Kyle Thompson Receives MEXT Award May 01, 2012
Congratulations to Kyle Thompson, who received a MEXT award to study in Japan after completing his MA in Communication last year.

AAAS Award Winners to Appear in Science March 30, 2012
Congratulations to SFU graduate students Laleh Samii (physics) and Benjamin Sandkam and Corey Watson (biology), whose winning posters will be highlighted in the prestigious Science journal.

Research Profile: Brent Loken, Resource and Environmental Management January 20, 2012
Congratulations to Brent Loken, who was recently awarded both the Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship and Vanier Canada Graduate PhD Scholarship to pursue his research in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.

Research Profile: Bal Kang, Chemistry January 13, 2012
Congratulations to Bal Kang, a chemistry PhD student who has just received a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, worth more than $270,000 (US), to do post-doctoral research in Oxford after he graduates this June.

Faculty Profile: Dr. David Muraki, Mathematics November 14, 2011
Upon his arrival at SFU, David Muraki introduced two ideas to the applied mathematics grad program: a Friday-afternoon problem-solving group and graduate student poster sessions for his students’ final course projects.

Staff Profile: Christa Gruninger, English November 07, 2011
Christa Gruninger’s record of service at as the graduate secretary in the Department of English is full of enthusiastic comments from her students and her supervisors, who note her cheerful disposition and positive attitude.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Dara Culhane, Sociology and Anthropology November 04, 2011
Dara Culhane began her academic career with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at SFU in 1994, after serving as deputy director of the Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples from 1992–94.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Rina Zazkis, Education November 04, 2011
Dr. Rina Zazkis' graduate students in the Faculty of Education say that she's supportive, enthusiastic and innovative, and their multiple achievements are the products of her labours.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Bernard Roitberg, Biological Science November 03, 2011
Bernard Roitberg’s students rank their time in his research lab as among the best years of their lives.

Staff Profile: Marlene Nguyen, Biological Sciences November 03, 2011
Graduate program assistant Marlene Nguyen is described by her graduate students as “the glue that holds the grad community together.”

Faculty Profile: Dr. Kieran Egan, Education October 28, 2011
The graduate student who nominated Dr. Kieran Egan for the Excellence in Graduate Supervision award says, "he knew my capabilities better than I knew myself."

Faculty Profile: Dr. Stella Atkins, Computing Science October 28, 2011
When Stella Atkins taught her first graduate course, over half of the students asked her to be their supervisor.

The Family Who Convocates Together ... October 27, 2011
Having the support of your family is important in graduate school. Nobody knows that more than four amazing Aboriginal women who studied together and then were awarded their Master's degrees at our fall Convocation ceremonies.

SFU Ranked Top Comprehensive University in Canada — Again! October 26, 2011
Maclean's magazine's annual ranking of Canadian universities is out this week, and SFU has again been ranked as the top comprehensive university in Canada.

Pacific Institute for Climate Change Fellowship Recipients September 13, 2011
Three SFU doctoral candidates have received fellowships totalling $54,000 from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

Research profile: Bixia Wang, Chemistry September 08, 2011
Bixia Wang's journey to graduate school is filled with firsts. She's the first from her family — and her village — to graduate from university.

GSS Professional Development Award Recipients September 04, 2011
The Graduate Student Society has announced the recipients in its first round of Professional Development Grants.

Research Profile: Deyar Asmaro, Psychology August 04, 2011
Congratulations to Deyar Asmaro, who received a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship this summer from Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his upcoming PhD research: Out of sight, out of mind: Do electrophysiological markers elicited by nicotine-related visual cues predict relapse in a sample of adult smokers?

Digital Media grads launch mobile game July 14, 2011
A group of seven grad students from the Centre for Digital Media will launch their first mobile game, Crash Craving, for iPad and iPhone on July 15. Team members are Shahrzad Aghasharifianesfahani, Carmen Chow, Mohamed El-Eryan, Airlia Hansen, Jeffrey Lane, Nickolas Marouhos, and Alice Tai.

SFU MBAs head to Singapore July 13, 2011
SFU’s Beedie School of Business reports that MBA graduate business students (L to R, above) Kathleen Williams, Peter Konefal, Eva Tidlund and Connie Chang were selected from a global field in the Graduate School Projects@Singapore competition. The team’s faculty adviser is David Hannah (right), Academic Director of the MBA program.

Student’s award-winning documentary airs on CBC July 11, 2011
Jordan Paterson, a graduate student in SFU’s Educational Technology Program, just produced and directed the award-winning documentary From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration.

Research Profile: Michel Trottier-McDonald July 08, 2011
Congratulations to Michel Trottier-McDonald, who has received an Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship (NSERC) for $105,000 to support his PhD program in high energy physics at SFU’s Department of Physics.

Dennis Storoshenko receives Dean’s Medal June 16, 2011
Congratulations to Dr. Dennis Storoshenko, who received a Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal at SFU’s morning convocation ceremonies on June 16.

Jesse Cale, Caroline Greaves and Hayley Jones receive medals at Convocation June 16, 2011
Jesse Cale (fourth from right) received his PhD and the Governor General’s Gold Medal award at Convocation on Thursday afternoon. This award is granted to the two SFU graduate students who achieve the highest academic standing upon graduation from a master’s or doctoral degree program.

