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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 22, 2010 - December 22, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 21, 2010 - December 21, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 20, 2010 - December 20, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 17, 2010 - December 17, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Dec. 13-17, 2010 - December 17, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 16, 2010 - December 16, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 15, 2010 - December 15, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 14, 2010 - December 14, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 13, 2010 - December 13, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 10, 2010 - December 10, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Dec. 6-10, 2010 - December 10, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 9, 2010 - December 9, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 8, 2010 - December 8, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 7, 2010 - December 7, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 6, 2010 - December 6, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 3, 2010 - December 3, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Nov. 29-Dec. 3 - December 3, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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Entrepreneur of the Year - December 2, 2010Jordan Gutierrez, the 21-year-old who in 2008 founded what is now the world’s largest online Spanish-language medical...
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Sport-stacking for the world - December 2, 2010Jonathan Newman’s hands flew as he stacked and unstacked pyramids of 12 cups in a pre-determined sequence in a matter...
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SFU premieres Chinese Canadian immigration film - December 2, 2010Simon Fraser University’s Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) and the multicultural non-profit S.U.C.C.E.S.S. premiered...
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B.C. Canada’s police-death capital, report says - December 2, 2010People are dying at a higher rate in jail and police-related incidents in British Columbia than in any other jurisdiction in...
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Award honours restorative justice pioneer - December 2, 2010The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has honoured associate professor Liz Elliott for her work as “a driving force...
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Ask a Psychologist - December 2, 2010SFU clinical psychologist Joti Samra is dispensing advice as the new mental-health expert for December in the Globe and Mail...
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CUFA Seeks Nominations - December 2, 2010The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA BC) is accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished...
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CJSF host elected to broadcasting NGO board - December 2, 2010SFU education grad student Sylvia Richardson was elected director-at-large of AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio...
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Memorial Fund Honours Peter Kennedy - December 2, 2010The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) in Kyiv, Ukraine, has established the Peter Kennedy Memorial Fellowship in honour of the...
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In Support of Controversy - December 2, 2010The Sterling Prize Committee is looking for nominations of work that challenges complacency. The Nora and Ted Sterling Prize...
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Obesity study targets kids in India, Canada - December 2, 2010More than 4,000 children in India and Canada will be the focus of a sweeping new study aimed at developing critical...
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Office for Aboriginal Peoples supplement - December 2, 2010Click on the PDF link below to enjoy the first issue of the SFU News Office for Aboriginal Peoples supplement and discover...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 2, 2010 - December 2, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - December 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 30, 2010 - November 30, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 29, 2010 - November 29, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 26, 2010 - November 26, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Nov. 22-26, 2010 - November 26, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs & Media...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 24, 2010 - November 24, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 23, 2010 - November 23, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 22, 2010 - November 22, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 19, 2010 - November 19, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Nov. 15-19 - November 19, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs & Media...
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Increasing sexual consent age may not protect at-risk teens - November 18, 2010The government’s 2008 increase in the legal age of sexual consent from 14 to 16 years may not be achieving the intended...
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Sun acclaims SFU ‘women of influence’ - November 18, 2010The Vancouver Sun has included SFU’s chancellor-designate Carole Taylor and professors Gail Anderson and Lynne Quarmby...
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Sustainability ideas win prizes - November 18, 2010Air conditioning mechanic Cedric Yee, of facilities services, is the first-place winner in SFU’s first energy-savings...
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Executive MBA professorship honours alumnus - November 18, 2010SFU Business has established a new executive MBA (EMBA) alumni professorship in honour of the late William Rowe (above). Rowe,...
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Surrey student wins local business award - November 18, 2010Engineering science student Ben Brown-Bentley is the Surrey Board of Trade’s 2010 student entrepreneur of the year....
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Career educators’ award - November 18, 2010Kirk Hill, executive director of the Career Management Centre at SFU Business, has received the Canadian Association of...
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SIAT students win big - November 18, 2010Six graduate students in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology who presented projects at the International Digital...
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Spy games in Middle East - November 18, 2010Professor Andre Gerolymatos, chair of Hellenic Studies, has a new book out this month. Castles Made of Sand analyzes the...
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Book authors wanted - November 18, 2010Each year, SFU Library celebrates SFU faculty, staff and students who have authored a book or book chapter published in the...
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CUFA Seeks Faculty Nominations - November 18, 2010The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC is accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished Academics...
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Women still lack ‘presence’ in news: study - November 18, 2010Despite some gains, women are still significantly under- represented in news coverage worldwide, including Canada, says SFU...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 18, 2010 - November 18, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 17, 2010 - November 17, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 16, 2010 - November 16, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 15, 2010 - November 15, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 12, 2010 - November 12, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Nov. 8-12, 2010 - November 12, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 10, 2010 - November 10, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 9, 2010 - November 9, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 8, 2010 - November 8, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 5, 2010 - November 5, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Nov. 1-5, 2010 - November 5, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs & Media...
