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April 2007 AQ Cover CRIME FIGHTERS

By Christine Hearn
Photography by Mark Mushet

Two top criminologists map out our environment

We often seem preoccupied with criminal activity. Whether actual crime numbers are up or down, many of us feel increasingly edgy and unsafe in our urban environment.


SUPER NATURAL

Rob Britton

By Sharon J. Proctor
Photograph by Greg Ehlers

There was a time when all our medical "cures" came directly from wild plants and animals. Today we generally synthesize our drugs, but 40 to 50 percent of them still have their origins in nature.

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VIRTUAL FEAR

By Christine Hearn

Navigating the urban environment

In a darkened lab at SFU's Surrey campus a computer monitor lights up. On screen we see a virtual reality (VR) model of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. What we are looking at will eventually help assess how pedestrians are influenced by crime or fear of crime in choosing their routes in an urban environment. 

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A CELEBRATION OF CRAFT & COMMUNITY
By Alyssa Polinsky
Type setting and poster

Rimmerfest honours a legendary designer

Even a cold, snowy November evening couldn't dampen the warm and festive spirit of the crowd gathered for the annual Yosef Wosk-Friends of SFU Library Special Collections-Alcuin Society Lecture.

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THINKING OF THE WORLD

Simon Fraser University now has a distinctive logo, word mark, and tag line, designed to convey a single and consistent brand identity.

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

By Michael Stevenson, President and Vice-Chancellor

A strong brand built on our heritage and success

Over the past 40 years, SFU has grown from a small, innovative institution with a fresh mission and a local student base to a major Canadian university with an expanding presence on the international stage.

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