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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 24, 2009 - December 24, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Dec. 18-24, 2009 Prof. Mark Jaccard of SFU’s School of...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 18, 2009 - December 18, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Dec. 11-18, 2009 There was quick pickup by media this week on...
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Buy a ‘tab’ for Christmas - December 15, 2009Stuck for a last-minute gift idea this Christmas? Third-year SFU Business student Matias Marquez has a suggestion: pick up...
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SFU helps alums grow new business - December 11, 2009Matt Ferguson and Rick Hall’s connections with SFU did not end after they received their respective master’s degrees in...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 11, 2009 - December 11, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Dec. 4-11, 2009 SFU people were all over the news this week:...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 4, 2009 - December 4, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Nov. 27-Dec. 4, 2009 What had Simon Fraser University in the...
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Championing controversy - December 3, 2009The Sterling Prize committee is looking for nominations for the Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy, which...
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Three student biz whizzes win kudos - December 3, 2009SFU student entrepreneurs Milun Tesovic, Benjamin Brown-Bentley and Ammar Sultan all won awards recently for their innovative...
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Brinkman among Canada’s 100 ‘most powerful women’ - December 3, 2009SFU microbiologist Fiona Brinkman has been named to the 2009 top 100 list of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by the Women’s...
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Outstanding alumni awards ’09 - December 3, 2009SFU’s alumni association has announced its 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award winners, who will be honoured during an awards...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 27, 2009 - November 27, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Nov. 20-27, 2009 There was solid media coverage this week of...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 20, 2009 - November 20, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Nov. 13-20, 2009 World media learned today (Nov. 20) that SFU...
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Running to the max in Egypt, New York - November 19, 2009Who’d have guessed there are butterflies in the world’s largest and most inhospitable desert, where temperatures can soar to ...
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SFU Business names sustainability entrepreneur-in-residence - November 19, 2009SFU Business has become one of the first university business schools in Canada to appoint a sustainability entrepreneur-in...
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Celebrating SFU authors - November 19, 2009With topics as diverse as nematode space travellers and boomer bag ladies, the third annual Celebration of SFU Authors took...
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‘One World’ winner to study down under - November 19, 2009Psychology student Ramsay Malange will head to Australia in 2010 for a year of studies after receiving a $20,000 Premier’s...
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Campus Scouts - November 19, 2009A memorandum of agreement between SFU and the 21st Burnaby Highlanders Scouts Group means young Spencer Riekman (above) and...
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Distinguished academics wanted - November 19, 2009The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA BC) has added a new category—the Early in Career award—to...
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Two SFU professors win awards in China - November 19, 2009Yuezhi Zhao, professor and Canada Research Chair at the School of Communication, and Zuo-Guang Ye, professor and chair of the...
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First Nations leaders connect with executives in SFU-partnered program - November 19, 2009Canada’s first leadership program to place senior executive officers at meetings on aboriginal reserves and get First Nations...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 13, 2009 - November 13, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Nov. 6-13, 2009 Sadly, the biggest story of the week—from the...
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Prince Charles visits SFU - November 10, 2009Prince Charles’ first-ever visit to Simon Fraser University on Saturday (Nov. 7) made it into media around the world. He...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 6, 2009 - November 6, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2009 SFU placed first among comprehensive...
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Canada's top angel - November 5, 2009The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has named Mike Volker, executive director of SFU’s University/Industry Liaison...
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Choreographer Liz Lerman wins Blaney Award - November 5, 2009Celebrated American choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker, Liz Lerman, is this year’s winner of SFU’s Jack P...
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Internship was a trip to remember - November 5, 2009When computing science student Tushar Vias was offered an eight-month internship at one of the world’s largest software firms...
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NYC Bound - November 5, 2009Fourth-year business student Ashish Gurung travels to New York this month to attend the Business Today International...
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Three new, four renewed Canada Research Chairs - November 5, 2009Physicist Erol Girt studies the smallest of structures— those measuring just one billionth of a meter—and his research will...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 30, 2009 - October 30, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Oct. 23-30, 2009 A report on how Canada is losing Canadians, a...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 23, 2009 - October 23, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Oct. 16-23, 2009 SFU came in for some strong coverage in...