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Truax solo retrospective - November 4, 2010After 40 years of composing electroacoustic music, professor Barry Truax will hold two solo retrospective concerts in...
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SFU short films win big - November 4, 2010Three SFU film students took home major awards in the student film category at last month’s Vancouver Short Film...
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Emerging writers honoured at ‘1st Book Competition’ - November 4, 2010SFU’s Writers Studio announced the winners of its first national literary contest, the ‘1st Book Competition...
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Youth advocate urges kids to get motivated - November 4, 2010You could say Afraj Gill is a perfect student. The 100-per-cent grade-point average is right there on his high school...
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New book tackles high school homophobia - November 4, 2010It Gets Better, an Internet campaign to support bullied gay and lesbian youth, has gone viral with more than 10 million views...
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Treating nature as 'fellow citizen' - November 4, 2010SFU humanities professor Stephen Duguid’s new book, Nature in Modernity: Servant, Citizen, Queen or Comrade (Peter Lang...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 4, 2010 - November 4, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 3, 2010 - November 3, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 2, 2010 - November 2, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - November 1, 2010 - November 1, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 29, 2010 - October 29, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Oct. 22-29, 2010 - October 29, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs & Media...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 27, 2010 - October 27, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 26, 2010 - October 26, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 25, 2010 - October 25, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 22, 2010 - October 22, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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Book traces new-media art’s Islamic roots - October 21, 2010Over the last eight years Laura Marks has travelled throughout the Muslim world, studying classical and contemporary art from...
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Climate-change savvy trio win big - October 21, 2010Three SFU doctoral students whose research focuses on water management decision-making, trans-boundary water governance and...
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Learning outside classroom yields ‘agent of change’ - October 21, 2010Like most students, Larissa Duma came to SFU to learn. But unlike most, she acquired much of her university education outside...
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Stevenson, Price share Architecture award - October 21, 2010Former SFU president Michael Stevenson and SFU City Program director Gordon Price (above) have received a community award...
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SIAT prof to edit computing mag - October 21, 2010The world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), has...
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Computing scientists create ‘recommender’ system - October 21, 2010A new system for creating trusted recommendations online has attracted interest from Internet giant Yahoo and earned its SFU...
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Canada’s Top 45 over 45 - October 21, 2010Gloria Gutman (above), SFU gerontology professor emeritus and founding director of the SFU Gerontology Research Centre, has...
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Business grad student wins teaching award - October 21, 2010SFU Business PhD student Kirk Plangger (above) has won an outstanding teaching award from a U.S. university clinic renowned...
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The Charm Tree charms tweens - October 21, 2010By day, Heather Bax is an office assistant for the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC). On nights and weekends, however, she...
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Writer in residence: Lisa Robertson - October 21, 2010Canadian poet and author Lisa Robertson (above) is the Ellen and Warren Tallman writer-in-residence for the fall of 2010....
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New arthritis chair for health sciences - October 21, 2010Charles Goldsmith, a clinical epidemiologist and biostatistician passionate about helping people with musculoskeletal...
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Next Chancellor: Carole Taylor - October 21, 2010Noted Canadian broadcaster, politician and business leader Carole Taylor will become SFU’s tenth chancellor. Taylor...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 21, 2010 - October 21, 2010Media Matters – Daily Edition: October 21, 2010 Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news,...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 20, 2010 - October 20, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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Film students - October 20, 2010This year’s Vancouver Short Film Festival attracted 48 entries in the Emerging Filmmakers category, with just nine...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 19, 2010 - October 19, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 18, 2010 - October 18, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 15, 2010 - October 15, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Oct. 8-15, 2010 - October 15, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news. Weekly roundup: Oct. 8-15, 2010 BULLYING There...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 14, 2010 - October 14, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 13, 2010 - October 13, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 12, 2010 - October 12, 2010Media Matters, a daily report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 8, 2010 - October 8, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Oct. 1-8, 2010 CONVOCATION The news website of...
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Kamloops grads - October 7, 2010More than 3,000 students will graduate at this fall’s convocation on Oct. 7 and 8, but 23 First Nations students in...
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Petter to be installed at convocation - October 7, 2010President Andrew Petter will be formally installed as the university’s ninth president and vice-chancellor during the...
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Faculty convocation orators wanted - October 7, 2010You’ll see something a little different at convocation on Oct. 7. Judith Osborne, SFU’s VP-legal affairs and a...
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Defiant apartheid-era couple win Thakore award - October 7, 2010Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley, two academic commentators and political activists who risked imprisonment to know each...
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Fall 2010 Convocation student speakers - October 7, 2010Kevin Morgan October 7, 9:45 a.m. If SFU were ever looking for a poster boy for the benefits of a post-secondary...
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Well done - October 7, 2010As a staff Convocation volunteer, it is a privilege for me to take part in a ceremony laden with ritual and representative of...
