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February 19, 2007
Provincial budget unveiled
Outstanding alumni share stories
SFU Surrey Open House Feb. 21, 4-8 p.m. – some highlights
Outstanding alumni share stories
SFU Surrey Open House Feb. 21, 4-8 p.m. – some highlights
Provincial budget unveiled
B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor will unveil the province’s budget for the coming year tomorrow (Feb. 20). SFU experts can look at everything from spending cuts to the Liberal’s emphasis on the environment.
Lindsay Meredith, business, 604.291.5554; lindsay_meredith@sfu.ca
Nancy Olewiler, environmental economics, 604.291.5289/3442; nancy_olewiler@sfu.ca
Mark Jaccard, energy research group, 604.291.,4219; mark_jaccard@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, public policy, 604.291.5208; doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Gloria Gutman, gerontology, 604.291.5063; gutman@sfu.ca
Outstanding alumni share stories
Dua'a Riyal sees forests of the future made up of new breeds of trees. The SFU graduate student, from Amman, Jordan, is using genetic molecular techniques to screen populations of poplar trees for desired gene traits that could be used for the first time in the breeding of forest trees. Riyal will be honored with an SFU alumni association leadership award at the annual alumni awards ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The next day she’ll join four other award recipients at a leadership forum at SFU’s Diamond Alumni Centre (starting at 4:30 p.m.), where they’ll share their stories. For more check http://www.sfu.ca/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding/
Dua’a Riyal, 604.291.4594 (lab); driyal@sfu.ca,
Jan Horne, alumni relations, 604.291.3994; jan_horne@sfu.ca
SFU Surrey Open House, Feb. 21, 4-8 p.m. – some highlights
see www.surrey.sfu.ca/openhouse
Contact: Terry Lavender, PAMR, 778.782.7408
Fear and safety in the city
How can pedestrians feel safer in the city? SFU professor emeritus Tom Calvert and his colleague Andrew Park have developed a model of how fear influences navigation through the urban environment. They’ll demonstrate how the environment can be adjusted to influence walking behaviour (room 3880, 4-8 pm).
Computer privacy, copyright and censorship
Should we worry about terrorists, criminals and pedophiles using Wi-Fi networks and library computers? How much privacy can we expect when using a computer in a public space? SFU Surrey computer scientist Harinder Khangura will look at these issues, as Vancouver explores creating a public Wi-Fi network and prepares to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. (at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3090.)
The printed book in today's wired world
As media becomes more digitized, old definitions and relations are undergoing unimagined changes. The shift from individual to network holds the promise of a radical reconfiguration in culture. Robert Stein, director of the Institute for the Future of the Book, at the University of Southern California, will discuss these issues at a special research colloquium at 5 p.m. in room 3875.
B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor will unveil the province’s budget for the coming year tomorrow (Feb. 20). SFU experts can look at everything from spending cuts to the Liberal’s emphasis on the environment.
Lindsay Meredith, business, 604.291.5554; lindsay_meredith@sfu.ca
Nancy Olewiler, environmental economics, 604.291.5289/3442; nancy_olewiler@sfu.ca
Mark Jaccard, energy research group, 604.291.,4219; mark_jaccard@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, public policy, 604.291.5208; doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Gloria Gutman, gerontology, 604.291.5063; gutman@sfu.ca
Outstanding alumni share stories
Dua'a Riyal sees forests of the future made up of new breeds of trees. The SFU graduate student, from Amman, Jordan, is using genetic molecular techniques to screen populations of poplar trees for desired gene traits that could be used for the first time in the breeding of forest trees. Riyal will be honored with an SFU alumni association leadership award at the annual alumni awards ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The next day she’ll join four other award recipients at a leadership forum at SFU’s Diamond Alumni Centre (starting at 4:30 p.m.), where they’ll share their stories. For more check http://www.sfu.ca/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding/
Dua’a Riyal, 604.291.4594 (lab); driyal@sfu.ca,
Jan Horne, alumni relations, 604.291.3994; jan_horne@sfu.ca
SFU Surrey Open House, Feb. 21, 4-8 p.m. – some highlights
see www.surrey.sfu.ca/openhouse
Contact: Terry Lavender, PAMR, 778.782.7408
Fear and safety in the city
How can pedestrians feel safer in the city? SFU professor emeritus Tom Calvert and his colleague Andrew Park have developed a model of how fear influences navigation through the urban environment. They’ll demonstrate how the environment can be adjusted to influence walking behaviour (room 3880, 4-8 pm).
Computer privacy, copyright and censorship
Should we worry about terrorists, criminals and pedophiles using Wi-Fi networks and library computers? How much privacy can we expect when using a computer in a public space? SFU Surrey computer scientist Harinder Khangura will look at these issues, as Vancouver explores creating a public Wi-Fi network and prepares to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. (at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3090.)
The printed book in today's wired world
As media becomes more digitized, old definitions and relations are undergoing unimagined changes. The shift from individual to network holds the promise of a radical reconfiguration in culture. Robert Stein, director of the Institute for the Future of the Book, at the University of Southern California, will discuss these issues at a special research colloquium at 5 p.m. in room 3875.