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BC Hydro gets first McKinstry award - October 22, 2009BC Hydro, which has women in six of its 10 senior management team positions, is the first recipient of SFU’s new Nancy...
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SFU’s Vanier scholars begin studies - October 22, 2009Among the 4,462 SFU graduate students pursuing degrees this fall are the university’s first six Vanier Canada Graduate...
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Another SFU scholar tapped for Fulbright - October 22, 2009A second SFU scholar been selected to receive a prestigious Canada-U.S. Fulbright award this year. James Dean (above), an...
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Politician-journalist Ladner joins Centre for Dialogue - October 22, 2009Peter Ladner, a two-term Vancouver city council member and candidate in the November 2008 mayoralty race, has been appointed...
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Stevenson pans ‘big five’ university demands - October 22, 2009SFU President Michael Stevenson took a diplomatic swipe during his fall convocation speech at a proposal by Canada’s "big...
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter earns BFA - October 22, 2009Singer-songwriter Sandy Scofield has won five Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, received three consecutive Juno nominations...
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A 10 for Ten? - October 22, 2009Third-year kinesiology student Jeremy Ten is a serious contender for a spot on Skate Canada’s senior men’s figure skating...
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Business prof has one foot in oil patch - October 22, 2009In April 2009, Alberta oil-sands giant Suncor Energy was fined $675,000 for not installing pollution-control equipment at one...
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Writer Turner takes up residence - October 22, 2009Michael Turner, award-winning writer, art critic and curator, has been named the Ellen and Warren Tallman writer-in-residence...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 16, 2009 - October 16, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Oct. 9-16, 2009 SFU’s School of Interactive Arts + ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 9, 2009 - October 9, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Sept. 25-Oct. 9, 2009 SFU was in the national news—named as...
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Degree is child’s play for daycare director - October 8, 2009As executive director of SFU Childcare, Pat Frouws is surrounded daily by some of the youngest minds on campus. "Our new...
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Order of BC for four university affiliates - October 8, 2009Four of the 13 British Columbians invested Sept. 16 with the Order of British Columbia by Lt.-Gov. Steven Point are...
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Fall 2009 Student Speakers - October 8, 2009Kamloops native GARETH TILT is graduating with a major in biology and minor in kinesiology with aspirations of becoming a...
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Honorary degrees venerate exceptional Canadians - October 8, 2009An internationally acclaimed jurist, a pioneering reproductive surgeon, an open-access publishing champion and a leading...
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Smoothing the way for graduate students - October 8, 2009At many convocations for the past 31 years, Shirley Heap has been standing on the sidelines, waving to Faculty of Education...
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Passion for health inspires M.Ed. grad - October 8, 2009For Laura MacNiven, who convocates this month with an M.Ed. in health education and physical activity, what drove her...
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Striving to preserve Aboriginal languages - October 8, 2009With a flock of 17 sheep on her Barnston Island farm, a full-time faculty job at SFU’s Kamloops satellite campus, and six...
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Rice price hikes devastate Bangladeshi poor - October 8, 2009Maggie Nicholls learned an important life lesson last year from impoverished women living in the slums of Uttara, an...
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Computing degree leads to Yahoo! - October 8, 2009Although Preet Jassi jokes about one day owning a yacht or two, he is resolute when it comes to being successful. And the...
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PhD grad is taking her skill set and her sense of humour to new job in U.S. - October 8, 2009Talk about being in demand. Shortly after finishing her PhD in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) in the...
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MBA grad at ease in suits or lab coats - October 8, 2009Science or business and ne’er the two shall meet? Not in 30-year-old Kenny To’s world. The PhD graduate in neuroscience and...
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New geographer working with world’s best - October 8, 2009The world’s northern waterways are Suzanne Tank’s classrooms. The geography PhD student, who graduates this fall, spent three...
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‘McFogg’ grad earns a biscuit… er, BA - October 8, 2009McFogg the Dog, SFU’s tartan-clad mascot, experienced an unexpected wardrobe malfunction last year when his belt unfurled and...