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MPH degree broadens Burmese doctor’s reach - October 7, 2010It’s no surprise that when Thiha Maung Maung has time to watch a movie it’s the pure-escapism variety, because...
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Staunch BC advocate to receive honorary degree - October 7, 2010Pat Carney, a former senator, MP and minister responsible for the Canada-U.S. free trade negotiations in the Mulroney...
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Professional master’s program suits staffers - October 7, 2010What could possibly bring together a student recruiter, a finance executive and an education coordinator in the same...
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Entertainer dances toward legal career - October 7, 2010His stage name is Chancz Perry. But the 40-year-old award-winning Vancouver entertainer’s academic alter ego&mdash...
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Media masters wanted - October 7, 2010The Public Affairs and Media Relations office is looking for nominations of faculty or staff members who have demonstrated...
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SFU ‘like home’ for double-degree undergrad - October 7, 2010Ozren Jungic has spent so much time at SFU it’s as if the Burnaby campus is his second home. And that’s...
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Childhood travel sparks passion for change - October 7, 2010Sarena Talbot traveled around the world with her parents at age 11, staying in Africa, Southeast Asia, India, Europe and...
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SFU innovators bag New Ventures awards - October 7, 2010The B.C. Innovation Council (BCIC) has recognized SFU engineering science professor Bozena Kaminska with its $25,000...
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In pursuit of passion - October 7, 2010Jenn McRae’s teaching aspirations died a quick death when she returned to her old high school a year after graduating...
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A doctorate at 60 and still exploring - October 7, 2010Shona Johansen has done something surprising for a newly minted graduate of the education faculty’s doctoral program in...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 7, 2010 - October 7, 2010Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed daily by SFU Public Affairs &...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 6, 2010 - October 6, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is compiled and distributed daily by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 5, 2010 - October 5, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is compiled and distributed daily by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 4, 2010 - October 4, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is compiled and distributed daily by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - October 1, 2010 - October 1, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is compiled and distributed daily by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2010 - October 1, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: September 27-October 1, 2010. EDUCATION The Breakfast TV...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 30, 2010 - September 30, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 29, 2010 - September 29, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 28, 2010 - September 28, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 27, 2010 - September 27, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 24, 2010 - September 24, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 23, 2010 - September 23, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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Fox medallist shines in face of adversity - September 23, 2010A Vancouver SFU student who overcame a motorcycle accident that left him a quadriplegic to earn top marks in the School of...
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Time to recognize staff achievement - September 23, 2010Don’t let your colleagues’ achievements at work or in their personal lives slip by unnoticed. Nominate them for...
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Excellence in teaching awards - September 23, 2010Recognize teaching excellence at SFU by nominating a continuing full- or part-time faculty member, lecturer or lab instructor...
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SFU fields five BC hall of famers - September 23, 2010Five SFU sports legends were officially inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 16, led by founding athletics director...
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Jaccard wins Sterling Prize - September 23, 2010Environmental economist Mark Jaccard, whose work on sustainable energy and climate policy has garnered international acclaim...
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Royal Society recognizes SFU biologist - September 23, 2010Bernard Crespi, renowned globally for his experimental and theoretical contributions to evolutionary biology, is SFU’s ...
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Indian SFU interns sold on B.C. - September 23, 2010Deepak Krishnamurthy came from India to work at the Surrey campus on a project to produce a fuel cell that will fit in the...
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Energy Conservation Leader Celebrates 30 years at SFU - September 23, 2010SFU’s sustainability efforts have a formidable champion in Facilities Services operations director Sam Dahabieh, who...
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New president has green pedigree - September 23, 2010An avid jogger, cyclist and hybrid vehicle owner, SFU’s new president Andrew Petter is a fervent supporter of the...
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Business prof teaches sustainable practices - September 23, 2010Stephanie Bertels teaches her students to go the extra mile when it comes to integrating sustainability into business...
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Who’s Working on Sustainability at SFU? - September 23, 2010Who’s advancing sustainability initiatives on campus? SFU Sustainability is an umbrella title that covers all...
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Graduate Student’s Mission to Change Student Culture - September 23, 2010Duncan Wlodarczak is on a mission. The urban studies master’s student wants to change grad student culture to reflect...
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Students walk the talk on sustainability - September 23, 2010Sustainable SFU, the student group that lobbied for the Sustainability Advisory Committee and created the SFU Sustainability...
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Trading suburbia for an urban oasis - September 23, 2010Facilities Services development manager Wendy Lee recently abandoned the suburbs for an urban sanctuary just minutes from...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 22, 2010 - September 22, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 21, 2010 - September 21, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 20, 2010 - September 20, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is compiled and distributed each weekday by SFU Public Affairs & Media...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 17, 2010 - September 17, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 16, 2010 - September 16, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 15, 2010 - September 15, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 14, 2010 - September 14, 2010Media Matters, a report on SFU in the news, is distributed daily and compiled by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 13, 2010 - September 13, 2010SFU PIPE BAND Simon Fraser University Pipe Band pipe sergeant Jack Lee clinched the first place solo prize in the...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 10, 2010 - September 10, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: September 3-10, 2010. MEDIA MATTERS MODIFIED An...
