Media Releases

2013 Media Releases

  • April 04, 2013
    SFU researchers help unlock pine beetle's Pandora's box
    Twenty researchers — more than half of them Simon Fraser University graduates and/or faculty — could become eastern Canada’s knights in shining white lab coats.
  • April 04, 2013
    Health scientist honoured for HIV research
    Simon Fraser University Health Sciences professor Robert Hogg is being honoured for helping to save and improve the lives of vulnerable and marginalized populations through his HIV/AIDS research.
  • April 03, 2013
    Petter cites research partnerships as key economic driver for Burnaby
    Speaking at a Burnaby Board of Trade breakfast at the Hilton Metrotown on Wednesday morning, Simon Fraser University President Andrew Petter touted partnerships between business, government, and universities as examples of strategic investments that will assist the City of Burnaby’s economic engine.
  • April 03, 2013
    Investment in sustainable supply chains pays off: Beedie research
    New research from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University shows that the Brazilian energy industry is an example of why it pays for companies to invest in sustainable supply chains.
  • April 02, 2013
    SFU taps 10 for honorary degrees
    Two world-renowned Simon Fraser University Pipe Band brothers, a former SFU president, an Olympic soccer medalist and a cardiology trailblazer are among 10 distinguished people SFU is recognizing with honorary degrees at its spring (June 11-14) and fall (Oct. 10-11) Convocation ceremonies.
  • April 02, 2013
    Media Advisory: U.S. Ambassador to speak at SFU Surrey
  • April 01, 2013
    SFU autism lab hosts panel discussion
    Simon Fraser University’s Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab is hosting an event with the Laurel Foundation on April 5 to discuss the quality of life among families of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
  • March 27, 2013
    Caring for Gender Non-Conforming Children
    A public lecture designed to support trans and gender variant children and youth is taking place at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver campus on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m.
  • March 26, 2013
    World first: Viewing life in OneZoom
    Thanks to three scientists, including Simon Fraser University’s Jeffery Joy, we can now see in OneZoom how a major portion of life originated from one cell and remains interconnected in the Tree of Life. The software has been loaded onto a kiosk available for anyone to use in SFU’s biology department.
  • March 25, 2013
    SFU launches social innovation lab and incubator
    The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University has established RADIUS, a new interdisciplinary social innovation lab and venture incubator that aims to change business education and launch high-impact solutions to social challenges.
  • March 25, 2013
    Mechatronics robot-building challenge spreads to Surrey School District
    This spring break, close to 80 boys from the Surrey School District are getting a taste of engineering by building sumo-battling robots at Simon Fraser University.
  • March 22, 2013
    Recapping research in 3 minutes wins top prize
    A Simon Fraser University engineering student’s research on testing simulated gecko adhesives in outer space has won the first-place award ($1500) and the People’s Choice award ($500) in SFU’s first 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
  • March 22, 2013
    Opportunity Fest highlights student entrepreneurship, innovation at Beedie
    The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is hosting the third annual Opportunity Fest, a marketplace-style showcase of student creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation, next week at its Surrey campus.
  • March 21, 2013
    Research could help heart-attack and stroke victims
    Simon Fraser University research may aid in developing new drugs to prevent complications arising from ischemia, one of the devastating after-effects of heart attack and stroke, which disrupts blood flow to the heart and brain.
  • March 21, 2013
    Marriage of technologies makes drivers greener
    Following a slight modification of the old adage “If you can’t beat them join them,” a Simon Fraser University researcher says that if you marry plug-in electric vehicles with green technology, you have a winner.
  • March 20, 2013
    Petter calls for additional student space in Surrey
    Photos: http://at.sfu.ca/nYekaw Speaking at a Surrey Board of Trade luncheon on Wednesday afternoon, Simon Fraser University President Andrew Petter pledged his support to the Surrey business community and the City of Surrey in their advocacy for expanded post-secondary education opportunities.
  • March 20, 2013
    Salomon awarded Pew Fellowship
    Anne Salomon, an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental Management, has been awarded one of five 2013 Pew Fellowships in Marine Conservation to conduct a synthesis of the ecological and societal impacts of sea otter recovery in North America.
  • March 19, 2013
    SFU Beedie students take top prize at sustainability case competition
    A team of MBA students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have captured first place at the recent HEC Montréal MBA Sustainability Challenge case competition.
  • March 19, 2013
    Lots of pennies for SFU MBA students’ thoughts
    In Science World’s (Telus World of Science) first collaboration with a university program, Simon Fraser University business students are helping the non-profit science education giant capitalize on a recently extinct product — the penny.
  • March 15, 2013
    Advancing research - climate change to children’s health
    Four Simon Fraser University researchers will gain nearly $2.9 million to continue their research fellowships as Canada Research Chairs in areas as diverse as climate change, marine conservation, children’s health, and nanotechnology.