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A passion for housing the homeless - October 8, 2009Faith Eiboff will be watching Vancouver’s plans to address homelessness over the next few years more closely than most. Eiboff...
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‘Mr. Big’ ruse needs reforming, says crim grad - October 8, 2009Kouri Keenan had no opinion either way when he began his master’s thesis on "Mr. Big", an undercover police technique in...
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HIV/AIDS research sparks controversy, threats and awards - October 8, 2009Michael Worobey, an evolutionary biologist who pioneered research into the origins of HIV/AIDS, is the 2009 recipient of...
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Conference addresses African diaspora - October 8, 2009"The world isn’t telling our stories, so we have to tell them ourselves." That was the message acclaimed Canadian author MG...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 25, 2009 - September 25, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Sept. 17-25, 2009 Comedian Rick Mercer’s visit to the Burnaby...
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Balding for Dollars activist wins Fox medal - September 24, 2009A Surrey SFU student devoted to raising money for sick kids while battling his own rare and incurable blood disease has won...
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Nominate an honorary doctor - September 24, 2009SFU’s senate committee on university honours is calling for nominations by Oct. 13, 2009 for honorary degrees in the...
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SFU staffer builds houses and literacy in Mexico - September 24, 2009Poolside margaritas at a five-star beach resort usually come to mind when discussing vacations in Mexico. But SFU Advancement...
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For the love of orangutans - September 24, 2009Janie Dubman is back in class at the Burnaby campus. But her heart is still more than 12,000 km away in Kalimantan, Borneo,...
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SFU’s first cybercrime prof logs in - September 24, 2009SFU’s first cybercrime professor doubts that child pornography on the Internet will ever be completely eliminated, but she...
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Solman ready for Sahara desert race - September 24, 2009For someone about to attempt the toughest foot race on the planet, Jay Solman seems remarkably relaxed. "We’re as ready as...
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Morocco blog - September 24, 2009Third-year International Studies student Kai Watkins is blogging about her exchange semester at Al Akhawayn University in...
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Looking for a few excellent teachers - September 24, 2009Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Awards for Excellence in Teaching. All continuing full- and part-time faculty...
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SFU artistic partner wins Lemieux Prize - September 24, 2009The Canada Council for the Arts has awarded the 2009 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize to Judith Marcuse. The artistic director,...
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Convocation volunteers needed - September 24, 2009Fall convocation takes place Oct. 8–9 and volunteers are needed to help the ceremonies run smoothly. To volunteer, visit http...
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Helping India’s working women nets Thakore award - September 24, 2009Self-employed women in India have made great strides thanks to the life-long efforts of Elaben Bhatt. The internationally...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 17, 2009 - September 17, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Sept. 10-17, 2009 “Is the World Flat or Not?” That was a...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 11, 2009 - September 11, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Sept. 4-10, 2009 So what was CBC-TV’s Rick Mercer doing on the...
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SFU's largest undergraduate class - September 10, 2009Week of Welcome organizers this week are rolling out the red carpet to the largest group of undergraduate students in SFU’s...
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New hope for rural B.C. heart patients - September 10, 2009SFU kinesiologist Scott Lear is looking for rural recruits to test an Internet-based alternative to city-hospital cardiac...
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Nominate an outstanding staffer - September 10, 2009This year’s staff achievement awards nomination deadline is Sept. 28, so don’t delay—nominate a staff member who has...
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SFU’s new dean of green promises innovative research and outreach - September 10, 2009Former dean of arts and social sciences, John Pierce, has been named dean of the new Faculty of Environment. A leading scholar...
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Royal Society honours SFU economists - September 10, 2009SFU economists Mark Jaccard (above) and Arthur Robson have been made fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, one of Canada’s...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 4, 2009 - September 4, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2009 Health and wealth were among subjects...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 28, 2009 - August 28, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Aug. 21-28, 2009 News media this week featured some formal...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 21, 2009 - August 21, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Aug. 14-21, 2009 The SFU Pipe Band’s sixth world...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 14, 2009 - August 14, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Aug. 7-14, 2009 News is what’s really new—such as the...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 7, 2009 - August 7, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 31-Aug. 7, 2009 The SFU Pipe Band got a first-class send...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 31, 2009 - July 31, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 24-31, 2009 The week’s heat wave in BC put some SFU...
