Posts by Chiara Ferrero-Wong
Read This: The Hour of the Star
This summer we read and loved The Hour of the Star by one of Brazil’s most brilliant novelists: Clarice Lispector. We like to recommend books you can read during your studies, and luckily,…
Read MoreMystery and magic in The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s 2001 contemporary gothic fiction novel, The Shadow of the Wind, is an international bestseller and a must-read.
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Read This: Orhan Pamuk
The Gazette’s bi-weekly book review column tackles two books by author Orphan Pamuk. Figure out what had them loving or hating these books.
Read MoreRead This: Exit West
Dalhousie Gazette’s new book column Read This starts with columnists Hannah van den Bosch and Chiara Ferrero-Wong reviewing Exit West by Moshin Hamid.
Read MoreScience project SURGEs into Dal
Tuesday, Jan. 8 saw the launch of Nova Scotia’s newest “innovation sandbox.” Science Unleashed: Research Growing the Economy, better known by its acronym SURGE, aims to be a centre for science for Dalhousie University…
Read MoreOrganic matter in the Arctic Ocean
In the late 19th century, Norwegian explorers learned about the transpolar drift in the Arctic Ocean during an attempt to cross the northernmost point on earth. Today, scientists are still venturing to the top of the…
Read MoreThe call of the North Atlantic right whale
An experiment is underway in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The experiment involves boats, planes, autonomous underwater vehicles and sonobuoys (buoys which can detect underwater sounds). It covers 1,500 square kilometres and is being…
Read MoreMaking scientific research accessible
Mary Anne White believes science belongs to everybody. “The public has the right to know something about science. I think it’s both a right and a responsibility. [Science] enlivens our life,”…
Read MoreSustainability not just a society
Sustainability is one of those words you’ve probably been hearing a lot lately. That’s because, with issues like climate change, people are coming together to figure out what can be…
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