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News Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/19/media_opportunity__researchers_at_dalhousie_university_to_explore_whether_cannabis_alters_the_brains_of_teenagers_and_is_linked_to_psychotic_like_experiences.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-19T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/19/media_release__porn_s_new_program___dal_legal_scholar_s_new_book_focuses_on_the_shift_to_algorithms_and_legal_frameworks_to_tame_them.html Dr. Elaine Craig says proposed pornography legislation misses the mark in dealing with the central challenge posed by the online porn industry News Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/19/media_release__porn_s_new_program___dal_legal_scholar_s_new_book_focuses_on_the_shift_to_algorithms_and_legal_frameworks_to_tame_them.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-19T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/18/media_release__seniors_in_new_brunswick_improved_their_sleep__reduced_dependence_on_sleeping_pills_with_the_help_of_educational_packages_mailed_directly_to_their_homes__dalhousie_university_research.html A new study has shown that seniors taking sleeping pills can significantly reduce their dependence on the medications and improve their sleep with a simple intervention News Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/18/media_release__seniors_in_new_brunswick_improved_their_sleep__reduced_dependence_on_sleeping_pills_with_the_help_of_educational_packages_mailed_directly_to_their_homes__dalhousie_university_research.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-18T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/16/media_opportunity__digging_deep__dalhousie_university_researchers_will_use_historic_funding_to_develop_national_soil_data_inventory_and_online_soil_portal_for_farmers__foresters_and_policy_makers.html ±«Óătv is leading a research program focused on modernizing Canada's soil-data infrastructure News Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/16/media_opportunity__digging_deep__dalhousie_university_researchers_will_use_historic_funding_to_develop_national_soil_data_inventory_and_online_soil_portal_for_farmers__foresters_and_policy_makers.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-16T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/09/media_opportunity__land_surface_temperatures_substantially_warmer_for_50_years_following_wildfires__despite_cooler_winter_temperatures__dalhousie_university_research.html Wildfires warm the surface of the land substantially for about five decades in the summer and slightly cool land temperatures in the winter News Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/09/media_opportunity__land_surface_temperatures_substantially_warmer_for_50_years_following_wildfires__despite_cooler_winter_temperatures__dalhousie_university_research.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-09T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/08/22/media_release__new_collaborative_project_aims_to_restore_nova_scotian_seagrass_meadows_with_the_help_of_local_communities.html A new conservation project will replant eelgrass and regenerate these important meadows throughout Nova Scotia for the long-term News Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/08/22/media_release__new_collaborative_project_aims_to_restore_nova_scotian_seagrass_meadows_with_the_help_of_local_communities.html Communications and Marketing 2024-08-22T15:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/08/13/media_release___six_dalhousie_university_students_receive_canada_s_largest_science__technology__engineering_and_math_scholarship.html Universities announce their 2024 Schulich Leaders, winning $120,000 or $100,000 scholarships for undergraduate study. 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