FCAT and Science convocation June 15, 2011
This morning’s convocation saw a parade of SFU’s new PhDs in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology and the Faculty of Science.

Arts Convocation includes Juno winner Shad June 15, 2011
This afternoon’s convocation ceremonies is the first of three ceremonies for graduates from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Today’s graduate students were from the Department of History and the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies.

Profile: Rob McTavish June 14, 2011
Convocation brings many inspirational stories of growth and excellence despite early challenges.

Beedie School of Business convocation June 14, 2011
Dr. Colin Campbell (PhD ‘11), robed in red, led the graduands for today’s SFU’s convocation ceremony for students from the Beedie School of Business.

MA in Legal Studies wins national award June 10, 2011
The MA in Applied Legal Studies program has received a 2011 Award of Excellence from the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education.

Research Profile: Jessica Selinger, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology June 08, 2011
Congratulations to Jessica C. Selinger, who has received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for $150,000 to support her PhD program in the Locomotion Lab, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology.

Matthew Macauley wins a top chemistry honour June 06, 2011
Congratulations to recent SFU graduate Matthew Macauley (PhD 2010), who has received the 2011 Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairpersons (CCUCC) Chemistry Doctoral Prize. This award is intended to recognize outstanding achievement and potential in research by a graduate student whose PhD thesis in chemistry was formally accepted by a Canadian university.

SFU Physicists participate in antimatter breakthrough June 06, 2011
SFU physics PhD student Mohammad Dehghani Ashkezari (front right) and his supervisor professor Mike Hayden (back right) are part of an international team of scientists that has managed to capture and hold onto some atomic antimatter for over 16 minutes.

Graduate Student Society Awards June 02, 2011
Congratulations to the recipients of the first round of professional development grants awarded by SFU’s Graduate Student Society.

Grad Studies 40th Anniversary prize winner: Joshua Tanenbaum May 26, 2011
Joshua Tanenbaum is working on his PhD at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology in the next year, and is enthusiastic about his experience at Simon Fraser University:

Convocation Medal Winners 2011 May 26, 2011
Congratulations to this year’s Convocation Medal Winners who will receive their awards at our Spring Convocation, June 14–17, 2011.

Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence May 19, 2011
We’re delighted to announce the recipients of the 2010 Dean of Graduate Studies Service Awards.

SFU takes top two awards in Digital Media Challenge May 19, 2011
Congratulations to Andrew Au, an engineering graduate student, for taking first place in this year’s BCNET Digital Media Challenge Competition for his video (linked above), entitled Veaver, an Interactive Multiview Video System.

Research Profile: Alana Gerecke, English May 18, 2011
Congratulations to Alana Gerecke, who has just been awarded a Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship to support her doctoral research in the Department of English at Simon Fraser University. She has also received a 2009-10 Queen’s Fellowship and a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Impossible2Possible takes George Agnes to Bolivian Andes May 13, 2011
George Wade, associate dean of Graduate Studies, is travelling in Bolivia for the next 12 days as part of the Impossible2Possible expedition, where he and his fellow adventurers will run 250 km over the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flats in the world.

Science student wins best business concept May 11, 2011
Congratulations to Suraaj Aulakh, a graduate student in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry whose business concept took first prize in the SFU Business Concept Competition, held in April 2011.

Research profile: Evgeniy Lebed May 10, 2011
Congratulations to Evgeniy Lebed, PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering. He’s just been awarded the Canadian Bureau for International Education, Embassy of France Scholarship to continue his research in computational anatomy for eight months in Paris, France. There, under the supervision of a world-leading expert in the field, he hopes to gain more insight into the physiological processes that help shape a healthy brain versus a diseased one.

Research Profile: Rowan Trebilco, Biological Sciences April 29, 2011
Rowan Trebilco was awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate PhD Scholarship in 2009 to pursue his research at Simon Fraser University’s Department of Biology.

Pierre Nguimkeu, Economics PhD student, to attend Nobel gathering April 19, 2011
This August, 22 Nobel Laureates and 350 young economists will meet in Lindau, Germany for the 4th Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences.

Student profile: Brian Milligan April 16, 2011
Congratulations to computing master’s student Brian Milligan, who just received a prize for best video (above) from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at the Human/Robot Interaction Conference held in Switzerland in March 2011.

Alumni profile: Masa Iwase April 11, 2011
Congratulations to Masa Iwase, recent CMNS grad, for winning the Language and Literacy Researchers’ of Canada Master’s Research Award for his thesis, New literacies, Japanese youth, and global fast food culture: Exploring critical youth agencies.

Shadrach Kabango: Juno award winner and SFU grad student April 01, 2011
Congratulations to Shadrach Kabango (Shad) for winning a Juno, Canada’s top musical award, for Best Rap Recording of the year for his album TSOL.

Research Profile: Mark Snaterse, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology March 15, 2011
PhD student Mark Snaterse (left) was in the Vancouver Sun on February 11 for his co-invention of a cruise control system for runners.

Grad Students in the news March 15, 2011
Grad Students in the news ...

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, PhD ‘96, appointed to African Development Bank March 14, 2011
Congratulations to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who has been appointed resident representative for Zimbabwe by the African Development Bank.

Research profile: Veronica Zammitto, SIAT February 07, 2011
Veronica Zammitto, a cognitive psychologist and SIAT PhD student, was profiled in the Surrey North Delta Leader this week for her work on video games.