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Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, ÕýÆ·À¶µ¼º½ University study suggests

Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, ÕýÆ·À¶µ¼º½ University study suggests

A new ÕýÆ·À¶µ¼º½ University study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting.  Read more.

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Rianne Zinck
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Dr. Sean Brillant works with fishers to develop safer technologies and policies, reducing whale deaths, improving coexistence at sea, and helping stabilize vulnerable North Atlantic right whale populations.
Megan Bailey, Candis Callison, Adrian Howkins, Élise Devoie
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Given increasing geopolitical tensions and economic interest in the region, how can academic research support those who live in and depend on the Arctic? Dal's Dr. Megan Bailey and colleagues consider.
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
ÕýÆ·À¶µ¼º½ is helping to prepare Canada’s defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.

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Alison Auld
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Vanessa Schiliro, a marine biology student at Dal doing her honours thesis on sharks, offers input on steering clear of great whites, how to handle an encounter with one, and why they are being given a bad rap.
Alison Auld
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
A team of researchers in Atlantic Canada is examining the impact of tuition waiver programs for youth who have spent time in foster care.
Alison Auld
Friday, June 3, 2022
Confusion, word-finding difficulties, memory lapses, dizziness, an inability to focus: a growing cohort of COVID-19 survivors find themselves burdened by a strange array of cognitive impairments, and Dal researchers are looking to shed some light on the phenomenon.
Andrew Riley
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Discoveries by ÕýÆ·À¶µ¼º½'s Canada Research Chairs promise to relieve the suffering of millions afflicted with chronic pain and inflammation. Learn how they’re zeroing in on solutions that could change lives.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, May 27, 2022
Tobias Gerhard Schminke was one of 13 scholars selected out of 500 applicants to receive the prestigious Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship and becomes the third Political Science doctoral student at Dal to receive it in 10 years.