NEWS AND EVENTS
Here you'll find current news from within our own faculty and across the campus. You can also browse the archives for older (+ 60 days) articles. 
 

• Athelete of the Week - Keishia Mills, swimming, second year Biology major                Link to story
  

• A science evening at the Discovery Centre

  Discovery Centre
  Thurs., February 23, 5-8 p.m.

  Faculty of Science alumni and their families are invited to join Dean Dr. Chris Moore, and his family, for an evening of fun.
  Details and to purchase tickets
  
  

• Announcing the upcoming Science Lecture
  
  Speaker: Dr John Cullen, Department of Oceanography
  Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
  Time: 4 p.m.
  Location: Great Hall, University Club
  
  Optical Observation of the Ocean: 150 Years of Progress
  
  All are welcome.  There will be refreshments following the lecture.

• Faculty Meeting, June 23, 2011 at 11:30, LSC 812.  See
  agenda
  
  
  
  
• Congratulations to all 989 on the Dean's List for 2010/2011
  (Click here for the Dean's List)
  
  
  
  
• 2012 Science As Art images
  
  For those who missed their opportunity to view and vote for their favourite images, the submissions for the 2012 Science As Art calendar photo and image competition can be viewed online.
  
  See them here
  
  In the future, we hope to be able to offer online voting for those unable to attend the online events.
  
  Call for submissions - 2012 Science As Art calendar
  
  We're looking for photos and images for the 2012 edition of the Science As Art calendar, produced by the Faculty of Science. All Faculty of Science students, staff, faculty members, alumni and retired faculty are encouraged to submit their photos and images.
  
  Learn more
  
  

Announcing the next Science Seminar for Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 4 pm, Great Hall, University Club with Dr. Donald Weaver, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience in the Departments of Chemistry and Medicine.  Title: "Finding Cures for Broken Brains and Minds:  An overlap of physical, biological and social science"

Congratulations to Peter Wentzell, Department of Chemistry who is the recipient of the Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2010.

• Congratulations to 2010 Academic All-Canadians:
  
  Golden year: Swimmer David Sharpe is presented with a championship ring at the Academic All-Canadian lunch.
          - View article http://dalnews.dal.ca/2010/11/17/davidsharpe.html
  
  Smart Jocks (Hockey, Bobby Nadeau): http://dalnews.dal.ca/2010/11/17/hockey.html
  
  Here's the entire listing of Academic All-Canadians from Faculty of Science:
  Legge    Alexandra    Basketball
  vonMaltzahn    Anna    Basketball
  Tweedale    Fergus    Cross Country
  McCarey    Shannon    Cross Country 
  Kiros    Ryan    Cross Country/T&F
  Ready    Erin    Cross Country/T&F
  McMillan    Miranda    Hockey
  McVey    Sarah    Hockey
  Nadeau    Bobby    Hockey
  Blodgett    Joanna    Soccer
  Crewe    Stephanie    Soccer
  Dalziel    Stephen    Soccer
  MacLean    Alannah    Soccer
  O'Reilly    Beth    Soccer
  Fumerton    Bryan    Swimming
  Haley    Bevan    Swimming
  Moran    Christopher    Swimming
  Raiche-Marsden    Tavia    Swimming
  Schmid    Evan    Swimming
  Sharpe    David    Swimming
  Vandenberg    Kristen    Swimming
  Wood    Emily    Swimming
  McCulloch    Robert    Track & Field
  Sharpe    James    Track & Field
  Johnson    Alesha    Volleyball
  Johnsrude    Jillian    Volleyball
  Mireault    Callum    Volleyball
  Rafuse    Petra    Volleyball
  Schinkel    Lauren    Volleyball
  You    Daniel    Volleyball
  
  
• KUDOS to Shelley Phipps
  
  

  The Award for the Best Comparative Article at the 2009 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Conference by the International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum was awarded to Shelley Phipps, Department of Economics.

  
  
  
• Faculty of Science meeting coming up on Thurs.Sept 30 at 11:30.  See agenda here
  
  
• Science Seminar:

  All You Need is Math;The Connections Between Mathematics and Music
  by Dr. Jason Brown, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

  Date:  October 5, 2010

  Location:  The Great Hall of the University Club

  Time:  4pm
  
  Refreshments to follow.  All are welcome!
  
  
  

• Dean's List Fall, Fall and Winter and Winter, 2009/2010 Academic Year.  Congratulations to all your well-deserving students!  List is here.
  
  
• 2010 Faculty of Science Calendar - Error
  
  The holiday dates and content published in the 2010 Faculty of Science Calendar are checked thoroughly prior to going to print. However, there was an error that missed the eye of our team.
  
  Remembrance Day was placed on November 12, rather than November 11. We apologize for the oversight and the inconvenience this may have caused.
  
  There is a new date to be noted in November. In January, Dalhousie University announced that Friday, November 12 will be a new day off for students. The Dalhousie Senate has approved a “Fall Study Day,” to take place this year on Friday, November 12. With a holiday on November 11, Remembrance Day, the extra day off provides for a four-day weekend in November.
  
  But it's only for students. The university will remain open.
  
  Read the DalNews article.
  
  
• Stay up-to-date: New Faculty of Science blog
  
  The new Faculty of Science blog is now up and running. News, stories, and other information will be posted there on an ongoing basis. Visit it regularly to see what's happening within the Faculty, and comment on anything you see there.
  
  
• World Cup Fever Hits Deans of Science and FASS, read here
  
  
• SCIFAX, the 2010 Convocation Edition is now available.  We congratulate all those students and professors for their achievements.  Find it here.
  
  
• Oceans Research Gets a Boost
  
  Dalhousie is awarded a new Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Science and Technology, attracting chemical oceanographer Douglas Wallace to lead a multidisciplinary team.  View article
  
  
• New science column - Chronicle Herald
  
  Jason I. Brown, professor with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, now has a regular science column in the Chronicle Herald. Watch the Chronicle Herald each month for the next installment.
  
  
• Conformity Kills
  
  See article about Hal Whitehead as Dalhousie's pre-eminent whale researcher specializing in the study of the sperm whale.  Click here.
  
  

  Departmental Events:

• Chemistry 
• Earth Sciences 
• Economics 
• Mathematics 
• Statistics
• Oceanography
• Physical Oceanography and Meteorological Seminar Series
• Psychology

Others:

• Energy at Dalhousie Lecture Series 
• Nova Scotia Institute of Science (NSIS)
• Dalhousie University alumni events page
• Faculty of Science events and activities