Recent FASS News
For a full list of past news stories, refer to the News Archive.
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SFU Student Wheels to Modeling Victory
July 17, 2013 0 commentsSFU English undergrad has become the face of Lise Watier’s Something Sweet perfume.... read more
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Mitacs Globalink
July 17, 2013 0 commentsLast call! Mitacs accepting projects for Globalink 2014. Deadline is July 31, 2013... read more
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Julie MacArthur Receives Dean's Convocation Medal
June 17, 2013 0 commentsDr. Julie MacArthur's groundbreaking research analyzes the drive to green electricity across... read more
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Fall Cormack Symposium
June 15, 2013 0 commentsCormack Presentations, October 22, 2013... read more
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Bipolar Disorder Research
June 15, 2013 0 commentsSFU researchers study mental illness by getting mood data in the moment.... read more
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Jodi Yager Receives Dean's Convocation Medal
June 15, 2013 0 commentsDr. Jodi Yager's research involved studying the social interactions of high-functioning individuals... read more
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Xianghua Wu Receives Dean's Convocation Medal
June 15, 2013 0 commentsIn order to complete her PhD, Dr. Xianghua Wu embodied SFU's motto of "engaging the world".... read more
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Governor General's Silver Medal Honors Passion for Political Science
June 15, 2013 0 commentsJimmy Peterson is testimony to the fact that even in the world of academia where logic and analysis... read more
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Undergraduate Award Winners
June 15, 2013 0 commentsThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce that Dylan Gatner and Filipa Lopes... read more
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Engaging the World
June 15, 2013 0 commentsAske Nørby Bonde has been putting SFU’s motto “Engaging the World” into practice, quite literally.... read more
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Lifeguard Floats Future in Literature
June 15, 2013 0 commentsBonnie Tulloch is used to making a splash. A lifeguard and swimming instructor in Langley, she made... read more
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2013 Cormack Teaching Award Winners Announced
May 15, 2013 0 commentsThe Cormack Awards were created in 2010 to recognize excellent and innovative teaching within the... read more
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What Dr. Steve Collis is ‘Undoing’ with Revolutions and Occupations
May 06, 2013 0 commentsA public intellectual should “speak truth to power,” said famed Palestinian-American literary... read more
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The Return to Lacan
May 03, 2013 0 commentsIf controversial French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan famously called for a “return to Freud,” then... read more
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English Professor Hiking for MS Research
May 01, 2013 0 commentsThis summer Associate Professor of English Jon Smith is attempting to hike 1,600km (1,000 miles) of... read more
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2013 FASS Convocation Speakers
June 15, 2013 0 commentsAt each convocation ceremony in June, a student speaker will reflect on his/her university... read more
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Assistant Professor Receives Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
June 15, 2013 0 commentsCongratulations to Martin Bouchard, Criminology who has been recognized by the Dean of Graduate... read more
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English Department Award Winner Patty Kelly
June 15, 2013 0 commentsCongratulations to Dr. Patricia Kelly (English) who has received the Canadian Association for the... read more
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FASS Learning Technology Specialist
June 15, 2013 0 commentsDo you use WebCT in your course? If so, you will need to transfer it to the new learning management... read more
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SSHRC Grant Sparks Aboriginal Language Preservation
June 15, 2013 0 commentsMarianne and Ron Ignace are collobarating on a seven-year SFU project with 22 community-based First... read more
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“Historic Plaque Goes Missing: The Second Eviction of Olaf Solheim”
June 15, 2013 0 commentsFinally! I, Stacey Bishop, had become a tiny bit, just a little, a public historian.... read more
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Psychology Departmental Manager, Beverley Davino on 36 years of Service at SFU
June 15, 2013 0 commentsWhen Beverley Davino moved to North Burnaby from the Northwest Territories in 1978 , it hadn’t... read more
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Sheila Delany, Emerita, Department of English
June 15, 2013 0 commentsTo say that Dr. Sheila Delany has been busy since her retirement from the Department of English in... read more
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Restorative Justice Student Studies Riot Convictions
June 16, 2013 0 commentsTania Arvanitidis, Christopher Ducharme, Brenda Morrison and Mia Nissen are pumped about running as... read more
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Wheelchair Beauty Striving to Make World of Difference
June 15, 2013 0 commentsJessica Kruger, a Simon Fraser University English undergrad and the only female member of the co-ed... read more
For a full list of past news stories, refer to the News Archive.