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. Monday July 29 to 8:30 a.m. today, Tuesday July 30.

RESEARCH | NASA | PHYSICS CONFERENCE | STUDENT GRADE RECORDS | STUDENT AWARD | MEN’S HOCKEY

RESEARCH – NEWS.COM.AU, SCIENCE CODEX, WILEY, SCIENCE DAILY, PHYS.ORG

• Researchers Brent Loken from SFU and Stephanie Spehar from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh have observed that orangutans are coming down from trees in an effort to cope with the destruction of their habitat.
  • News.com.au: http://at.sfu.ca/jywNsY
  • Science Codex: http://at.sfu.ca/SpuZgM
  • Wiley: http://at.sfu.ca/YZISuz
  • Science Daily: http://at.sfu.ca/HPwCps
  • Phys.org: http://at.sfu.ca/hhdEyW

NASA – SURREY NOW

• For the third year in a row, a group of students from Surrey's Princess Margaret Secondary will be heading to Houston, Texas where they will compete in a world-renowned science program hosted by NASA and Boeing. They will be led by SFU student and Princess Margaret alumn Bhupinder Rathore.
  • Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/EQnPqL

PHYSICS CONFERENCE – CBC

• Keynote speaker Shohini Ghose at the Women in Physics Canada conference at SFU was featured on CBC’s On the Coast discussing the prospect of Albert Einstein being a woman in the early 1900s.
  • Full Story (July 26, ~35:00-41:30): http://at.sfu.ca/qIWqcU

STUDENT GRADE RECORDS – OTTAWA CITIZEN

• SFU was briefly mentioned in an article regarding the Ottawa Citizen winning the fight for student grade records from Carleton University.
  • Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/OnIxQN

STUDENT AWARD – MARKETWIRED

• SFU student Alexandra Loweis one of four outstanding students awarded with the Student Communicator of the Year Awards by the International Association of Business Communicators’ BC Chapter.
  • Full Story: http://at.sfu.ca/ovGwDC

ALSO IN THE NEWS

Men’s Hockey

• The men’s ice hockey team has acquired Penticton's Chris Kerr, who has committed to join the team for the 2013/14 season.
  • Island Sports News: http://at.sfu.ca/UZrETN

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