Alumni in the news
Our alumni are doing amazing things in the world. Learn more by viewing some of the headlines linking to news articles that feature their accomplishments and updates.
APRIL
- April 15, 2024 LunchLAB co-founder looks ahead to National School Food Program announcement
- April 12, 2024 Future of Work: The benefits of employing people with disabilities
- April 11, 2024 From Inner-City Support Worker to Inspirational Teacher
- April 4, 2024 How Moment Energy is breathing new life into spent EV batteries
- April 4, 2024 Alan Ritchson's 'Playdate' Rounds Out Cast With 'Scrubs,' Resident Alien' Stars (Hiro Kanagawa, Sabrina Elba)
- April 2, 2024 Capilano University announces Associate Vice-President for Squamish
MARCH
- March 29, 2024 Skoden!: Indigenous film festival curated by SFU students comes to Vancouver (Carr Sappier, Grace Mathisen)
- March 29, 2024 MPub alumnus Jarin Pintana presents at the first-ever 'Swiftposium'
- March 28, 2024 'Written in Their Soul' writes history with multiple Grammy wins (Michele Smith)
- March 26, 2024 Surrey Top 25 Under 25 Award Winners Announced by Surrey Board of Trade for 2024
- March 25, 2024 Creating business opportunities and giving back to the community: Meet 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award winner Elio Luongo
- March 21, 2024 Explore feelings, not facts, when discussing conspiracy theories: expert
- March 20, 2024 Advancing Yukon First Nations today and for future generations: Meet 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award winner Regional Chief Kluane Adamek
- March 20, 2024 SFU represented on BCBUSINESS’ 30 under 30 list
- March 19, 2024 30 Under 30: How ShEvalesco’s Carissa Konesky fosters confidence in young girls
- March 19, 2024 30 Under 30: How Taylor Hui supports youth with BeaYOUtiful Foundation
- March 19, 2024 30 Under 30: Brigitte Leong-Chung encourages adults to find their groove at Culturally Defined
- March 19, 2024 30 Under 30: Vision2Reality co-founder Ryan Ching helps newcomers find their footing
- March 19, 2024 30 Under 30: Alex Chan and Gavin Cheung are gaming the standing desk industry with MotionGrey (Gavin Cheung)
- March 14, 2024 SFU announces 2024 Honorary Degree recipients (Daphne Bramham, Kii’iljuus (Barbara J. Wilson), Hildegard Westerkamp, Elio Luongo and Alexandra Newton)
- March 13, 2024 Alumni and students nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
- March 13, 2024 Creating more inclusive STEM education: Meet 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award winner Poh Tan
- March 11, 2024 Rising Stars 2024: Manpreet Bagga, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
- March 10, 2024 17 North Shore women nominated for Women of Distinction Awards (Emily Kerr)
- March 6, 2024 How Ryan Beedie is building on a 70-year legacy of development and donation
- March 6, 2024 2023 Awards for Excellence in Teaching
- March 5, 2024 Marianne Ignace wins 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award
- March 5, 2024 Meet SFU’s 2023 Staff Achievement Award recipients
- March 5, 2024 Obheneofegor Obuwoma: ...to glimpse: African Cinema Now!
- March 4, 2024 Pride: The LGBTQ+ History Series hosts nominated for Canadian Screen Award for Best Host, Web Program or Series (Kimberly Ho)
FEBRUARY
- February 29, 2024 Meet SFU’s 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award recipients
- February 26, 2024 Alumni in love: stories span seven decades
- February 24, 2024 Meet: Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi
- February 22, 2024 See Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action cast side by side with their cartoon counterparts (Hiro Kanagawa)
- February 20, 2024 Blending biology and business: Cathy Mackay EDI's next CEO
- February 16, 2024 Introducing Pegah Tabassinejad: Phil Lind Multicultural Artist in Residence for 2023/2024
- February 15, 2024 Unconventional path leads BBA alumna to the United Nations
- February 15, 2024 Shaping Communities for Positive Change: An Educator’s Perspective
- February 14, 2024 Dead Letters Inspire Theatrical Connections at Early Stages (June Fukumura & Keely O'Brien)
- February 12, 2024 Creating Plant-Based Seafood With Save Da Sea
- February 5, 2024 Memphis Wins Big at 66th Annual Grammys (Michele Smith)
- February 2024 FCAT After School with comedian and clown June Fukumura (podcast)
January
- January 28, 2024 Alumnus Eldon Yellowhorn honoured for his reconciliation efforts
- January 27, 2024 Meet the man behind the Canucks' eye-popping dragon Lunar New Year jersey
- January 26, 2024 Christina Paul shares her experience within the MPub program
- January 17, 2024 Vancouver-made video game explores gaming as social performance at 2024 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
- January 14, 2024 How has North Shore Rescue evolved a decade after Tim Jones’ death?
- January 9, 2024 Canucks unveil 2024 Lunar New Year jersey and logo with a dragon on it
- January 8, 2024 Julia Berry Lopez Joins McGlinchey in Albany
- January 5, 2024 Carlo Basso named permanent head coach of SFU women's soccer
- January 4, 2024 Chilliwack’s Lara Mussell-Savage recognized for sports excellence
- January 4, 2024 First Nation wrestler steps closer to qualifying for 2024 Olympics
- January, 2024 Alumnus Dr. Amritavalli named as a 2024 Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America
- January, 2024 Alumni Giselle Blackman, Dawn Farahani and Jabeen Boga recognized as 2023 HR Spotlight recipients