Media Matters, a report on Simon Fraser University in the news, is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations (PAMR).
This edition is a daily roundup that lists the main items of known media coverage from 8:30 a.m. Thursday July 18 to 8:30 a.m. today, Friday July 19.

Crime | Cory Monteith | Laura Szendrei | Rental-only space | Education enrolment | HIV/AIDS report | Bike lanes | J.K. Rowling | Modelling

CRIME – THE ECONOMIST

• Graham Farrell, SFU senior research fellow, was mentioned in the Economist regarding falling crime rates around the world.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/mTpndN

CORY MONTEITH – MACLEAN’S

• SFU was briefly mentioned in an article concerning Cory Monteith’s spending one of his last evenings planning for Project Limelight, a children’s charity that takes children from the Downtown Eastside and introduces them to a series of mentors from TV, film and theatre.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/HFjwDi

LAURA SZENDREI ­– CBC, VANCOUVER SUN, NEWS 1130

• SFU forensic psychologist Robert Ley was mentioned in an article discussing the sentencing of a man who killed Delta teenager Laura Szendrei in 2010.
  CBC: http://at.sfu.ca/WDMBae
  Vancouver Sun: http://at.sfu.ca/eNOHjs
  News 1130: http://at.sfu.ca/RKDoyR

RENTAL-ONLY SPACE – GLOBE AND MAIL

• SFU was briefly mentioned in an article regarding a plan drafted for rental-only space to serve poor residents in the Downtown Eastside.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/mokojo

EDUCATION ENROLMENT – VANCOUVER SUN

• An op-ed written by Richard Laszlo, an adjunct education professor at SFU, was featured in the Vancouver Sun discussing high housing costs causing a decline in school enrolment.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/zEFVWj

HIV/AIDS REPORT – VANCOUVER SUN

• SFU associate professor Garth Davies was quoted in an article regarding a report by the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS on harm reduction programs and Insite released last month.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/kYDIci

BIKE LANES – PROVINCE

• SFU was briefly mentioned in an article regarding the university hosting a discussion on a city proposal for new Kitsilano bike lanes.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/aDDmdi

J.K. ROWLING – NATIONAL POST

• A 2011 SFU study was mentioned in an article concerning publishers turning down J.K. Rowling’s criminal novel, which was written under a male pseudonym.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/JdrrYX

MODELLING – COQUITLAM NOW

• SFU student Jessica Kruger has succeeded in her bid to become the new face of Lise Watier’s “Something Sweet” perfume. Kruger beat out more than 400 competitors in the online competition to become the new face of the perfume.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/gNlPLs

EARLIER EDITIONS

• Earlier issues of Media Matters are online at http://at.sfu.ca/GzJvYO

SFU NEWS RELEASES

• SFU’s news releases are online at http://at.sfu.ca/APbezp