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Hat trick for Wosk - July 23, 2009Yosef Wosk, SFU’s continuing studies director of interdisciplinary programs, has been recognized again for his enduring...
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And the winner is… - July 23, 2009Dean of graduate studies Wade Parkhouse picked up two tickets to the 2010 Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies as the winner of...
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Contemporary Arts appoints talented trio - July 23, 2009As SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts prepares to relocate to its new home at 149 West Hastings St. in downtown Vancouver...
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Nesbit to head Continuing Studies - July 23, 2009Tom Nesbit has been appointed provisional dean of Continuing Studies from Sept. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Nesbit, who joined...
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SFU Summer Camps: Campers target fun - July 23, 2009Fun and games brought out kids’ powers of concentration during SFU’s popular summer camps in July and August at the Burnaby...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 23, 2009 - July 23, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 17-23, 2009 The Vancouver Sun online now is carrying...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 17, 2009 - July 17, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 10-17, 2009 A column in The Vancouver Sun on exam-cheats...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 10, 2009 - July 10, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 3-10, 2009 In a release to sports and news media July 10,...
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Still counselling students at 95 - July 9, 2009No one is more surprised than Thelma Finlayson that, at age 95, she continues to carry on an active role at SFU, providing...
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New education dean this fall - July 9, 2009Kris Magnusson joins SFU as the new dean of education for a five-year term commencing Sept. 1, 2009. He replaces interim dean...
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SFU, Maple Ridge eye environmental school - July 9, 2009SFU’s Faculty of Education, the District of Maple Ridge, School District 42 and other community partners are exploring the...
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Staffer nurtures budding music career - July 9, 2009By day, Wendy Norman runs SFU’s student development leadership initiatives. By night, she takes the lead in her own musical...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 3, 2009 - July 3, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: June 19-July 3, 2009 This report is back after a summer break...
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Maritimes import lands at SFU International - June 25, 2009Bill Radford says he was born to a peripatetic father, but then he did a bit of wandering himself before landing at SFU’s...
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New FCAT dean arrives in August - June 25, 2009The board of governors has approved the appointment of rhetoric professor Cheryl Geisler as dean of the new Faculty of...
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Conservation research reaps awards - June 25, 2009The Zoological Society of London honoured two SFU biologists June 16 for their commitments to conservation research....
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Suzuki explores ecology, economics - June 25, 2009If you missed famed geneticist and environmentalist David Suzuki’s keynote address May 13 at the SFU-hosted First Year in...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - June 19, 2009 - June 19, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: June 12-19, 2009 A June 14 memorial at the Burnaby campus for...
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Saywell Hall named for past president - June 16, 2009Historian Bill Saywell, former president of Simon Fraser University, has been recognized as a key part of SFU’s history. The...
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Khalil Gibran monument unveiled - June 14, 2009Canada’s first monument to Khalil Gibran, renowned Lebanese-American poet and philosopher, was unveiled at Simon Fraser...
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Hundreds attend Arthur Erickson memorial - June 14, 2009Some 800 people attended a memorial service at SFU Burnaby for architect Arthur Erickson—and all were framed by his work. ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - June 12, 2009 - June 12, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: June 4-12, 2009 It’s a fish story that got away—away around...
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Chemistry lecturer wins woman of distinction award - June 11, 2009Sophie Lavieri, a senior chemistry lecturer, has won a 2009 YWCA Woman of Distinction award. The YWCA began the awards in 1984...
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Kudos for three - June 11, 2009Several faculty members have been recognized recently for outstanding contributions in their fields. Mathematician Bob Russell...
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Top university staffer completes graduate degree - June 11, 2009Imagine your boss conferring a university degree on you. Now imagine that you’re the right-hand person of the boss who is...
