The Schulich School of Law and the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Law Alumni Association have announced that judicial trailblazer the Honourable Corrine Sparks (LLB ’79, LLM ’01) is the 2020 recipient of the Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service. Justice Sparks was the first African Nova Scotian to be appointed to the bench and the first Black woman to serve on the judiciary in Canada.

Dal prof Christine Chambers and multiple Dal alumni are key contributors and authors to the new Lancet Child and Adolescent Health Commission — an international research initiative that's the first commission ever to address pediatric pain.

For its latest episode, Sciographies teamed up with ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ’s Open Dialogue Live to bring viewers a special alumni edition of the podcast featuring the inspiring story of former NASA astronaut, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan (PhD’78, Earth Sciences), the first American woman to walk in space and the first woman to travel to the deepest part of the ocean.

This year's recipients of ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ's top honour for alumni include chemist and neurologist Sultan Darvesh (MD’88); Stantec Vice-President of Practice Services and Indigenous Relations Denise Pothier (BEng’93); accountant and community leader Doug Reid (BComm’82); and health-care leader and philanthropist Robert Zed (MHS’86).

Travis McDonough (BScK’94) CEO and founder of Kinduct Technologies Inc. — a Halifax-based athletic performance tracking software company that works with dozens of professional sports franchises — has announced the sale of Kinduct to Silicon Valley tech company mCube.