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Warren Gill, 1949 – 2010 - September 9, 2010Warren Gill, who dedicated his career to building SFU’s reach and reputation, most recently in his position as vice...
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Mowafaghian gives school $4 million - September 9, 2010Philanthropist Djavad Mowafaghian has donated $4 million to SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodward’s to support two major...
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A Q&A with Andrew Petter - September 9, 2010New university president Andrew Petter wasn’t the only new face on campus when he began his first official day on Sept....
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Call for Nominations for Honorary Degrees 2011 - September 9, 2010Hurry—the deadline to submit nominations for 2011 honorary degree recipients is Sept. 13, 2010. For more information:...
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Chancellor’s award seeks distinguished service nominees - September 9, 2010Nominations for the 2011 Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Award close Oct. 4, 2010. This award recognizes one or two...
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SFU hosts Trudeau Lecture - September 9, 2010Sponsored by SFU and the Trudeau Foundation, Clare Bradford from the University of Winnipeg/Deakin University (Australia),...
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Obituary: Peter Kennedy – May 18, 1943 – Aug. 30, 2010 - September 8, 2010Retired SFU economist Peter Kennedy passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on August 30. An accomplished scholar who...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - September 3, 2010 - September 3, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: August 27 to September 3, 2010. TOP OF THE CLASS ...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 27, 2010 - August 27, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: August 20-27, 2010 The RCMP is in damage control...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 20, 2010 - August 20, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: August 13, 2010 to August 20, 2010. The Simon Fraser...
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Vegetarianism seeds music success - August 17, 2010A passion for vegetarianism has been instrumental in SFU undergrad James O’Callaghan’s evolution into a...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 13, 2010 - August 13, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: August 6, 2010 to August 13, 2010. It was a very busy week for...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - August 6, 2010 - August 6, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 30, 2010 to August 6, 2010. The Simon Fraser...
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Seeking community leaders - August 5, 2010Nominations for the 2011 President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award close Sept. 3, 2010. This award...
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Chancellor nominations wanted - August 5, 2010Chancellor Brandt Louie’s second term expires in June 2011 and SFU is now seeking nominations to fill the position. The...
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I Feel Ya, Ophelia! reinvents Hamlet - August 5, 2010I Feel Ya, Ophelia!, a one-act play opening at the Surrey Arts Centre Aug. 13-14, is the work of SFU undergrad Jass Takhar,...
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CJSF wins three national awards - August 5, 2010The National Campus and Community Radio Association singled out SFU radio station CJSF for three awards this year. Station...
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More summer sojourners - August 5, 2010It’s summertime and the learning is easier off campus for many SFU students, staff and faculty members. SFU News has a...
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SFU prof editing leading business journal - August 5, 2010The Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), the world’s top-rated international business journal, has...
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Chem students get new Bruker prize - August 5, 2010SFU chemistry grad students Jeff Chan and Monica Szczepina are the first recipients of the university’s new Bruker...
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Quinn-tessential juggler gets world record - August 5, 2010The last time SFU film student Quinn Spicker was hanging out, it was upside-down. Suspended from a circus trapeze,...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 30, 2010 - July 30, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 23-30, 2010 BC’s carbon tax seems to be a...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 23, 2010 - July 23, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 16-23, 2010 So why does the macaroni penguin lay two eggs...
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Rural crack use No. 1 street-drug problem: study - July 22, 2010As crack cocaine use rises in Canada, so too does the urgent need for targeted prevention and treatment programs&mdash...
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Stable temperature promotes biodiversity - July 22, 2010Scientists have generated more than 100 hypotheses over the last few centuries to explain why tropical rainforests have so...
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Writers flood first-book competition - July 22, 2010Unpublished Canadian writers, some living as far away as Italy and New Zealand, flooded The Writer’s Studio (TWS) at...
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Joyent acquires student startup - July 22, 2010Howie Wu may still be working towards graduation, but the executive MBA student’s startup venture, Layerboom Systems...
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Feds fund dietary therapy research - July 22, 2010Increased federal funding has enabled SFU biologist Allison Kermode to continue work on a novel treatment to improve the...
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Summer 2010 Sojourners - July 22, 2010It’s summertime and the learning is easier off campus for many SFU students, staff and faculty members. SFU News has a...
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SFU shutterbug scores winning stamp - July 22, 2010Martin Cooper’s intimate shot of a Great Blue Heron at rest in Burnaby’s Gray Creek, which earned top prize in...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 16, 2010 - July 16, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 12-16, 2010 The mayor of Vancouver’s f-word...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 9, 2010 - July 9, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: July 2-9, 2010 The New York Times began a story about...