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International dual degree yields first grad - June 11, 2009Although he’s just 22 years old, recent SFU graduate Mark Chua can now add "trailblazer" to his list of credentials. The newly...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - June 4, 2009 - June 4, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 29-June 4, 2009 The case of a high-school student who...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 29, 2009 - May 29, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 22-29, 2009 Rob Gordon, director of SFU Criminology, had a...
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Prof lauds graduate: “Way to go, Mom!” - May 28, 2009SFU professors occasionally get to watch their own children cross the stage during convocation ceremonies. Not too many get to...
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Student stars in Arab reality TV show - May 28, 2009MBA graduand Wahiba Chair is just back from Doha, Qatar where she spent 10 weeks as one of 16 finalists on the Arab docu...
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Convocation a family affair - May 28, 2009There were times when Pat Hibbitts (above right) worried about whether her children would ever make it to university....
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2009 Convocation student speakers - May 28, 2009Simon Fraser University will confer degrees on about 2,480 this spring during seven convocation ceremonies at SFU’s Burnaby...
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2009 Convocation medal roundup - May 28, 2009GOVERNOR GENERAL’S GOLD (GRADUATE) MEDALS Awarded to the two SFU graduate students who achieve the highest academic standing...
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Award win priceless for silver medallist - May 28, 2009Money isn’t everything, even to an aspiring number-cruncher like Robyn Davidson. During four years in the Faculty of Science,...
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African visit changed co-op student’s life - May 28, 2009A three-month international co-op term in Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi, Africa proved to be a life-altering experience for...
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Six of Canada's finest to receive honorary degrees - May 28, 2009Mark Angelo Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Wednesday...
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Math wizard charts new algorithmic territory - May 28, 2009Bunnies with stripes or spots, a dress that changes colour as you move or a near-perfect re-creation of the missing pieces of...
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Gold medallist sheds light on overlooked Italian anarchist - May 28, 2009It is a historian’s gruelling but intriguing lot: countless hours unearthing the ephemera of bygone lives and epochs in hopes...
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Love of learning drives silver medallist - May 28, 2009If Yi (Joyce) Zhang can manage risk the way she manages time she’ll be one crack actuary. During her four years in SFU’s...
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First digital media grads now online - May 28, 2009Michael Torillo is among the first 21 students to graduate with a master’s degree in entertainment technology and digital...
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Banknotes trump musical notes - May 28, 2009From trumpeter to banker—Clio Straram’s education and career path is just as eclectic as that of the other 39 students...
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First MATE grads: Canada’s first - May 28, 2009Eleven graduates from Canada’s first and only graduate program for teachers of English will cross the SFU convocation dais on...
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SIAT courses alter grads’ career directions - May 28, 2009Jenny Thai and Alex Skibicki aren’t too worried about what comes after graduation June 5. The two graduates of the School of...
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2008 Staff Achievement awards: Recognizing convocation contributions - May 28, 2009Mounting 11 convocation ceremonies each year for 4,500 convocating graduates is not for the faint of heart. Behind the scenes...
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Doctoral grad advances mobile TV - May 28, 2009ChengHsin Hsu dreams of the day when his passion for designing computer networks fires up television broadcasting systems...
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Deaf student defies the odds - May 28, 2009Born profoundly deaf and told she may never speak, Monique Guterres has never been one to stay silent. The honours criminology...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 22, 2009 - May 22, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 15-22, 2009 The death in Vancouver May 20 of renowned...
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Mountain part of Erickson’s design - May 21, 2009The death in Vancouver May 20 of renowned architect Arthur Erickson, 84, generated extensive media coverage that included...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 15, 2009 - May 15, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 8-15, 2009 The BC election on May 12 put a number of SFU...
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Wanted: outstanding alumni nominees - May 14, 2009They are captains of industry, medical pioneers, intellectual giants, technological wizards, rocket scientists, sports...
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Economist, teacher named business dean - May 14, 2009Economist and business professor Daniel Shapiro is the newly appointed dean of SFU Business for a five-year term beginning...
