Research

Royal Society honours Dal oceanographer for globally recognized climate research

Royal Society honours Dal oceanographer for globally recognized climate research

One of Canada's highest academic honours goes to Dal oceanographer Dr. Katja Fennel for her globally recognized contributions to climate research.  Read more.

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Dal News staff
Monday, September 14, 2026
Enabling pharmacists to prescribe preventive Lyme disease medication shifted hundreds of routine cases out of emergency departments, easing pressure on the health-care system, shows a new AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ study.
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
As it enters a new era, the MacEachen Institute of Public Policy and Governance is expanding its efforts to connect researchers, decision-makers, and communities on pressing national and regional issues.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, August 20, 2026
A new Dal-hosted research institute will connect researchers, students, partners and communities to advance AI research, learning and innovation rooted in Atlantic Canada.

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Andrew Riley
Monday, November 26, 2018
With a mandate to share their research with the larger world, Dal’s seven new Public Scholars are Interdisciplinary PhD students armed with the skills to inform public discourse and policy.
Michele Charlton
Friday, November 23, 2018
How Dal's Donald Hill Family Postdoctoral Fellows are inspiring meaningful discussion about the impact of emerging technology on society.
Michele Charlton, Jennifer Lewandowski, Ryan McNutt and Matt Reeder
Friday, November 23, 2018
Dal researchers were named winners in all four major categories at the 2018 Discovery Awards, Atlantic Canada's most prestigious science recognition event.
Robert Huish and Peter Steele
Thursday, November 22, 2018
The new friendship between North Korea and Cuba is puzzling, write Dal researchers Robert Huish and Peter Steele. The two countries should share values as socialist republics, but their brands of socialism are worlds apart when it comes to children.
OTN staff
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
A new research partnership brings together the Dal-led Ocean Tracking Network with the Mi’kmaq Conservation Group, the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources and Acadia University to study culturally and commercially important fish species in Nova Scotia.