Media Releases
2012 Media Releases
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May 15, 2012
GONG! sounds at SFU Vancouver
After pushing beyond the traditional during its inaugural launch in 2011, GONG! The Gamelan Festival returns for its second run May 18-20, at Simon Fraser University’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. -
May 15, 2012
Technology preserves past after artifact reunion
A journey to Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian Institute in 2009 by a group of northern Inuvialuit elders reunited them with nearly 5,000 artifacts – and, with help from Simon Fraser University and numerous community players - put them on a technological path to preserving their culture. -
May 15, 2012
Social sciences take centre stage at Open House
For fans of the social sciences, there will be plenty of entertainment at Simon Fraser University’s Open House on Saturday, May 26, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Burnaby campus. -
May 14, 2012
New program accelerates social ventures
Students at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University can further their social venture ideas with the launch of the new Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator (SEA) program, starting this semester at the SFU Surrey campus. -
May 14, 2012
SFU opens its doors for community open house
Simon Fraser University is giving away more than $26,000 worth of prizes at its open house event May 26 on Burnaby Mountain that is expected to attract in excess of 10,000 people. -
May 09, 2012
Lanphear to address youth about enviro-toxins and Rachel Carson
When Bruce Lanphear was a child, his horticulturalist father introduced the future environmental health and toxins expert to the work of legendary environmentalist Rachel Carson. -
May 09, 2012
Researcher finds method behind magic
A magician will have the upper hand because he knows how his trick works. But, according to Jay Olson, the magician might not know why. -
May 07, 2012
Compton finalist for National Magazine Award
Wayde Compton, director of Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio and an accomplished Vancouver author, is shortlisted for a national writing award. -
May 06, 2012
Pipers and drummers teach success strategies in NYC
Members of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band are spending the weekend in New York teaching others the trade secrets of world champion pipers and drummers. -
May 05, 2012
SFU pipes and drums wow NYC
For the second time in its history the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band has wowed a captive New York City audience, bringing it to its feet following a three-hour 30th anniversary performance at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. -
May 04, 2012
SFU bolsters educational partnerships with Chile
Marco Espinoza, a Simon Fraser University education grad student, is in Chile May 2-9 to help strengthen educational ties with the Latin American country. -
May 04, 2012
SFU receives Fair Trade Campus designation
Simon Fraser University’s commitment to being a model for sustainable community development has been awarded with an official designation from Fairtrade Canada. -
May 04, 2012
Pipe Band primed to perform New York style
The six-time world champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band - with polished repertoire, warmed pipes and new drums assembled - heads today to New York City’s Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts to perform its 30th anniversary concert. -
May 03, 2012
Pipe Band’s NYC concert to debut new drums
Bold new drums and a slick program will highlight the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band’s concert at New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts tomorrow night (May 4). -
May 03, 2012
Leading scholar on indigenous issues speaks at SFU
John Burrows, a leading scholar and teacher in indigenous, constitutional and environmental law, will give a free public talk sponsored by Simon Fraser University President Andrew Petter’s office on May 9. -
May 02, 2012
Unlocking the truth about memory
Elizabeth Loftus, an American scientific psychologist, internationally known for her research on human memory, will deliver a free public lecture at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre campus in Vancouver on Thurs., May 17. -
May 01, 2012
Environment key to preventing childhood disabilities
The United States government would get a better bang for its health-care buck in managing the country’s most prevalent childhood disabilities if it invested more in eliminating socio-environmental risk factors than in developing medicines. -
April 30, 2012
UK Restorative Justice expert talks on Vancouver riot
In June of 2011, rioting broke out on the streets of downtown Vancouver following game seven of the Stanley Cup finals. -
April 30, 2012
Nanotechnology in conference spotlight
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has chosen Simon Fraser University to host an esteemed academic seminar. -
April 26, 2012
Fusion Kitchen aids immigrant women job hunt
A pair of students at Simon Fraser University has cooked up an idea that may help more immigrant women land jobs – and give profile to their cultural cuisine.