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FASS in Dal News

• Grad profile: Making sense of identity
  Uihyeok Jung, a Korean immigrant to Canada, overcame language barriers, embraced his cultural identity, and pursued sociology and history, culminating in award-winning research on Korean emotion and social movements.
  
• A milestone moment: Dal celebrates first graduates of groundbreaking Black and African Diaspora Studies major
  This spring, ÍøºìºÚÁÏ marks a historic milestone as the first graduates of its Black and African Diaspora Studies major cross the Convocation stage. Meet James Dixon and Portia Wright.
  
• Grad profile: A political awakening abroad
  Meaghan De Adder’s global adventure sparked a powerful political awakening — from Halifax roots to Seoul streets — and a thesis that challenges injustice towards women.
  
• Grad Profile: From criminology to the Berlin opera
  Sophia Maskine made what she described as a risky decision going back to school for music. But now she’s headed to Berlin, taking on a role with the Berlin Opera Academy and eager to immerse herself in the rich opera culture.
  
• Grad profile: Around the world and back
  Liam Oko remembers sneaking into the Bauer Theater in Antigonish to watch his mom’s rehearsals. Now, with his BA in Theatre, he’ll be on stage himself this summer.
  
• Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender‑based violence against women
  As violence continues to displace people in the eastern DRC, women face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
  
• When friendship is treated as essential, what happens to young adults who don’t have any?
  A new study aims to understand how adults without friends experience and move through life.
  
• The MacEachen Institute, 10 years in: Dal's policy powerhouse caps decade with top book prize
  MacEachen Institute Director Kevin Quigley and former students won the Donner Prize for the best public policy book in Canada this year. Discover how the institute has empowered student researchers and shaped major policy debates over the past decade.