First-year student Linxi Zhang talks about the excitement of beginning her university career.

Adelle Goodfellow (Soccer) and Corbin Boes (Hockey) are this week's ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøG2 Athletes of the Week

Photos: Last week ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøprofessor and acclaimed bioethicist Françoise Baylis received the Order of Nova Scotia, along with Nobel prize-winning alumnus Art McDonald and Elder in Residence Doug Knockwood.

It was a busy homecoming weekend for varsity events at Dalhouse

Get to know the five outstanding individuals receiving Dal’s top alumni honours as part of this week’s Homecoming festivities: Dr. John Akabutu (Lifetime Achievement Award), Kevin Bourgeois (A. Gordon Archibald Award for volunteer service to Dal), Drs. Asile and Asraa El-Darahali (Christopher J. Coulter Award for recent graduates) and Glenn Dodge (Volunteerism Award).

Blanket forts, real-life video games, live music and more — there’s something for everyone in Dal's contributions to Nocturne: Art at Night, a free creative arts festival taking place across Halifax this Saturday evening (October 15).

For the first time, Dal's Homecoming activities will stretch to communities around the world this year, from Ottawa to Beijing.

Jeff Douglas (BSc'93), master of ceremonies for the 2016 Alumni Dinner, talks about his journey from Dal to iconic TV commercials ("I Am Canadian") to being co-host of CBC's "As It Happens."

Thanks to a three-way partnership between Kinduct Technologies, the Department of Athletics and the School of Health and Human Performance, a new pilot program will provide students the opportunity to gain real-life data and analytics-driven coaching experience.

A committee of representatives of the Board of Governors, retirees and the university’s employee groups has been working to find ways to stabilize the ongoing cost of the university's pension plan.