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Endowment honours poet Robin Blaser - May 14, 2009The English department has created an endowment fund honouring professor emeritus and celebrated poet Robin Blaser who died...
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RBC professorship - May 14, 2009SFU Business professor Blaize Horner Reich has been named the RBC Professor of Technology and Innovation for a five-year term...
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SFU’s next head honcho - May 14, 2009The search for SFU’s next president is underway and the presidential search committee would like to know what qualities it...
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Student entrepreneurs shine on world stage - May 14, 2009It’s proving to be a stellar year for SFU Business undergrads as they reap top awards at home and abroad. In April, Tim...
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And the winner is… - May 14, 2009International student Zhengdong Xu’s clever logo design for the new SFU e-mail/calendaring system, SFU Connect, beat out 242...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 8, 2009 - May 8, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 30-May 8, 2009 Simon Fraser University’s downtown campus...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 30, 2009 - April 30, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 24-30, 2009 The provincial election, the human swine-flu...
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Community leadership award for Diamonds - April 30, 2009Gordon and Leslie Diamond received Simon Fraser University’s 2009 President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award during...
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Business students win accounting contest - April 30, 2009Third-year SFU Business students Andy Leung and Raymond Zhang took first place in the 2nd Annual Western CA (Chartered...
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Geography prof grabs two book awards - April 30, 2009Assistant geography professor Geoff Mann has won awards from both the American Association of Political Science (AAPA) and...
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Excellence in Teaching awards 2008 - April 30, 2009Good teaching is an art. SFU’s 2008 Excellence in Teaching award winners exemplify that art, sharing their enthusiasm,...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 24, 2009 - April 24, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 17-24, 2009 News in the health field earned SFU solid...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 17, 2009 - April 17, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 10-17, 2009 Mark Jaccard, energy guru and adviser to...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 9, 2009 - April 9, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 3-9, 2009 Last year, Bernard Crespi co-authored a theory...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 3, 2009 - April 3, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: March 27-April 3, 2009 The vision of a Vancouver...
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New applied sciences dean this fall - April 2, 2009The newly reorganized Faculty of Applied Sciences has a new dean—UBC mechanical engineering professor and former department...
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Vote for SFU prof to win Grange Prize - April 2, 2009SFU visual arts professor Jin-me Yoon is one of four international finalists selected by a professional curatorial panel for...
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Psych grad students win CIHR awards - April 2, 2009Psychology PhD candidate Jesse Elterman and psychology MA candidates Sarah Mordell and Heather Neilson have each received...
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Business prof wins top HR book award - April 2, 2009SFU Business professor Dave Thomas has won the R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year Award, the top literary honour given by the...
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Year’s top co-op student - April 2, 2009The Canadian Association for Cooperative Education has named Kate Mueller, a molecular biology and biochemistry undergraduate...
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Ambassador walks the talk - April 2, 2009While sipping fair-trade coffee from a reusable mug, Candace Bonfield, SFU’s sustainability coordinator, will cheerfully tell...
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Facing the environment - April 2, 2009Several years ago Bernie Melanson finished his undergraduate degree in communication and fulfilled a goal to work in the film...
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From city slicker to nature lover - April 2, 2009Holli Redekop, SFU’s director of ceremonies and events, hesitated to move from the culture and activity of a busy East...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 27, 2009 - March 27, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: March 20-27, 2009 The Sunday Edition program on...
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Big Hairy Deal - March 25, 2009Second-year criminology student Steve Lee gets a brave shave from third-year arts (graduating) student Sheryl Wilson during...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 20, 2009 - March 20, 2009A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: March 13-20, 2009 News pages and programs during the week...
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Fellow’s French tragedies - March 19, 2009Novelist Ying Chen is just finishing up a semester as the Shadbolt Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Chen, a...
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Coming out on top - March 19, 2009An SFU Business undergraduate team is among 16 finalists in L’Oréal EStrat, the world’s biggest online business simulation...
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Physicist tracks spatial illusions - March 19, 2009“All art is one big illusion,” proclaims physicist Bernhard Riecke from his office at the School of Interactive Arts and...
