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August 01, 2013
SFU Beedie professor receives Aboriginal Business Champion distinction
Simon Fraser University’s Mark Selman is the 2013 recipient of the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB) award for Aboriginal Business Champion of the Year. -
August 01, 2013
Students fundraise to help feed kids
Simon Fraser University student Prianka Grewal is fundraising to ensure kids from local elementary schools are provided with healthy, nutritious breakfast through the Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS) Society food bank initiatives. -
August 01, 2013
Loss of habitat forcing orangutans to forest floor
A study from Simon Fraser University researcher Brent Loken shows orangutans spend a surprising amount of time walking on the ground, a discovery that may have implications for conservation efforts. -
July 31, 2013
Prof honoured for far-reaching role in emergency communications
Simon Fraser University associate professor Peter Anderson – whose expertise in emergency communications has played pivotal roles in everything from provincial forest fires to global tsunamis – has been named a recipient of B.C.’s highest honour, the Order of British Columbia (OBC). -
July 30, 2013
Brain maps to benefit epileptic surgery
A brain imaging research team led by Simon Fraser University neuroscientist Dr. Ryan D’Arcy has found a new way to help surgeons more accurately plan for surgical treatment in epilepsy. -
July 29, 2013
Tour brings B.C. together via community conversations -
July 18, 2013
Beedie to host 2014 Academy of International Business Conference
One of the world’s largest gatherings of scholars devoted to international business will converge on Simon Fraser University and host city Vancouver next summer. -
July 18, 2013
Documenting B.C.’s economy through its people
A crowd sourced film project, commissioned by SFU Public Square to tell the stories of British Columbia’s economy through the perspective of its citizens, is seeking video submissions from the public. -
July 16, 2013
Bolstering women in physics
Given that women make up more than 50 per cent of the world’s population, their representation in challenging careers should be at least equal to men, if not higher. -
July 12, 2013
SFU student wheels to modeling victory
Her head spinning from all the media attention, Jessica Kruger, a Simon Fraser University English undergrad, remains focused on her key goal now that she has become the face of Lise Watier’s Something Sweet perfume. -
July 12, 2013
SFU to host first Spanish cohort for leadership training
A group of Spanish principals is coming to Simon Fraser University for the first time to learn how to become better leaders in their schools, starting July 15. -
July 11, 2013
Insect discovery sheds light on climate change
SFU biologists have discovered a new, extinct family of insects. -
July 10, 2013
Learning in an information overload world
To harness rather than drown in the ocean of knowledge that swamps us daily via the media and the Internet, we’ve got to become more cognitively productive, says Luc Beaudoin. The Simon Fraser University adjunct education professor drives home that message in his new book Cognitive Productivity. -
July 09, 2013
Pipe band eyes 7th world title next month
The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band returns to Scotland a month from now aiming to bring home its seventh world championship trophy. -
July 08, 2013
HomesNow report uncovers affordable housing barriers
A new report produced by HomesNow, an initiative of Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue, takes an in-depth look into the factors that impede home ownership, while providing actionable recommendations. Entitled ‘The HomesNow Initiative: Affordable Home Ownership in Greater Vancouver,’ the report also studies the barriers that prevent municipalities from acting on affordable housing for low to middle income residents. -
July 05, 2013
Students help non-profits become more sustainable
Simon Fraser University students from the Axis Consulting program are using the concept of social entrepreneurship to help non-profit organizations become more sustainable. -
July 05, 2013
Student film duo aims to help grow arts in Surrey
Two Simon Fraser University student-filmmakers are keen to help the City of Surrey grow its arts industry and hope a project they plan to launch next month – dubbed Creative Surrey – will help residents get involved. -
July 04, 2013
Team GUARDIAN aircraft on target
They placed “near the middle of the pack” at a recent international competition, but a team of Simon Fraser University students markedly improved how its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can spot and record targets – technology that could one day help monitor events like forest fires. -
July 03, 2013
Taste of BlackBerry fruitful for co-op students
Simon Fraser University students involved in Cooperative Education (co-op) work terms at BlackBerry (formerly Research In Motion) – one of the SFU program’s biggest employers – are getting more than a hand’s on experience. Many are landing plum positions. -
July 02, 2013
SFU space students hope to Warp-10 to victory
Reminiscent of Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek, Bhupinder Rathore, a third year Simon Fraser University computer engineering student, is engaging his crew of space colony designers in an out-of-this-world experience.