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New man on campus - July 8, 2010SFU has appointed Laurie Anderson, associate superintendent of continuing and international education at the Vancouver School...
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Thanks Michael & Jan - July 8, 2010About 800 people feted outgoing president Michael Stevenson and wife Jan Whitford during a farewell celebration last month at...
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New Aboriginal Peoples website - July 8, 2010SFU’s Office for Aboriginal Peoples now has a website detailing all of the university’s aboriginal programs,...
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Underhill is new SFU Woodward’s director - July 8, 2010VP-academic Jon Driver has appointed SFU Contemporary Arts music professor, Owen Underhill, as director of SFU Woodward&rsquo...
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Refugee works to sponsor family - July 8, 2010When Burundian refugee Joselyne John arrived at SFU three years ago on a World University Services of Canada scholarship it...
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New librarian checks in - July 8, 2010Charles Eckman is leaving the University of California Berkeley to become SFU’s next university librarian and dean of...
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Krishnan wins Verity research award - July 8, 2010SFU Business assistant professor, Rekha Krishnan, has co-authored the most outstanding management research paper published in...
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First Nations student wins Geneva trip - July 8, 2010First Nations student Joel Cardinal is off to a Geneva, Switzerland UN conference this summer as the first-place winner of an...
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Feast honours Aboriginal grads - July 8, 2010About 150 people gathered June 16 in the Burnaby campus West Mall Centre student lounge for an Honouring Feast salmon dinner...
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First FIC grad receives SFU degree - July 8, 2010What a difference a year made for Ji Hoon Lee. A year at Fraser International College (FIC), the SFU-affiliated Burnaby...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 2, 2010 - July 2, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: June 18-July 2, 2010 “T. Rex Plodded Like an Elephant,...
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Grandma crim student chooses SFU for Fulbright - June 24, 2010Grandmother-of-three Tamera Jenkins of Independence, Mo., who is heading to SFU’s Centre for Restorative Justice this...
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Your chance to honour the notable, noteworthy - June 24, 2010SFU senate invites the university community to submit nominees for 2011 honorary degrees. Ideal candidates include those who...
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SFU profs tough graders - June 24, 2010GradeInflation.com, which monitors the pervasive trend of grade inflation at mostly American post-secondary institutions, has...
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SFU gets NCAA-seasoned basketball coach - June 24, 2010SFU’s men’s basketball team has a new coach to lead the university’s charge into the National Collegiate...
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Computing science undergrads win BCNET challenge - June 24, 2010Three SFU computing science students have won first place in the BCNET Broadband Innovation Challenge for a Web application...
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Chemist Leznoff wins Strem award - June 24, 2010Chemist Daniel Leznoff’s outstanding contributions to inorganic chemistry have earned him the Canadian Society for...
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Marcuse tapped as Centre for Dialogue fellow - June 24, 2010Judith Marcuse, a dancer, choreographer and producer whose career spans 40 years and 100 original works for dance, theatre,...
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Pitt named Culver EMBA professor - June 24, 2010Marketing professor Leyland Pitt is the new Dennis F. Culver executive MBA (EMBA) alumni professor. Pitt is a prolific...
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More business mentors for SFU students - June 24, 2010SFU Venture Connection has expanded its student business-mentorship program with the addition of three more mentors-in...
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Summer sojourners - June 24, 2010It’s summertime and the learning is easier off campus for many SFU students, staff and faculty members doing field...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - June 18, 2010 - June 18, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: June 11-18, 2010 The huge mudslide that wrecked homes and...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - June 11, 2010 - June 11, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: June 4-11, 2010 The proposed tolls on the Port Mann...
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Two degrees and a baby - June 10, 2010Chris Bone has much to celebrate. The recent geography PhD grad is not only receiving a graduate dean’s...
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2010 Convocation Student Speakers - June 10, 2010Simon Fraser University will confer degrees on more than 3,600 students at the Burnaby campus June 15–18 during seven...
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Chemist hockey fan hits big league - June 10, 2010Michael Katz went to work at Chicago’s Northwestern University with his head hung low last month after the city’s...
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DNA sleuth tracks turkey’s origins - June 10, 2010An archaeologist whose research is shedding light on how early indigenous animals were domesticated has received SFU’s...
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2010 Convocation medal roundup - June 10, 2010GRADUATE MEDAL ROUNDUP GOVERNOR GENERAL’S GOLD Awarded to the two SFU graduate students who achieve the...
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Four Canadian icons to receive honorary degrees - June 10, 2010ALEXANDRA MORTON Doctor of Science, honoris causa Wednesday, June 16, at 9:45 am Alexandra Morton is a B.C. biologist and...
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Math whiz dazzles professors - June 10, 2010Asif Zaman blushes with embarrassment when he hears that his professors call him “the perfect student.” ...
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Physicist’s focus less than zero - June 10, 2010Ryan Thomas graduates this month with an honours B.Sc. in physics, a remarkable 4.23 cumulative grade-point average and a...
