Katie Mahoney (BSc’16) was just finishing up a degree in marine biology when a Facebook challenge sent her career in a completely new direction.

The holiday season is a time of festivities, social gatherings and making memories. The situation this year could challenge some of those rituals and comforts and prompt new ways of celebrating, says Martha Radice, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.

Featuring musical performances from students in the Fountain School of Performing Arts, as well as greetings and well-wishes from across the Dal community, rewatch È«¹ú̽»¨'s digital event to mark the season and the end of a uniquely challenging year with spirit and song.

Lissa Skitolsky, the Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at Dal, reflects on the story of Hanukkah and negotiating between past and present in the holiday tradition.

Universities across the province joined È«¹ú̽»¨ in raising funds to improve food security for their students, inspired by the J & W Murphy Foundation's generosity as a partner in the project.