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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. Read more.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
As exams and deadlines converge, the Killam and other campus libraries become places of problem‑solving, empathy, and practical help, highlighting how support services carry students through critical academic moments.
Friday, March 20, 2026
More than 80 people gathered for the 15th annual Weldon Literary Moot based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein, raising $4,530 for charity.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Dal’s inaugural menopause event highlighted shared experiences, practical tools, and a push for workplace inclusion, ending with a pledge to support employees through this life stage.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
A Dal Science alum is working with students in the Faculty of Engineering, as well as taking advantage the new Emera ideaHUB incubator space, to help people with colour vision deficiencies see the full spectrum of the rainbow.
Monday, March 25, 2019
Students in the Rowe School of Business are spending this week camping outside the Rowe Building, raising funds for Phoenix Youth Programs and awareness for youth facing homelessness.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
A unique seed-stage program for massively scalable, science-based companies, Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic is bringing together the best in the Atlantic region with the best in the world.
Friday, March 8, 2019
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and Dal leaders and researchers — including Vice-President Research & Innovation Alice Aiken and Computer Science prof Rita Orji — are helping lead important community conversations about how research can be harnessed to further equity and social change.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Hundreds of people started their week in a different way than usual Monday morning, dropping by Dalhousie's campus to take part in a live video conversation with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who is currently living on the International Space Station.