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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations Katie Pegg on yet another big win!!

Katie Pegg picks up her 1st Para athletics world medal, setting personal best in shot put | CBC Sports

Katie Pegg of Markham, Ont., delivered a personal best performance in women's shot put Thursday for her first medal at her second Para athletics world championships.

www.cbc.ca

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 16d

It was sooo inspiring to meet with many NS science teachers last month! We shared all of the (free!!) astronomy-focused,
hands-on lesson plans we've put together, which can all be found online now, too: observatory.smu.ca/starfinder

Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Sep 4

We had a great time exploring astronomy eduction with these great teachers last month! @smustarfinder.bsky.social

Star Finder program prepares NS teachers with astronomy lesson plans | SMU News and Events

An enthusiastic group of elementary and junior high educators attended the first Star Finder Teachers’ Workshop in August, and they are now ready to share an appreciation of astronomical understanding...

news.smu.ca

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · 26d

Math Seminar: Dr. Dawson will discuss non-regular tetrahedra weighted so that they can only balance on one of their faces & other higher dimensional spaces.
Wednesday, Sept. 17 @ 11:30 a.m. in Atrium 214A
All are welcome!

Monostable Tetrahedra - by Dr. Robert Dawson
Wednesday Sept. 17, 11:30 a.m

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

International team of 70 astronomers makes new observations about massive stars | SMU News and Events

Saint Mary’s University Astronomer Dr. Vincent Hénault-Brunet is part of a team of researchers who observed that massive stars in metal-poor galaxies often live in pairs   In humans, twins or hi...

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Dr. Linda Campbell (she/her/elle) @lmcampbell.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tobacco plant in bloom! (Nicotiana tabacum). This is a part of our Indigenous medicine plant project in our Environmental Science spaces at @smuscience.bsky.social.

Multiple pink and white flowers flowers emanating from a slender green stem.

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Sep 4

We had a great time exploring astronomy eduction with these great teachers last month! @smustarfinder.bsky.social

Star Finder program prepares NS teachers with astronomy lesson plans | SMU News and Events

An enthusiastic group of elementary and junior high educators attended the first Star Finder Teachers’ Workshop in August, and they are now ready to share an appreciation of astronomical understanding...

news.smu.ca

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Jul 14

Amazing work—research with real community impact at SMU Science!

Dr. Ellie M. Goud @emgbotany.bsky.social · Jul 12

The legacy of #acidrain still impacts lakes in SW #NovaScotia. Would liming #restoration help or hurt sensitive #Atlantic Coastal Plain lakeshore #flora? MSc Summer C is going to find out! We spent yesterday setting up transects for her field experiment in an acidified #lake @smuscience.bsky.social

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Dr. Ellie M. Goud @emgbotany.bsky.social · Jul 8

Proud of my grad student Rachel Kendall for this #peatland #plant #traits paper! Contrasting responses to climate & geography among shrub, sedge & #moss species. A fun project that connected across provinces & labs @wetland-ghg.bsky.social @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com @smuscience.bsky.social

Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · Jul 8

Ever wondered how functional traits of common peatland plants vary among sites? We got you - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This was a fun group project with @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com and many grad students and post-docs.

Intraspecific trait variability in four geographically widespread peatland plant species in Canada

Plant traits directly influence ecosystem carbon exchange through photosynthesis and respiration, and indirectly control nutrient cycling through stru…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr. Linda Campbell (she/her/elle) @lmcampbell.bsky.social · Jul 4

Mallory is studying plankton for her @smuscience.bsky.social honours thesis this summer. Here's a sneak peek at some of her samples!

(Hastily taken by hand through a microscope using a phone camera. We'll have better images coming soon!)

Two copepod zooplankters with long antennae, a tail, legs Most of the body is translucent white, with round pinkish lipid "drops" visible throughout their bodies.

A translucent white round Daphnia zooplankter, with filtering claws and tail just out of focus. Green algae can be seen dotted through the gut.

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Jul 3

A cleaner future for mining: Two @smuhalifax.bsky.social professors are are developing sustainable methods to make metal extraction cleaner and more environmentally responsible. Read more:
news.smu.ca/news/2025/7/...

Dr. Christa Brosseau, Liah Christie and Dr. Tanner George in the lab

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Jul 3

Computing Science Lecture: Open to all!

Hierarchical Transfer Multi-task Learning
and Task Grouping for Scene Classification
Presented by Dr. Reza Khoshkangini, Malmo Univ.

Hierarchical Transfer Multi-task Learning
and Task Grouping for Scene Classification
Monday, July 7 at 10 am
Loyola 273

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Dr. Linda Campbell (she/her/elle) @lmcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 12

Kaitlyn Kerr prepared this Facebook post on request for one of our Waverley community partners, Macdonald Sports Park, so I thought I'd also share this here too! It's about Kaity's @smuscience.bsky.social graduate research project.

www.facebook.com/mcdonaldspor...

