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Recently in Dal News

• Two grads, one mission: Serving as dentists in the Canadian Armed Forces
  After winding paths and pivotal setbacks, Lina Hachemi and Matt Kelvey chart a new course by combining clinical skill, service, and purpose as they launch careers in uniform.
  
• From the West Coast to Halifax: Schulich Law grad stays to practice Aboriginal law
  A focus on Indigenous law, community advocacy, and the Weldon Tradition shaped Aaron Tolkamp’s experience at Schulich Law and continues to guide their path into legal practice.
  
• Finding community and purpose at Schulich Law
  After a cross-country move to Halifax, Sybil Danyk-White found community, leadership opportunities, and a path into public interest law grounded in advocacy and connection.
  
• Award‑winning Dentistry grad focuses on care for vulnerable patients
  Doctor of Dental Surgery graduate Vanessa Dairo‑Singerr is heading to a hospital-based residency, building on years of academic excellence and community service to expand care for patients with complex health needs.
  

• A former student’s ALS story inspires new novel
  University Teaching Fellow Lesley Choyce says a former student’s determination while living with ALS shaped his latest novel, reflecting resilience, creativity, and the lasting impact of stories born from real lives.
  
• Dal student‑athlete Melina Collins honoured for building community beyond the court
  Psychology student and varsity basketball player Melina Collins is this year's recipient of the Dr. Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award, recognized for her work bringing athletes and young learners together through a literacy mentorship program.
  
• From 'scandalous' cycling trousers to velvet gowns, students revive 1897 fashion
  Step inside this year’s Historical Dress showcase for an up‑close look at the craftsmanship, collaboration and historical detail behind the garments students spent a year bringing to life.
  
• Designing the moment: DalTheatre students build a world for The Odyssey
  DalTheatre’s final production of the season offers an immersive adaptation of Homer's classic epic, The Odyssey, driven by inventive student design and engaging direction.
  
• Dal course uses ancient languages to decode modern medical terminology
  A new Classics course is helping students — many headed for health professions —Ìýunderstand complex clinical vocabulary by learning the Greek and Latin roots that have shaped the language of medicine for centuries.
  
• Unwritten, unleashed: DalPop ensemble finds the beat together
  From guilty‑pleasure riffs to improvised arrangements, DalPop’s musicians explore how vulnerability, collaboration, and creative risk‑taking shape their sound as they prepare for Unwritten: The Music that Wrote Us this weekend.