Two world-renowned researchers from Dalhousie have been honoured by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding achievements.

Last fall, Ingrid Waldron noticed something surprising on Twitter. A post using the hashtag for her book, There’s Something in the Water, had received thousands of likes and shares, almost overnight.

The research partnership between Dr. Keith Brunt (Dalhousie University) and Dr. Jeremy Simpson (University of Guelph) began when they met in graduate school and is still going strong nearly twelve years later along with a team that now includes cardiologists and cardiac surgeons at the New Brunswick Heart Centre and collaborators both national and international.

With the news that Dr. Christine Chambers has been appointed as scientific director for the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Dalhousie becomes one of only two universities in Canada to host two CIHR institutes.

Dalhousie Medical School is ready to welcome 16 additional undergraduate medical students over the next year, after a significant investment by the province of Nova Scotia.

Dr. Makrigiannis’ traditional training taught him that our bodies have several complicated methods to protect us from harmful intruders, two of which are the innate and adaptative immune systems.

An initiative led by Dal students, faculty and volunteers, Soapbox Science took to the Halifax Seaport Market earlier this month to open minds and excite the public with research from some of the region’s most talented female scientists.

For someone who was immersed in soccer from a very young age, getting to referee at the Women's World Cup in France this year was a dream come true for Marie-Soleil Beaudoin.

Nova Scotians will have access to more family doctors as six new residents began their training on Tuesday. The new North Nova Family Medicine Teaching Site in Truro welcomed the six residents with a lunch at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre, featuring remarks from representatives from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, and the Honourable Randy Delorey, Minister of Health of Wellness.

The event pays respect to the more than 150 donors and families who, at some point in the past three years, chose to make the ultimate contribution to medical education and research by agreeing to donate one’s remains to benefit the medical science.