Three current and former Dal students have spent the past year and a half developing Let's Sprout, a youth initiative aimed at fostering tomorrow's environmental leaders. Next week, they launch their most ambitious project yet: a weeklong summer camp.

We spoke to several young Dal alumni about their experiences — at and after HÂþ»­ — and what advice they'd offer to the more than 4,000 graduates crossing the stage at Convocation this year.

Omer Malhi left Pakistan in 2012 and began practising as a dentist in St. John's, Newfoundland in 2016. His journey — and arrival — is the happy result of equal measures of planning and serendipity. There were also surprises and lessons to pass on to this year's graduating class.

Toward 200: With a coast-to-coast bus tour and other initiatives, the Office of Advancement is working to ensure that Dal alumni across Canada and around the world help celebrate the university's bicentennial.

Nine HÂþ»­ alumni, including a current faculty member and a medical resident, are among the 72 individuals selected as finalists to join Canada's astronaut corps.