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Four things you can do to manage stress and stay focused while working from home
Four things you can do to stay focused while working from home. Suggestions from SFU Beedie business professor Lieke ten Brummelhuis.
How to stay positive and resilient while working from home
SFU psychology professor Lara Aknin shares some advice and recommendations on how to maintain resilience and remain happy during these challenging times.
SFU business professor David Hannah on avoiding COVID-19 misinformation, workplace compassion
Feeling overwhelmed by the amount of COVID-19 information you're reading every day? SFU business professor David Hannah shares his advice for reading through the noise during these turbulent times.
Impact of COVID-19 on gender focus of new study
Simon Fraser University health sciences researcher Julia Smith is co-leading new research on how rapidly developing infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19 impact gender.
Ensure healthy and food-secure communities during self-isolation, social distancing: SFU expert
Tammara Soma is a food systems-planning researcher. She spoke with SFU News about what foods to have on hand during the pandemic.
Coronavirus testing kits to be developed using SFU-invented RNA imaging technology
Simon Fraser University researchers will use their pioneering imaging technology—called Mango, for its bright colour— to develop coronavirus testing kits.
New research reveals power of women’s movements over the past 50 years
Over the last 50 years, women’s movements have become a powerful force in advocating for gender equality. But how powerful?
SFU research group advocates for First Nations clean energy opportunities
Simon Fraser University’s new Clean Energy Research Group (CERG) suggests that all First Nations should be able to provide clean energy to ratepayers across the province.
Your back pain may be due to evolution and spine shape
The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity’s evolutionary past, according to new research from a team of bioarchaeologists at Simon Fraser University, the University of Liverpool, and the University of Sydney.
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