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+ 2012

  • Volume 9 (2), Fall 2012 

    • Understanding modern China: Jeremy Brown studies modern Chinese history with archival material found in unconventional ways
    • Message from the VPR: Emerging as a research leader
    • Blogging in the early 1800s: Michelle Levy on giving Dorothy Wordsworth a digital makeover
    • The Data Effect: SFU professors Jian Pei, Ellen Balka and Martin Ester discuss data and its human connection
    • Robots that catch wandering cancer cells: Ed Park's new bio-bot can detect and manipulate metastatic cells
    • Research and Innovation News
    • Awards
    • Managing conflict of interest: Ellen Loosley discusses how SFU's Office of Research Services manages research integrity
    • Future to the back: SFU Mechatronics professor, Carolyn Sparrey describes how and why she is building a test system for spinal cord injuries

  • Volume 9 (1), summer 2012
    • Motor city west: Steve Holdcroft’s work makes SFU the national headquarters for research in low platinum fuel cells
    • Message from the VPR: Adjusting to Canada’s changing research landscape
    • SFU physicist on ATLAS executive: Mike Vetterli appointed deputy chair of the ATLAS’s Pubs Committee at CERN
    • Interdisciplinary math: Peter Borwein and the success of IRMACS
    • Award winners
    • Innovation Office news
    • Research park DNA: Ian McCarthy investigates what makes parks successful
    • Cool automotive research: Majid Bahrami creates sustainable air conditioning for hybrid cars
    • Igniting BC’s creative economy: SFU researchers organize conference to stimulate thinking, policy and action
    • Process feedback helps learners: John Nesbit and Phil Winne trace learning events with nStudy

+ 2011

  • Volume 8(2), Fall 2011

    • Secure electricity for rural India: Erik Kjeang's research collaboration with Indian electric power technology company
    • Message from the VPR: Canada/India brain exchange
    • Fighting infectious disease: Fiona Brinkman is working with Indian partners such as DBT and ICGEB
    • Community outreach: SFU's Diwali and Indian summer festivals and more
    • Lab on a chip: Ash Parameswaran's device for testing antibiotics in rural India
    • Medical tourism: Valorie Crooks studies geography, ethics and safety of medical tourism in India
    • Early detection of oral cancer: Miriam Rosin's Indian connection
    • Dark side of trust: Rekha Krishnan uses Indian business databases
    • Beyond print literacy:Kelleen Toohey and Diane Dagenais work with Tibetan immigrant children in Dharamsala
    • Visiting scholars and outstanding students
    • Artistic collaborations: Patricia Gruben on SFU's field school and other projects with Indian dancers and film makers

  • Volume 8(1), Summer 2011

    • Genomics solves disease mystery: SFU researchers sleuth out the source of a disease outbreak
    • Message from the VPR: SFU research funding, grant success rates 2010-2011
    • Muslim book collection is unique: SFU is an international centre for Middle Eastern history
    • Breeding away rot: Research saves decades from traditional tree breeding
    • Library project explores Indo-Canadian history: Interactive multimedia archive of the Komagata Maru incident
    • Research and Innovation News
    • Climate Solutions
    • Award winners listed
+ 2010
  • Volume 7(3), Autumn 2010

    • Tracking our cultural DNA: Mark Collard
    • Message from the VPR: Indirect costs of research grants
    • SFU Venture Connection: Discovery Foundation, BCIC, mentors in residence, VentureLabs, Layerboom acquired, and more
    • A new treatment for Alzheimers?: David Vocadlo, Ziba Afshar
    • Award winners listed

  • Volume 7(2), Summer 2010

    • Drugs and substance abuse: Benedikt Fischer
    • Message from the VPR: Undergrad student research award pilot
    • Switching from academics: Neil Branda and Switch Materials Inc.
    • French means diversity at SFU: Claire Trepanier, Diane Dagenais
    • Fair use of cultural IP: George Nicholas and IPinCH
    • Australia's Griffith U. Sings MOU: Mario Pinto
    • Librarian hat-trick: Lynn Copeland
    • Award winners listed

