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Every drop counts: Dal master's student advances to Falling Walls finals with blood‑testing innovation

Every drop counts: Dal master's student advances to Falling Walls finals with blood‑testing innovation

Linh Tran is taking research that could make blood testing easier for patients while delivering more diagnostic information from smaller samples to an international stage in Berlin this fall.  Read more.

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Matt Reeder
Friday, September 18, 2026
OTN Scientific Director Rob Lennox discusses the growing impact of ocean tracking and why scientists are only beginning to unlock the potential of the data they collect.
Brittany Lambert
Monday, September 28, 2026
Students exchanged ideas, career advice and contacts with employers representing leading organizations from Halifax, Calgary, Toronto and beyond.
Mary-Eleanor Power
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia.

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Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
As part of the planning for the university’s 200th anniversary in 2018, ÈâÈ⴫ý is inviting submissions to help select candidates for "Dal Originals": a series celebrating the people who have shaped the university and our world.
Peter Reimer
Friday, February 19, 2016
Getting to know Philip Shea, new to ÈâÈ⴫ý and to Halifax, who has spent has spent 25 years working in higher education and international development around the world.
Marie Visca
Friday, February 19, 2016
A new bursary for English students, sparked by a grassroots fundraising by the department’s faculty and staff, is now inspiring other departments to launch similar efforts.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
At the year's first set of Cross-Current Seminars, Provost and Vice-President Academic Carolyn Watters announced the establishment of new Special Provost-Alumni Scholarships for PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains was on campus Tuesday to celebrate six ÈâÈ⴫ý researchers in joining the university’s contingent of 50 Canada Research Chairs — the largest in Atlantic Canada.