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Outlook bright for DDP grads - June 10, 2010The first three Chinese students to graduate from SFU’s unique dual-degree program in computing science offered jointly...
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Poor roots motivate poverty fighter - June 10, 2010In a sense, Sikee Liu's life has come full circle. Born into poverty on a farm in rural China, Liu immigrated to Canada in...
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Lawyer, MPH grad defends kids’ rights - June 10, 2010When children in provincial care have a problem with the services they’re receiving they call the Offi ce of the...
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New dental prof roots out oral cancer - June 10, 2010Ten years ago, Denise Laronde was working as a dental hygienist. This month, she graduates with a PhD in biomedical...
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Peer educators pursue health-care careers - June 10, 2010Christine Kang and Simrat Grewal have never met, but they have a lot in common. Both of them are receiving B.Sc....
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SIAT breeds success for talented trio - June 10, 2010Impossible is not in the vocabulary of three tech-savvy students graduating this month from SFU’s Surrey campus School...
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Biz whiz born multi-tasker - June 10, 2010For many students, concentrating on coursework is difficult enough without extracurricular activities. Not so for SFU...
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Education doctoral grad maps promising research path - June 10, 2010Olusola (Sola) Adesope and his wife Tolu were expecting their second baby in 2003 and had just immigrated to Canada from the...
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Facebook ‘friends’ computing science star - June 10, 2010Facebook users with hundreds of friends will appreciate the results of Ming Hua’s research. The computing...
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From heart of darkness, blind grad shines - June 10, 2010Difficult doesn’t begin to describe Quyn Le’s desperate childhood escape from wartorn communist Vietnam to an...
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Honouring Stevenson’s legacy - June 10, 2010SFU has established the Michael Stevenson Legacy Endowment Fund to honour the contributions of SFU’s longest-serving...
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Aboriginal stories inspire Metis filmmaker - June 10, 2010When Métis student Kelvin Redvers is home in tiny Hay River, NWT he still enjoys hunting caribou and geese. But his...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - June 4, 2010 - June 4, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 28-June 4, 2010 Research by associate prof Steve...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 28, 2010 - May 28, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 21-28, 2010 SFU got lots of sporting ink and...
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Trudeau scholar targets drug-induced crime - May 27, 2010A lawyer who returned to academia to study how substance-induced psychotic disorders impact criminal responsibility is SFU...
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High-tech help for the elderly - May 27, 2010More than 400 of the world’s leading experts in geriatric health, housing and assistive technology are meeting in...
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Grad students start health science journal - May 27, 2010SFU MSc student Inderjeet Sahota and University of Toronto colleague Wilson Wong have started an online health-science...
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Trio with mental illnesses speak up on YouTube - May 27, 2010What do outdoor enthusiast Brent Seal, public speaker Taylor Kagel and chess player Joe Roback have in common besides being...
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New book marks ‘turning point’ for archaeology - May 27, 2010"A turning point in the field"—that’s how World Archaeological Congress president Claire Smith sums up a new book...
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Popular article earns kudos - May 27, 2010A 2004 entrepreneurship article, authored by SFU Business professor Tom Lawrence and published in the Academy of Management...
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Chemist honoured by peers - May 27, 2010SFU chemist and PhD alumnus Steven Holdcroft has won the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award from the Chemical...
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Biology grad student wins SWAAC award - May 27, 2010Biology PhD student Jennifer Sunday has earned a 2010 award of merit worth $2,500 from the Senior Women Academic...
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Biz trio wins Apex 2010 - May 27, 2010An SFU Business undergraduate team took a top prize this month at one of Asia’s most prestigious business school...
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‘Trauma’ films celebrate private power: thesis - May 27, 2010The next time you watch a contemporary Hollywood film about a traumatic global event such as the Rwandan genocide or the Iraq...
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Student concepts win praise - May 27, 2010SFU’s tech-savvy students were at their entrepreneurial best at the inaugural Concept Connection competition, sponsored...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 21, 2010 - May 21, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 14-21, 2007 A win and a loss for SFU Athletics put the...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 14, 2010 - May 14, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: May 6-14, 2010 We’re used to seeing SFU scientists,...
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Robo cell - May 13, 2010Scientists Ji-Dong Yim and Chris Shaw in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology are the proud parents of a robotic...
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A fond farewell to Yosef Wosk - May 13, 2010An open letter from Diane Mar-Nicolle, Continuing Studies Interdisciplinary Programs program assistant: As a staff...
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Two new deans this summer - May 13, 2010SFU has chosen Claire Cupples (right) as the new Faculty of Science dean for a five-year term effective Aug. 1 and John Craig...
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Climbing Kilimanjaro for Alzheimer’s - May 13, 2010Faisal Beg’s view of Alzheimer’s disease may be microscopic but his drive to help eradicate it is as big as any...