  • Volume 7(1), Winter 2010

    • New home for SFU Contemporary Arts: Martin Gotfrit
    • Message from the VPR: Strategic Research Plan
    • Images of Native Women: Dana Claxton
    • Cultivating wonder with Learning in Depth: Kieran Egan
    • West House, solar laneway house: Lyn Bartram and Rob Woodbury.
    • Top ranking author: Jian Pei
    • Open Access Fund: Gwen Bird
    • Data Liberation: Walter Piovesan
    • UILO News: Jean Trask, Mike Volker, iDme, Bozena Kaminska, Doug Blakeway, Bill Barrable, Andy Hoffer, Lungpacer, Ian Hand
+ 2009

  • Volume 6(2), Summer 2009

    • Homelessness is everyone's problem: Julian Somers
    • Message from the VPR: Supporting research in the social sciences and humanities
    • UILO Greentech
    • Public attitudes about genomics: David Laycock
    • Medicinal chemistry research facility opens: Britton, Lewis, Chua, Young, Bennet and Pinto.
    • Suncor's failure to regulate itself: Stephanie Bertels
    • Black history in Canada: Afua Cooper
    • Venture connection: Venture Labs help student entrepreneurs

  • Volume 6(1), Winter 2009

    • Genomic Research Leads to Human Health Solutions
    • Message from the VPR: Supporint The Research Enterprise
    • UILO Spin-offs
    • SFU's Venture Adventure
    • Major Award for Down Syndrome Research
    • Who's and What's, New
+ 2008
  • Volume 5(2), Spring 2008

    • SFU Searches for Climate Change Solutions
    • Message from the VPR: SFU Builds Asia-Pacific Alliances
    • SFU-Based MITACS Delivers Nationwide Student Internship Program
    • Support from Western Economic Diversification
    • TIME Marches On
    • Two Research Projects Awarded CTEF Funding

  • Volume 5(1), Winter 2008

    • SFU's Ties with India Strengthened
    • SFU's Young Innovator
    • UILO Spin-Offs and Licences: News and Updates
    • SFU Shows Leadership in Research
    • Getting Down to Work in the New ASSC Building
+ 2007
  • Volume 4(3), Autumn 2007

    • Two SFU Faculty Artists Secure Major Research/Creation Grants
    • Report on SFU's Research Success in 2006/07
    • SFU: Now a Major Research Centre
    • Now, That's a Switch!
    • Academic Mentors, Faculty Research Liaison Officers and Grants Facilitators 2007-08
    • Community Trust Endowment Fund
    • Everything You Should Know About SFU's New Conflict of Interest Policy

  • Volume 4(2), Spring 2007

    • Partnerships Across Canada
    • Message from VP Research: Graduate Students are the Engine of Research
    • Getting Out the SSHRC Message
    • Numbers Keep Adding Up for PIMS
    • Rubbing Shoulders with SFU Research Talent
    • SFU Surrey Opens New Computing Science Facilities
    • Let's Make a Deal...With Bug
    • SFU Scientists Work on International Teams
    • Honours and Awards
    • Congratulations to Jean Trask!

  • Volume 4(1), Winter 2007

    • Our New Magnetic Attraction
    • Message from VP Research: Working With Our Communities
    • Spin-Off Companies: News and Updates
    • New Interdisciplinary Centre at SFU Surrey
    • Being #34 on This List is an Honour
+ 2006
  • Volume 3(3), Autumn 2006

    • Fresh Ideas for Urban Sustainability
    • Message from VP Research: The Pipeline to Research Output
    • Academic Mentors, Faculty Research Liaison Officers, Grants Facilitators listing 2006-07
    • Community Trust Endowment Fund
    • Identifying Consequences of Social Policy Changes
    • Design Means Proposals for Change
    • Who's New

  • Volume 3(2), Spring 2006

    • RCMP Backs SFU Chairs in Criminology
    • Message from the VP Research: Comparatie Performance Indicators
    • The Expanding Universe of TIME
    • Collaborative Business Planning
    • Microbes and Microchips at the 2006 Research Luncheon
    • Rooted in Physics
    • New Appointment, Don Osman
    • Policy Updates

  • Volume 3(1), Winter 2006

    • A Beacon for the World
    • SFU Innovators Soar to Success
    • Message from VP Research: SFU Community Trust Endowment Fund
    • SFU at 40; UILO at 20
    • SFU Scientists and a Spin-Off Company Win Major Awards
    • Recent Arrivals

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