Archived News
2013
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Brain-mapping team making surgery safer
August 02, 2013 0 commentsA brain-imaging research team led by SFU neuroscientist Ryan D’Arcy has found a new way... read more
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Conflict of Interest Guidelines
July 11, 2013 0 commentsProtect your reputation and that of your university by disclosing conflicts of interest prior to... read more
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SFU research prompts medical tourism guidelines
June 17, 2013 0 commentsSFU’s Medical Tourism Research Group has created an information sheet for patients... read more
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Activist Shabana Azmi Receives Honorary Degree
June 12, 2013 0 commentsDr. Shabana Azmi is an award-winning actor and a member of India's Parliament since 1997, who is a... read more
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SSHRC grant sparks Aboriginal language preservation
June 06, 2013 0 commentsMarianne Ignace has made it her life’s work to collaborate with British Columbia and Yukon First... read more
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Harnessing art for social change
June 04, 2013 0 comments"Art and its values, the sheer experience of it, can open doors to a magical, transformative... read more
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SFU's "Cool" New Green Energy Project
February 22, 2013 0 commentsWith $4.5M in funding announced Feb 22nd, SFU will lead the largest Canadian project of its kind in... read more
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SFU Engineering Scientist Appointed to NSERC Council
February 22, 2013 0 commentsProf. Bozena Kaminska, CRC in Wireless Sensor Networks, has been appointed to NSERC's Council. ... read more
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Climate Change Research Poster Competition
January 30, 2013 0 commentsShannon Holding, a PhD candidate in Earth Sciences, is the winner of the Climate Change Research... read more
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Challenging Conventional Economic Thinking
January 29, 2013 0 commentsEconomics professor Ramo Gencay has received a three-year grant to model dynamic financial networks.... read more
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SFU's Newest Research Chair, Ryan D'Arcy
January 29, 2013 0 commentsHon Stephanie Cadieux announces appointment of Ryan D'Arcy as Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation... read more
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Christian Bök gave a presentation about DNA and poetry
January 28, 2013 0 commentsBiology professor Lynne Quarmby talks to experimental poet Christian Bök.... read more
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Here be dragons
January 14, 2013 0 commentsContemporary arts professor Henry Daniel collaborates with Barcelona artists to create a... read more
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Rock your run! Cruise Control app for runners.
January 07, 2013 0 commentsA new app from the SFU Locomotion Laboratory will help runners meet their New Year's resolutions.... read more
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Brazil crack study finds critical intervention need
0 commentsHealth sciences prof Benedikt Fischer and a Brazilian investigative team are calling for targeted... read more
2012
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Blogging in the early 1800s
November 01, 2012 0 commentsDorothy Wordsworth gets a digital makeover... read more
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Greek intervention in the Spanish Civil War
October 17, 2012 0 commentsSupported by a VP Research Undergraduate Student Research Award, Sarah Inglis provides material for... read more
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Managing conflict of interest
October 01, 2012 0 commentsManaging research integrity at SFU... read more
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A step closer to growing drugs in plants
September 19, 2012 0 commentsOne step closer to growing medicines in whole plants: research by int'l team led by SFU... read more
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Robots that catch wandering cancer cells
July 25, 2012 0 commentsSFU biorobotics team hunts down metastatic cells... read more
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Future to the back
July 18, 2012 0 commentsSFU Mechatronics professor builds surrogate test system to investogate spinal cord injury... read more
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Igniting BC's creative economy
July 02, 2012 0 commentsSFU researchers organize a conference bringing together government, business, the creative sector,... read more
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Junior gymnast springs into SFU Chemistry
July 01, 2012 0 commentsGrade 11 student Eric LeGresley engages with university research in the Pinto organic chemistry lab.... read more
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Understanding modern China
June 20, 2012 0 commentsSFU history professor researches modern chinese history through archival material found in flea... read more
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SFU launches Indigenous Research Institute
June 12, 2012 0 commentsSFU marked National Aboriginal Day with the launch of the Indigenous Research Institute to promote... read more
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SFU researchers help find new malaria treatment
June 01, 2012 0 commentsAn int'l team of researchers incl. SFU's Fiona Brinkman report on a potential new treatment for... read more
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Research park DNA
May 22, 2012 0 commentsWhat's behind the success of research parks like Stanford?... read more
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Process feedback helps learners
May 15, 2012 0 commentsA research tool for professors is also a study aid for students.... read more
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Cool automotive research
May 09, 2012 0 commentsEngineering Science professor Majid Bahrami is solving fundamental problems with heating and... read more
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Motor city west
April 18, 2012 0 commentsSFU is the headquarters for a national automotive research network in low platinum fuel cells.... read more
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Interdisciplinary math
April 18, 2012 0 commentsA systems approach to multidisciplinary research.... read more
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SFU physicist on ATLAS executive
March 01, 2012 0 commentsIn March 2012, SFU physics professor Mike Vetterli was appointed deputy chair of the Publications... read more
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A Wilder West bucks racial stereotypes
January 05, 2011 0 commentsA Wilder West returns to rodeo’s small-town roots to shed light on both its colorful participants... read more
2011
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Government of Canada invests in SFU green auto technology research
August 29, 2011 0 commentsSimon Fraser University researchers are receiving almost $5 million in funding ... read more
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Komagata Maru Incident: a new digital perspective
January 13, 2011 0 commentsA new publicly accessible website will engage the community to learn how Canada has matured in 100... read more
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Tracking our cultural DNA
January 01, 2011 0 commentsMark Collard applies biological techniques to anthropological data to understand how we inherit... read more
2010
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Ballet dancer becomes biomedical engineer
July 01, 2010 0 commentsAn SFU Biomedical Engineering student successfully authored and presented a paper at the Canadian... read more
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UV radiation not cause of vanishing amphibians
May 01, 2010 0 commentsEcologist's field study shows that murky water and eggs in the shade keep species safe... read more
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Scientists help build better antivirals
April 02, 2010 0 commentsNew NMR method provides a blueprint for antiviral drugs... read more
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Cultivating wonder
February 02, 2010 0 commentsChildren and teachers both excited by new teaching model... read more
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Images of native women
February 02, 2010 0 commentsThe Academy can now embrace indigenous content... read more
2009
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Origins of life in an RNA world
December 02, 2009 0 commentsBefore evolution started, life must have begun in a primordial chemical soup. SFU research offers... read more
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You are what you read
July 04, 2009 0 commentsWe connect with each other and ultimately build nations based on what we see in print.... read more
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Homelessness is everyone's problem
July 02, 2009 0 commentsFirst multi-site randomized trial of housing interventions in Canada... read more
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Self regulate or be exposed
July 02, 2009 0 commentsBusiness Admin prof studies practices that lead to failure... read more
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Medicinal Chemistry Research Centre
July 02, 2009 0 commentsGot an idea for a new drug? Now you can have it developed at SFU.... read more