Two people wearing waders, long gloves standing in a wetland, inserting a tube containing hydrology equipment

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Nicole Conrad @nicoleconrad.bsky.social · Jun 19

Save the date! We’re bringing @researchedcanada.bsky.social to Halifax this fall . @smuhalifax.bsky.social @smuarts.bsky.social @smuscience.bsky.social @msvuhalifax.bsky.social

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Jun 9

Bay View High School students visited a Chemistry lab @smuhalifax.bsky.social to make... worms!

(When sodium alginate is placed in a solution of calcium ions, long polysaccharide molecules clump together and form an even bigger polymer that is too big to stay in the solution which = “worms.”)

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Jun 5

Faculty of Science Photo Contest Winners: Month by month we'll display winners from our 2025 calendar.

The June image is “Rainbow Residue” by Tanner George, PhD’25 in Applied Science, Chemistry, and Alumni and Faculty

Pick up your copy of the calendar at the Science Advising Centre (Atrium 301).

“Rainbow Residue” by Tanner George, PhD’25

Residual solid from a chemical reaction done in ethanol. Evaporation of the filtrate gave rise to these colorless crystals in the yellow oil. This photo was taken using a polarized microscope at a Saint Mary's University X-ray facility, giving rise to the intense colours.

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Jun 5

“Leaving home doesn’t just change where you live, it changes who you are.” Excellent speech by valedictorian Sheheryar Khan, who earned a BSc with a Diploma in Engineering. Watch now: vimeo.com/1088079229#t...

Valedictorian Sheheryar Khan gives a speech at the Saint Mary's podium

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · May 30

Free event at Saint Mary's! Open to the public. June 3 @ 7 pm
Topic: Cosmic Fossils and the Origins of Planets, presented by Dr. JJ Kavelaars

Free event at Saint Mary's brings 'out-of-this-world' excitement

Dr. JJ Kavelaars will give a free public talk on planetary origins at Saint Mary’s University on June 3.

halifax.citynews.ca

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Apr 30

New Class! Examine topics related to the exploitation of Earth for its mineral wealth, incl. Enviro impacts of mining, and sustainable practices in the industry.

Winter 2026 | Hyflex MW 4-5:15 p.m. | GEOL 1212
Dr. Jacob Hanley | [email protected]
No prerequisites. No lab. 3 credit hours.

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Apr 24

Congratulations to Saint Mary's Psychology prof Dr. Arla Day, recognized as a Take the Lead Champion by @discoverhalifax.bsky.social! Thanks to her efforts, the Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute will be held again this summer in Halifax.
Read more: taketheleadhalifax.ca/arla-day

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Dr. Linda Campbell (she/her/elle) @lmcampbell.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congratulations to Lauren MacDonald who is doing her MSc on freshwater mussels in historical gold mine tailing sites at @smuscience.bsky.social. Her talk was recognized with an award at the 2025 Science Atlantic Environment Conference!

3-photo array. Main photo shows Lauren MacDonald explaining oxidative stress data from freshwater mussels on a screen. Small photos shows Lauren accepting her speaking award and the award certificate.

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Apr 6

Know a teen who is interested in studying Forensic Science? Explore how the sciences are applied in Forensic situations as well as the theories and principles underlying these applications.
Ages: 14-17
Dates: July 28-Aug. 1 or Aug. 4-8, 2025
Details: smu.ca/frsc

Forensic Science Camp smu.ca/FRSC
with photos of students working in a lab.

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Apr 1

Faculty of Science Photo Contest Winners: Month by month we'll display each winner from our 2025 Calendar.
The April image is “Apollonian Circle Packing” by Dr. James Rickards, Mathematics and Computing Science.
Pick up your copy of the calendar at the Science Advising Centre (Atrium 301).

$An Apollonian circle packing is a fractal-like arrangement of circles that are mutually tangent. Remarkably, in certain cases, all circle curvatures are integers. In this picture, the three largest circles have curvatures 28, 33, and 40. The circles are coloured based on their remainder when the curvature is divided by 24.$

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Mar 31

Faculty of Science Photo Contest Winners: Month by month we'll display each winner from our 2025 Calendar.

The March image is “Graceful Giant of the Galápagos” by Pedro Jose Suarez Briones, BSc in Biology.

Pick up your copy of the calendar at the Science Advising Centre (Atrium 301).

Grace Giant of the Galapagos, by Pedro Jose Suarez - Bachelor of Science in Biology.
With a photo of a large tortoise.

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Mar 29

Are you getting up early tomorrow for the partial solar eclipse? Dig out your eclipse glasses from last year!

Tiffany @tiffzny.bsky.social · Mar 28

practicing

Selfie of Tiffany from the rooftop with the observatory dome behind her. She's wearing eclipse glasses and looking towards the sky

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Faculty of Science at Saint Mary's University @smuscience.bsky.social · Mar 28

Tomorrow morning!

Tiffany @tiffzny.bsky.social · Mar 26

There's a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning as the sun rises! Do you still have eclipse glasses from last April's solar eclipse? If they're not damaged (and if weather allows), use them again to see the sun get partly covered by the moon. I chatted with The Coast earlier this week: #HaliSky

Another year, another solar eclipse of the heart

A reason to get up early on a Saturday

www.thecoast.ca

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