/news/media/media-releases.html Â鶹´«Ã½ RSS Media Releases and Opportunities - Science Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:18:55 GMT 2024-09-19T19:18:55Z /news/media/media-releases/2018/11/14/evolutionary_biologists_uncover_new_branch_on_tree_of_life_in_rare_discovery_published_in_nature.html Scientists at Â鶹´«Ã½have discovered a new branch on the ‘Tree of Life’ that no one knew existed. Their findings were published today in the journal Nature and will be critical to better understanding the evolutionary history of life on earth. News Science Research Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2018/11/14/evolutionary_biologists_uncover_new_branch_on_tree_of_life_in_rare_discovery_published_in_nature.html Media Centre 2018-11-14T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2018/09/17/dalhousie_universitys_imhoteps_legacy_academy_awarded_nsercs_promoscience_program.html A university-community partnership aimed at encouraging participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) professions by African Nova Scotian youth has been awarded federal funding. News Science Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2018/09/17/dalhousie_universitys_imhoteps_legacy_academy_awarded_nsercs_promoscience_program.html Media Centre 2018-09-17T14:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2016/07/21/dalhousie_university_and_national_film_board_welcome_government_of_canada_funding_support_for_innovative_ocean_school.html Â鶹´«Ã½ and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) welcomed the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard to campus today to announce $250,000 for the development of the pilot project Ocean School. News Science Community Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2016/07/21/dalhousie_university_and_national_film_board_welcome_government_of_canada_funding_support_for_innovative_ocean_school.html Media Centre 2016-07-21T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2016/03/09/federal_funding_helps_dal_research_team_support_teachers_of_students_with_mental_health_disorders.html The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently funded Dr. Penny Corkum's online education program geared toward providing school teachers with information that supports students with neurodevelopmental disorders. News Research Science Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2016/03/09/federal_funding_helps_dal_research_team_support_teachers_of_students_with_mental_health_disorders.html Media Centre 2016-03-09T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/11/04/dalhousie_faculty_receive_honours_from_prestigious_royal_society_of_canada_for_outstanding_scholarly__scientific_and_artistic_achievement.html Â鶹´«Ã½ congratulates its professors who have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. News Health Law Research Science Arts and society Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/11/04/dalhousie_faculty_receive_honours_from_prestigious_royal_society_of_canada_for_outstanding_scholarly__scientific_and_artistic_achievement.html Media 2015-11-04T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/06/17/tesla_motors_sign_first_canadian_university_research_agreement_with_dalhousie_university.html Tesla and Â鶹´«Ã½ have signed an agreement that lays out the terms of a new five-year research partnership with Â鶹´«Ã½ lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pioneer, Dr. Jeff Dahn. The agreement was signed June 16, 2015 and the exclusive partnership with Tesla will begin in June 2016. It marks the first collaboration between Tesla and a Canadian university. News Science Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/06/17/tesla_motors_sign_first_canadian_university_research_agreement_with_dalhousie_university.html The Faculty of Science 2015-06-17T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/06/11/big_things_come_in_small_packages.html Hi-tech tracking tags are redefining how we discover, understand and manage ocean life News Environment Science Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/06/11/big_things_come_in_small_packages.html Ocean Tracking Network 2015-06-11T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/06/08/world_oceans_day__research_finds_nova_scotia_youth_need_more_ocean_education.html Researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ have found that Nova Scotian public school students in grades 7-12 average below 50 per cent when tested on their ocean knowledge. Their study, published recently in the journal Marine Policy, emphasizes the importance of ocean education and literacy for the future health of the world’s oceans. News Environment Science Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/06/08/world_oceans_day__research_finds_nova_scotia_youth_need_more_ocean_education.html The Faculty of Science 2015-06-08T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/05/01/ancient_marine_life_predicts_extinction_hotspots_in_todays_world_oceans.html The fossils of marine species that went extinct over the last 23 million years are giving an international team of scientists insight into the species that are at risk today, as well as where hotspots of extinction may be located. News Research Science Fri, 01 May 2015 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/05/01/ancient_marine_life_predicts_extinction_hotspots_in_todays_world_oceans.html Media Centre 2015-05-01T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/04/22/the_ocean_tracking_network_joins_top_world_organizations_for_international_oceanographic_data_exchange.html The Ocean Tracking Network is the first Canadian Associate Data Unit of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange under UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. News Research Science Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/04/22/the_ocean_tracking_network_joins_top_world_organizations_for_international_oceanographic_data_exchange.html Media Centre 2015-04-22T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/02/17/dalhousie_researcher_receives_canadas_top_science_award.html Â鶹´«Ã½ is honoured to join the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) to celebrate Dr. Axel Becke, a professor in the Faculty of Science, and his pioneering achievements in the field of computational chemistry. Dr. Becke will be awarded with the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. News Science Research Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/02/17/dalhousie_researcher_receives_canadas_top_science_award.html Media Centre 2015-02-17T12:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/01/28/dal_chemist_discovers_new_information_about_elemental_boron.html Â鶹´«Ã½ chemistry researcher and Royal Society of Canada Fellow Dr. Mary Anne White led a team of researchers to new discoveries about boron (B), the fifth element in the periodic table. News Science Research Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/01/28/dal_chemist_discovers_new_information_about_elemental_boron.html Media Centre 2015-01-28T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2015/01/20/eight_dalhousie_researchers_receive_new_cfi_funding_to_further_innovative_discoveries.html In today's Canadian Foundation for Innovation announcement, eight of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s researchers have been awarded new infrastructure-related funding for their research into health and the environment.. News Health Environment Research Science Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2015/01/20/eight_dalhousie_researchers_receive_new_cfi_funding_to_further_innovative_discoveries.html Media Centre 2015-01-20T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2014/12/02/brittany_graham_named_dalhousie___s_89th_rhodes_scholar.html Â鶹´«Ã½'s Brittany Graham, a fourth year microbiology and immunology student, has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar for 2015. Students News Science Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2014/12/02/brittany_graham_named_dalhousie___s_89th_rhodes_scholar.html Media Centre 2014-12-02T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2014/11/03/the_mysteries_of_an_active_volcano_system__the_magma_plumbing_system_gives_clues_about_how_oceanic_crust_is_formed.html Findings obtained from the East Pacific Rise, offshore Mexico, and the Juan de Fuca Ridge, offshore US and Canada, support the theory that magma stored in multiple layers within the earth’s crust is responsible for the formation of the oceanic crust. News Science Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2014/11/03/the_mysteries_of_an_active_volcano_system__the_magma_plumbing_system_gives_clues_about_how_oceanic_crust_is_formed.html Media Centre 2014-11-03T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2014/10/02/nature_at_risk__biodiversity_will_remain_in_crisis.html Derek Tittensor, a Â鶹´«Ã½ adjunct biology professor and senior marine biodiversity scientist with the United Nations Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, led a worldwide study concluding more investment is needed to manage declining biodiversity. News Science Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2014/10/02/nature_at_risk__biodiversity_will_remain_in_crisis.html Media Centre 2014-10-02T15:00:00Z