2012 People
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SFU student start-up a winner December 10, 2012
An SFU Beedie School of Business student social enterprise start-up was selected as one of three... -
WittyCookie founder nets multiple awards December 06, 2012
WittyCookie founder Michael Cheng has won SFU’s 2012 Student Entrepreneur of the Year (SEY) and... -
Winston awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal December 06, 2012
SFU biology professor Mark Winston, a fellow and academic director of SFU’s Centre for Dialogue,... -
Dench accepts new position December 06, 2012
Sarah Dench, director of university curriculum and institutional liaison, is assuming the role of... -
SFU experiment heads to space November 22, 2012
Astronaut Chris Hadfield will rocket into space in December aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule to... -
Prison rehab tied to parole decisions November 22, 2012
Parole board decisions can have a huge impact on whether or not prisoners are motivated to... -
Book explores Aboriginal history November 22, 2012
Born and raised in Montréal, associate English professor Sophie McCall recalls one of her first... -
Engineering Award November 22, 2012
Faisal Beg, associate professor of engineering science, is the 2012 recipient of a Meritorious... -
PAMR acting director signs on November 22, 2012
Scott McLean, director of public relations for the Vancouver campus, is heading back up the hill in... -
Pinpointing Polynesia’s settlement date November 22, 2012
SFU archaeologist David Burley and colleagues at the University of Queensland in Australia have... -
Curie fellow tackles space research November 22, 2012
For the past two years, French biomedical engineer Carole Leguy has been working at the German... -
Expoplanet expert asks, “Are we alone?” November 09, 2012
It is a question that the human race has posed for thousands of years, a question that has bridged... -
Conference highlights ‘music and transformation’ November 08, 2012
How do you write a musical composition about restorative justice? SFU senior music lecturer Janet... -
New book about Quebec November 08, 2012
Being from Quebec, you might think history professor Jack Little would know a thing or two about... -
Global Citizenship November 08, 2012
Undergraduate Leah Bjornson’s six weeks in the West African Republic of Senegal to participate in... -
Fish researchers net Sterling prize October 25, 2012
SFU fish statistician Rick Routledge and independent biologist Alexandra Morton have won the... -
PM’s award honours childcare director October 25, 2012
Pat Frouws, executive director of the Simon Fraser University Childcare Society (SFUCS), has... -
Teeny Ted tome takes Guinness record October 25, 2012
Teeny Ted from Turnip Town is officially the world’s tiniest reproduction of a printed... -
Students recall Bolivian field trip October 25, 2012
Catalina Parra spent three months last summer in Bolivia with three other SFU students researching... -
impossible2Possible does the Kalahari October 25, 2012
This month, eight young adults aged 17-21 will severely test their limits as they attempt to run...