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Banking on Success - March 19, 2009The Bank of Canada has awarded SFU economics professor David Andolfatto (above) with a 2009 research fellowship. Andolfatto’s...
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Practice Makes Perfect - March 19, 2009The B.C. Psychological Association (BCPA) has recognized SFU psychology professor Bob Ley (above) with a Practice of the...
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Wong Honoured - March 19, 2009The Learning Partnership, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to championing a strong public education system in Canada,...
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Canadian textbook version year’s best - March 19, 2009Pearson Education, Canada’s largest educational publisher, has selected a textbook by SFU Business professors Andrew Gemino...
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Staff Achievement Awards 2008: K.C. Jones - March 19, 2009Each year, SFU’s staff achievement awards highlight staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments....
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Chancellor’s award goes to SFU employee - March 19, 2009In a departure from tradition, SFU has honoured Alison Watt, director of the university secretariat, with the 2009...
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Student’s website tops in Canada - March 19, 2009SFU business student Milun Tesovic’s (above) lyrics-sharing website, MetroLyrics, is the most popular website in Canada...
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Med-chem lab eyes major drug tests - March 19, 2009Scientists at SFU’s new medicinal chemistry research laboratory are close to testing novel drugs to help prevent osteoporosis...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 13, 2009 - March 13, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: March 6-13, 2009 A big week in the media for Clan athletes, with the Clan women’s...
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Perl’s wisdom noted - March 5, 2009SFU political scientist Anthony Perl was designated first runner-up in the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) annual...
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Crystal grower earns peer recognition - March 5, 2009Kids of all ages across B.C., even preschoolers, know SFU physicist Simon Watkins as the friendly scientist who makes stuff...
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Healthy older dudes wanted - March 5, 2009While uncommonly cold weather has been making news this winter, SFU exercise physiologist Miriam Clegg is more concerned...
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2008 Staff achievement awards: LIDC team, media design unit - March 5, 2009Each year, SFU’s staff achievement awards highlight staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments....
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SFU’s ‘Friends of Simon’ - March 5, 2009Fourth-year psychology student Tiffany England visits Roy Stibbs elementary school in Coquitlam twice a week to tutor kids...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 5, 2009 - March 5, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Feb. 26-March 5, 2009 BC NEWS A string of media outlets gave big coverage to...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 26, 2009 - February 26, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Feb. 20-26, 2009 Big in sports news: One of their best offensive performances of...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 20, 2009 - February 20, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Feb. 12-20, 2009 Gangs and Gordon, bullets and Boyd, crime and...
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Stevenson chairs international education council - February 19, 2009The newly created British Columbia Council for International Education has named SFU President Michael Stevenson (above left)...
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Business professor honoured - February 19, 2009SFU Business professor Ian McCarthy has received a Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) appointment. The NCS program supports...
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2008 Staff achievement awards: Heather Blakemore, artistic achievement - February 19, 2009There are three sentiments that jump out from the thick stack of letters nominating SFU’s 2009 staff achievement award winner...
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Renowned AIDS researcher to speak - February 19, 2009International AIDS Society president Julio Montaner will give a free public lecture at 12:30 pm, Friday, Mar. 6, at SFU’s...
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Search for Stevenson’s successor - February 19, 2009President Michael Stevenson has advised the board of governors that he will step down at the end of his current term, Aug. 31...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 12, 2009 - February 12, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Feb. 6-12, 2009 With gangland gunfire blazing almost daily, Rob...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 6, 2009 - February 6, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Jan. 30-Feb. 6, 2009 The Vancouver Sun launched this week a series of full-page...
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Outstanding alum gala - February 5, 2009SFU’s Outstanding Alumni awards will be presented at the university’s 25th anniversary awards dinner Thursday, Feb.19 at the...
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Psych prof honoured - February 5, 2009SFU forensic psychologist Ron Roesch has won the 2009 American Psychology-Law Society award for Outstanding Teaching and...
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Wanted: Departmental sustainability champions - February 5, 2009Become an SFU sustainability ambassador and make a difference to SFU’s sustainable practices. The SFU Sustainability Advisory...
