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SFU has established North America's first Centre for the Comparative Study

SFU's Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures may

If you've lost an item at the Burnaby campus, visit campus security's new

Our new-look newspaper needs a lot of photos. So when you take a great SFU

“It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game,” is an adage

Canadian-born Ismaili Muslims strongly identify with Canadian values of

Jackie La Sah Timothy, a Sliammon (Coast Salish) master carver, has spent

The SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is holding a Day of the Dead

What every SFU home, garden, cottage or condo needs: an SFU 40th

SFU's main website, www.sfu.ca, gets a new look today.

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Simon Fraser University News gets a new — and newsier — look and approach

For only the second time in its 18-year history, the annual City of

Major morning traffic accidents are so commonplace that motorists and the

SFU archaeologist and renowned primatologist Biruté Galdikas will present a

SFU Burnaby will hold a Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday, Nov. 10 at 12:3

SFU President Michael Stevenson and Now Newspaper publisher Gary Hollick

Parmela Attariwala is one of the most original and compelling performers in

An unprecedented nine SFU faculty members, four of them from the department

What do Italian Eggs, Union Café Cashews and Survival Casserole have in

You would think a well-educated relatively well-off bunch like the faculty

As her eyes meet those of Terry Fox's statue at SFU Burnaby, Manjeet Gill

Pioneering research in radiation therapy and cellular manipulation at SFU

As I disappeared into a serpent-like band of pink halos, pink boas and pink

Paul Warwick was setting up a booth for the school of international studies

It was a little disconcerting. SFU President Michael Stevenson looming

Parry Malm graduated this month with a bachelor of business administration

Simon Fraser's continuing studies seniors program has launched its 32nd

View a mini-retrospective of sculptures created by Roland Brener in

The Simon Fraser University women's basketball team recently returned from

When Eloise Rowland was four years old, her mother found her in bed

Graduates of Simon Fraser University's master's and doctoral programs in

Now that the hard work and great success of SFU's 40th Anniversary

Colin Truncik works at the leading edge of one the most fascinating new

The opening of the new SFU Surrey campus on Sept. 8 drew speeches from the

After studying criminology for almost nine years at SFU, Aili Malm was

Learning for the joy of it is one distinguishing feature of students who

Simon Fraser University's latest marine research toolkit would have been a

More participants, less money. The impressive, 1,100-strong turnout for the

When you speak your own language, you speak with the heart, says Joyce

A bachelor of arts degree in four years followed by a career in

Graduating with an honours degree, first class, is a proud accomplishment

Think telecommuting will improve your work/life balance? Not necessarily,

Determination, a little technical help, and a refusal to give in are all

Among the many booths set up at convocation mall during the opening days of

In the small nigerian village of Eniwari, up to 60 pupils from around the

Born in 1978, near the end of the Khmer Rouge rule, Rith Sam Ol missed the

Yim Sorphorn was only five years old when the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom

(Phnom Penh)—room 214a at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) in

SFU is all abuzz with the news that SFU professor of biology Mark

Not too long ago, it was inconceivable—marrying academics with shoppers and

SFU Surrey is opening its new campus with a roster of unique programs

Now that the new SFU Surrey campus is open, you might think the university

Metaphors abound for the elegant, elongated curved wood and glass canopy

SFU now teaches greek to more students than any other university in

A terrorism scare that temporarily saw the senior Simon Fraser

There is no fun in seeing people suffer, but a computer game about their

"Do not disturb" may be the ecotourist's motto, but the mere presence of

A grand opening on sept. 19 will introduce students to a one-stop, one

As a focal point for an urban renaissance,architect Bing Thom's Central

If moving house tops just about everybody's list of stressors, imagine the

At SFU Surrey's School of interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT), games are

"There are two phases of development," SFU Surrey's Community Outreach

What do Grand Theft Auto or Halo have in common with, say, War and Peace,

On Saturday, September 9, from noon to 4 pm, SFU Surrey opens the doors to

SFU Surrey opens its doors with a number of community-based programs

Simon Fraser University is opening its new Surrey campus with a two-day

From the back seat of his parents' pale pink Vauxhall, a young Randall

It seemed obvious to Adrian deBruyn. The same biological processes that

Mongolia, Mexico, Canada. Internships in SFU's new master of science in

Craig Janes will be eating a lot of freshly butchered and boiled sheep

Preparations are under way for Simon Fraser University's biggest public

SFU has awarded ten honorary degrees to noteworthy recipients who include a

Snow and cold temperatures were a welcome change for David Burley on his

The new Sustainable Building Centre opening March 25 in the

A prestigious scholarship from the Society for American Archaeology will

It's all about food. But those of us with too much to eat often give little

What would you do if a former student called you in a panic to report that

John Dill is part of a very exclusive group.

The SFU engineering 

A glove that translates American sign language into speech and text and a

Visitors to the Vancouver Aquarium will soon have the opportunity to

In the past, SFU has annually acknowledged and honoured one SFU staffer

Brad Bart, a lecturer in computing science, has a milk crate full of

Post-secondary distance education in B.C. is significantly different from

A keen interest and participation in her First Nations community, coupled

Five nights per week, four hours per night (six on Sundays) for eight

Simon Fraser University has honoured securities industry leaders Fred

For decades, Karlene Faith has studied the circumstances around a harsh

The simple, rhythmic bopping of a finger has led a trio of SFU computing

Simon Fraser University has approved a comprehensive new parking management