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Business ethics pioneer honoured - May 13, 2010While most people tend to shy away from ethical dilemmas, Mark Wexler (right) has spent 30 years seeking them out. The...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - May 6, 2010 - May 6, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 30-May 6, 2010 Cally and Callo put SFU into the...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 30, 2010 - April 30, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 23-30, 2010 BC’s new Harmonized Sales Tax,...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 23, 2010 - April 23, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 16-23, 2010 SFU volcano expert Glyn Williams...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 16, 2010 - April 16, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 9-16, 2010 From ducks to dust, SFU research...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 9, 2010 - April 9, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: April 2-9, 2010. SFU students grabbed some big...
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Business undergrads clean up - April 8, 2010A team of SFU undergraduate business students won the BC Clean Ventures competition last month at UBC. The competition is the...
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Undergrad a Canucks social media icon - April 8, 2010In the Twitter universe he’s @mozy19, a take-no-prisoners Vancouver Canucks commentator whose thousands of followers...
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SFU’s Curry named top Surrey businesswoman - April 8, 2010SFU’s Surrey campus executive director, Joanne Curry, was singled out for top honours in the professional category at...
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Rahilly new VP-students and international - April 8, 2010SFU has appointed Tim Rahilly, currently senior director of student and community life, as its new associate VP-students and...
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Three Canada Research Chairs renewed - April 8, 2010SFU stands to increase its strength in communication, surface chemistry and glaciology research with the renewal of three...
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MBA students create earthquake iPhone app - April 8, 2010Apple has just accepted an iPhone application developed by six SFU Management of Technology MBA students. It is now available...
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Students, VANOC vets compete for jobs - April 8, 2010Now that contracts for legions of 2010 Winter Games staffers have ended, SFU students are preparing to duke it out for summer...
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Buna, Streckmann named SFU Athletes of the Year - April 8, 2010SFU’s athletics department has named senior Clan student-athletes Robyn Buna and Colin Streckmann as the 2010 Lorne...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - April 2, 2010 - April 2, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: March 26–April 2, 2010 The 50th anniversary of the...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 26, 2010 - March 26, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: March 19-26, 2010 NATIONAL & WORLD NEWS A...
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Calling all SFU grad students - March 25, 2010Graduate students are invited to showcase their research, ideas, innovations and entrepreneurial skills to industry,...
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Blended team found formula for success - March 25, 2010SFU’s annual staff achievement awards honour staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments. SFU News has...
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LifeSciences B.C. to honour SFU quartet - March 25, 2010Biomedical physiologist Andy Hoffer is one of four SFU scientists who will be honoured with 2010 LifeSciences B.C. awards...
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Walking the Talk - March 25, 2010Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Nobody knows that better than David Zandvliet and Janet Moore, who have taken on the...
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Paris in springtime for international co-op student - March 25, 2010SFU Business undergrad Jessica Wang turned heads when she landed an international co-op work semester in Paris, France. ...
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Winning co-op student - March 25, 2010As Canada celebrates Co-operative Education Week, SFU celebrates Mona Jalili, a 4th-year biomedical physiology and...
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Continuing Studies dean starts in May - March 25, 2010Helen Wussow is SFU’s new dean of Continuing Studies beginning May 1 for a five-year term. She joins SFU from New York...
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Six to receive honorary degrees - March 25, 2010SFU will confer honorary degrees on six distinguished Canadians during its spring (June 15–18) and fall (October 7–8)...
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Carole Taylor and Art Phillips to receive community leadership award for 2010 - March 25, 2010SFU will honour journalist and politician Carole Taylor and her husband, former Vancouver mayor and businessman, Art Phillips...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 19, 2010 - March 19, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: March 12-19, 2010 Canada’s version of March Madness...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 12, 2010 - March 12, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: March 5-12, 2010 A huge week in the media for Clan...
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Downhill demon - March 11, 2010For Matt Hallat, chasing a dream is all downhill now. Hallat, a member of the 2010 Canadian Para-Alpine ski team, has...
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Sports psychologist prepped Olympic team - March 11, 2010He’s worked with many athletes, and no matter what the sport or season SFU sport psychologist David Cox says success is not...
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Hand joins UILO - March 11, 2010Ian Hand, founder and principal of Northwest Strategies, is the new associate director of the University/Industry Liaison...
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Gill to head WRSA - March 11, 2010Warren Gill, VP-university relations and a professor of geography, is the new president-elect of the Western Regional Science...
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Photo contest for Olympic volunteers - March 11, 2010If you were a volunteer or torchbearer from SFU during the 2010 Winter Olympics Games or 2010 Winter Paralympic Games, send...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - March 5, 2010 - March 5, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Feb. 26-March 5, 2010 During the 2010 Winter Olympics,...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 26, 2010 - February 26, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Feb. 19-26, 2010 Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. . . . ...
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Student orientation leaders wanted - February 25, 2010SFU Student Services is looking for orientation leaders for the Burnaby campus’ fall 2010 orientation week. Orientation...