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2008 Staff achievement: Mehrdad Rastan, work performance - February 5, 2009Each year, SFU’s staff achievement awards highlight staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments....
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Pinto to serve second VP term - February 5, 2009SFU’s board of governors has approved President Michael Stevenson’s recommendation to re-appoint Mario Pinto as VP-research...
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Sterling iconoclasts wanted - February 5, 2009Nominations for SFU’s 2009 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy close on Feb. 27. The $5,000 prize is...
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Leading Islamic reformer to speak at SFU Feb. 23 - February 5, 2009Swiss Muslim intellectual and reknowned Islamic reformer, Tariq Ramadan, will outline his views Feb. 23 during a lecture at...
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Obituary: Zane Spindler - Sept. 2, 1941 – Dec. 30, 2008 - February 2, 2009Zane Spindler, professor of economics, died of pancreatic cancer in Cape Town, South Africa on Dec. 30, 2008. He joined SFU...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - January 30, 2009 - January 30, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Jan. 23-30, 2009 You mean those dreaded dioxins and PCBs can activate a key...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - January 23, 2009 - January 23, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Jan. 16-23, 2009 Political scientist Alex Moens put in some media...
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Trust fund set up for Corbett family - January 22, 2009Province columnist Joey Thompson recently reported that mounting debts and funeral expenses are threatening to ruin a Maple...
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Hip-hop artist explores schizophrenia - January 22, 2009I don’t know what happened to my soul What happened to my life I lived and lost control All I hear is these voices in my head ...
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Digital media leader joins SFU board - January 22, 2009Vancouver digital-media maven Lynda Brown-Ganzert was appointed by the B.C. government to SFU’s board of governors effective...
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2008 Staff achievement: Sofia Janmohamed, giving leadership - January 22, 2009Each year, SFU’s staff achievement awards highlight staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments....
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Harper faces tough sell with Obama: SFU study - January 22, 2009Prime Minister Stephen Harper will have a tough job convincing U.S. president Barak Obama during his upcoming Ottawa visit...
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Wanted: student leaders - January 22, 2009SFU Student Services has declared January "Leadership Opportunities Month" to recognize current student leaders and kick off...
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When Kesselman speaks, people listen - January 22, 2009Jon Kesselman is always teaching, whether he’s in a class of SFU public-policy graduate students, on the phone with a...
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250th Burns day celebrations Jan. 23 - January 22, 2009SFU is all set to celebrate the 250th birthday of Scotland’s national poet, Robbie Burns, with a riot of piper-led, plaid-mad...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Jan. 15, 2009 - January 15, 2009A look at how SFU and its people made news: Jan. 9-15, 2009 READER’S DIGEST Reader’s Digest is running a...
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CUFA seeks top academic nominations - January 8, 2009The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. (CUFA) is seeking nominations for its academic of the year and...
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SFU welcomes new CIO chief - January 8, 2009Jay Black (above) is SFU’s new chief information officer (CIO), responsible for all of the university’s central information...
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SIAT video gamer makes Time’s top 10 - January 8, 2009When Evan Miller discovered his videogame Hunted Forever had been named one of Time magazine’s top games of 2008 he thought...
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Giant spiders share route with ultra marathoner - January 8, 2009Venomous vipers and camel spiders the size of dinner plates. Jay Solman’s 2009 athletic plans involve far more challenges than...
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2008 Staff achievement awards: Leanne Dalton, personal achievement - January 8, 2009Each year, SFU’s staff achievement awards highlight the exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments of staff...
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Outstanding alumni are community leaders - January 8, 2009SFU’s 25th Outstanding Alumni awards ceremony on Feb. 19 will recognize (above l-r) Jennifer Allen Simons, Richard...
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Staff mobility initiatives: thinking of the world - January 8, 2009Terry Lavender and Rosanne Ng, who relate their experiences below, are two of the most recent participants in SFU...
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New ombudsperson - January 8, 2009Jay Solman, former manager of student and community life, is SFU’s new ombudsperson. He’ll be working out of the Maggie...
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