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. Wednesday July 24 to 8:30 a.m. today, Thursday July 25.

Mosquitoes | Carbon tax | Laura Szendrei | Education workers | Marathon | Volunteer | Athletics

MOSQUITOES – GLOBAL NEWS

• SFU biology professor Carl Lowenberger was mentioned in an article regarding why some Canadians are more prone to mosquito bites than others.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/sZfZaR

CARBON TAX – CBC ON THE COAST

• SFU environmental economist Mark Jaccard was featured on CBC’s On the Coast discussing a new study that suggests B.C.’s Carbon Tax is working as intended.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/gwobFi

LAURA SZENDREI ­– SURREY NOW

• SFU forensic psychologist Robert Ley was mentioned in multiple articles discussing the sentencing of a man who killed Delta teenager Laura Szendrei in 2010.
  Surrey Now: http://at.sfu.ca/wWBVDc
  Vancouver Sun: http://at.sfu.ca/dgzvTM
  Province: http://at.sfu.ca/QVHGty

EDUCATION WORKERS – VERNON DAILY COURIER

• SFU was briefly mentioned in an article concerning 27,000 CUPE education workers have voted to strike in 53 of the 57 K-12 locals in 53 school districts.
  Full Story Not Posted Online Yet

MARATHON – KAMLOOPS DAILY NEWS

• Former SFU PhD math student Rick Brewster will be running the Kamloops Marathon this weekend.
  Full Story Not Posted Online Yet

VOLUNTEER – PEACH ARCH NEWS

• SFU was briefly mentioned in an article regarding three Junior Auxiliary Volunteers at the Peach Arch Hospital receiving bursaries.
  Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/JHPpim

ATHLETICS

• New Westminster's Ariana Sider was one of seven SFU Clan athletes receiving a Great Northwest Athletic Conference faculty athletic representative award for outstanding academics.
  New Westminster News Leader: http://at.sfu.ca/kpgNaA

Track and Field

• Track and field alumna Helen Crofts is one of four student-athletes to be named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Scholar Athletes of the Year for NCAA Division II.
  Clan news release: http://at.sfu.ca/HNGGNf

Swimming

• Six SFU swimmers were among those in action at the 2013 Canadian Summer National Swim Championships in Montreal.
  Clan news release: http://at.sfu.ca/zRluaa

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