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September 23, 2008
Word on ‘Greenest person’ Wednesday
It’s down to two - voters taking part in Boyd Cohen’s Greenest Person on the Planet online contest (http://www.3rdwhale.com/) have made their choices and will find out on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. whether the winner will be Vancouverite Emily Jubenvill or Matthias Gelber, a German living in Malaysia. Cohen, an assistant professor in SFU’s business faculty, will make the announcement during SFU’s Sustainability Festival in Convocation Mall. Both candidates will be on hand – Jubenvill in person and Gelber by live video feed. Check the website for more on the contest.
Boyd Cohen, 778.384.0733; bcohen@sfu.ca
Obesity hurts more than smoking
A new U.S. study has found that heart attacks are hitting people who are overweight more than a decade sooner than those of normal weight and suggests that fat tissue is more dangerous than smoking. SFU kinesiology professor Diane Finegood, who is the scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, studies obesity and obesity prevention.
Diane Finegood, 778.782.6707; finegood@sfu.ca
Election campaign – issue: youth crime
The federal Conservatives are looking at overhauling the Youth Criminal Justice Act if re-elected, a move which could mean stiffer sentences on youths who commit serious crimes. SFU criminologist Ray Corrado studies youth violence and comparative juvenile justice. Currently the director of the B.C. Centre for Social Responsibility, he has also played an integral role in assessing and redrafting legislation related to youth involved in crime.
Ray Corrado, 778.782.3629; 778.808.4816 (cell); raymond_corrado@sfu.ca
It’s down to two - voters taking part in Boyd Cohen’s Greenest Person on the Planet online contest (http://www.3rdwhale.com/) have made their choices and will find out on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. whether the winner will be Vancouverite Emily Jubenvill or Matthias Gelber, a German living in Malaysia. Cohen, an assistant professor in SFU’s business faculty, will make the announcement during SFU’s Sustainability Festival in Convocation Mall. Both candidates will be on hand – Jubenvill in person and Gelber by live video feed. Check the website for more on the contest.
Boyd Cohen, 778.384.0733; bcohen@sfu.ca
Obesity hurts more than smoking
A new U.S. study has found that heart attacks are hitting people who are overweight more than a decade sooner than those of normal weight and suggests that fat tissue is more dangerous than smoking. SFU kinesiology professor Diane Finegood, who is the scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, studies obesity and obesity prevention.
Diane Finegood, 778.782.6707; finegood@sfu.ca
Election campaign – issue: youth crime
The federal Conservatives are looking at overhauling the Youth Criminal Justice Act if re-elected, a move which could mean stiffer sentences on youths who commit serious crimes. SFU criminologist Ray Corrado studies youth violence and comparative juvenile justice. Currently the director of the B.C. Centre for Social Responsibility, he has also played an integral role in assessing and redrafting legislation related to youth involved in crime.
Ray Corrado, 778.782.3629; 778.808.4816 (cell); raymond_corrado@sfu.ca