Easy livin' at Dalhousie

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Best Places to Work in Academia, 2007

First-Timers

Massachusetts General Hospital: View from the top

Purdue pushes forward

Survey Methodology

Top 15 US Academic Institutions

Top 10 International Academic Institutions

Top 40 US Academic Institutions

Best Countries for Academic Research

Best Places to Work: Survey Findings PDF

Dalhousie University maintains a vigorous research atmosphere, but that's just one of the facets that put it at the top of this year's list of best international institutions to work. Researchers at this Canadian university, which also came in first internationally in 2003, say that being situated in the idyllic seaside town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a major benefit of working there. Even with its small-town atmosphere and easy going pace, Dalhousie is growing.

John Gosse, a geochronologist at Dalhousie, says that while the university is developing by constructing new buildings, mostly for the professional schools, its research office ...

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  • From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.

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