With the U.S. election now over and president-elect Joe Biden trying to create an orderly transition plan amid continued false accusations of election fraud from President Donald Trump, panelists from a Dal-hosted Open Dialogue event last month have returned to share their reactions.

Following the tragic shooting rampage that cost the lives of 23 Nova Scotians in April, Adrian Delli Colli and Ireland Thurler were spurred to action 鈥� walking from Portapique to Enfield to raise money they now plan to use to create a scholarship fund for the victim's families.

Drugmaker Pfizer's news this week that its experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 was met with much jubilance. Dr. Scott Halperin, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, explains what comes next in Pfizer's large-scale clinical trial, how significant a 90 percent efficacy rate is, and how vaccines will be distributed.

In his latest column, President Deep Saini shares two experiences from the past week where he witnessed the ingenuity of Dal's people in managing the university's activities during the pandemic.

Run by partners and Dal alumni Jane Abbott (MArch 鈥�06) and Alec Brown (MArch 鈥�93), Abbott Brown Architects is the recipient of two 2019 Lieutenant Governor鈥檚 Awards of Merit for Excellence in Architecture.