AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s Agricultural Campus, a longtime sponsor of Nova Scotia's Reach for the Top competition, hosted this year's showdown late last month, welcoming high school students from across the province.

Dr. Patrick McGrath and Dr. Patricia Lingley-Pottie are among the 2017 recipients of the Governor General’s Innovation Award, celebrating their work with the Strongest Families Institute — an organization that has helped more than 12,000 families and counting across the country.

AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s new Community Report — titled "Look What We Can Do Together" — celebrates the possibilities of partnership, profiling how the university and its cross-sector partners are helping build a stronger future for our region, country and planet.

AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ will put diversity and inclusion front-and-centre during its 200th anniversary year in 2018 with a series of public forums, days of action and more.

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.