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Morale booster reaps leadership award - February 25, 2010SFU’s annual staff achievement awards honour staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments. Throughout this...
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Author tells authors: preserve your archives - February 25, 2010Once they’re famous, writers and others who produce books realize the importance of their archives—but by then it’s usually...
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Sloan Fellowship for math professor - February 25, 2010Matt DeVos, assistant professor of mathematics, has been awarded a $50,000 Sloan Research Fellowship to further his...
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2009 teaching excellence awards - February 25, 2010SFU’s 2009 Excellence in Teaching award winners, chosen by a committee of faculty, alumni and students, bring enthusiasm,...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 19, 2010 - February 19, 2010Much Olympic-related news during the week, of course, but there was more to SFU-related coverage than that. Political...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 12, 2010 - February 12, 2010Several media outlets followed the Olympic torch relay leg on the Burnaby campus Feb. 11, begun by the winner of SFU’s...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - February 4, 2010 - February 4, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2010 Tracing the descent of turkeys and...
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Thai undergrad to carry Olympic torch for SFU - February 4, 2010Thai-born SFU student Borvonan (Obi) Vattanawong will carry the Olympic torch for the university on Feb. 11 at 10:15 am in...
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Students up in the air at Olympic celebration site - February 4, 2010Interactive Arts and Technology (IAT) student Nathan Waddington has long dreamed of creating an object that could fly. He’s...
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From lab bugs to computer bugs - February 4, 2010SFU’s annual staff achievement awards honours staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments. Throughout...
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SFU’s Olympic Who’s Who - February 4, 2010During SFU’s Olympic break, a number of staff and faculty will be working as volunteers for the Winter Games, including: ...
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Board welcomes new high profile executives - February 4, 2010A high profile corporate executive in Canada and the U.S. and a certified executive coach, known for her work worldwide, are...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - January 29, 2010 - January 29, 2010A 1910 poem about the Chicago Cubs immortalized the classic double play: Tinker to Evers to Chance. SFU profs had a triple...
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SFU’s next president eyes bright future - January 28, 2010Andrew Petter, past dean of the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law and former British Columbia attorney general, will...
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Behind the Scenes with Andrew Petter - January 28, 2010Three mornings a week, Andrew Petter steps onto the Lochside Trail near his home in Victoria to begin a 10km run through...
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Andrew Petter Q&A - January 28, 2010The international search for a new president began almost a year ago. An SFU search committee comprised of 16 individuals...
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Comments about Andrew Petter - January 28, 2010Martha Piper, former president of the University of British Columbia: “Andrew Petter is an inspired choice for the presidency...
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Background Study: Andrew Petter 101 - January 28, 2010Andrew Petter was born (1953) and raised in Victoria (Oak Bay). His father owned The Clock Shop on Victoria’s Antique Row and...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - January 22, 2010 - January 22, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Jan. 15-22, 2010 The selection of Andrew Petter as the next...
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SFU’s new president: Andrew Petter - January 21, 2010Andrew Petter, past dean of the University of Victoria faculty of law and former B.C. attorney general, will become SFU’s...
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SFU crime busters on TV - January 21, 2010SFU forensic experts Gail Anderson, Rolf Mathewes, Mark Skinner and Lynne Bell tell all in Bugs, Bones & Botany: The...
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2009 President’s Media Awards - January 21, 2010SFU gives its annual President’s Award for Service through Public Affairs and Media Relations to one or more faculty members...
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The consummate confidential secretary - January 21, 2010SFU’s annual staff achievement awards honours staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments. Throughout...
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Filipino-Vietnamese Canadian a born bagpiper - January 21, 2010He’s Filipino by birth, half Vietnamese by heritage and Canadian by citizenship, but there’s nothing remotely Scottish about...
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Tech biz wizards win Spencer prize - January 21, 2010Five business and engineering students have won SFU’s annual Ken Spencer competition for their integrated home security,...
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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - January 15, 2010 - January 15, 2010A look at how Simon Fraser University and its people made news: Jan. 8-15, 2010 A big week for stories on the move of SFU’s...
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Atom-smashing record thrills physicists - January 7, 2010Virtually every physicist in Canada would love to have been in Jennifer Godfrey’s shoes last month. The SFU PhD student...
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AV virtuoso Bill Goodman delivers daily - January 7, 2010SFU’s annual staff achievement awards honour staffers’ exceptional personal and work-related accomplishments. Throughout this...
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Our Thelma to receive chancellor’s award - January 7, 2010For SFU’s favourite lady, Thelma Finlayson, receiving the Chancellor’s Distinguished Service award will be another feather in...
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New First Nations director pumped - January 7, 2010William Lindsay is so pumped about his new job at SFU he’s already planning to build a house on the Burnaby campus. It’s not...
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Last call for Sterling prize nominations - January 7, 2010SFU’s Sterling Prize committee has issued its last call for nominations for the 2009 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support...
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