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SFU’s Ionomr wins prestigious Energy prize in Berlin
SFU start-up company Ionomr has won a prestigious international energy award at Berlin’s Tech Festival this week. learn more →
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Joy Johnson is reappointed Vice-President, Research and International
Simon Fraser University has reappointed Joy Johnson, Vice-President, Research and International, to a second term. learn more →
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New eBrain Centre, ‘Homeware’ Lab to be created at SFU Surrey campus
SFU research will be supported by $450,000 in funding through The Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund. learn more →
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Judith Marcuse named a mentor by the Trudeau Foundation
Marcuse, SFU's Senior Fellow of Ashoka International and an Artist-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education, has been named a mentor by the Trudeau Foundation. read more
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April 04, 2018
SFU mourns the loss of university builder Samuel Belzberg
Larger-than-life figure helped raise almost $60 million to create SFU’s Vancouver campus. -
March 21, 2018
SFU announces 2018 honorary degree recipients
They include an internationally renowned primatologist and animal rights activist, a Haida fashion designer, and an internationally acclaimed paediatrician and advocate for children’s health.
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Six ways SFU is reducing its carbon footprint
A team of engineers is working hard to make sure SFU is optimizing energy and water consumption on campus to help meet SFU’s ambitious carbon reduction targets. read more
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April 20, 2018
SFU students and staff helping SFU achieve zero waste goals
Through SFU’s no waste challenge and sustainable spaces certification, students, offices and organizers are consciously reducing their consumption and waste. -
April 17, 2018
SFU’s Ionomr wins prestigious Energy prize in Berlin
SFU start-up company Ionomr has won a prestigious international energy award at Berlin’s Tech Festival this week.
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Scientists suggest protecting ‘reefs of hope’ may offset climate-change damage to coral reefs
SFU alumnus Emily Darling and marine biology professor Isabelle Côté suggest protecting ‘reefs of hope’—rare coral reefs that appear to have a lower risk of exposure to bleaching and predator outbreaks. read more
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April 11, 2018
New eBrain Centre, ‘Homeware’ Lab to be created at SFU Surrey campus
SFU research will be supported by $450,000 in funding through The Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund. -
March 29, 2018
Data visionary to join SFU as Canada 150 Research Chair
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, professor of modern culture and media at Brown University, will join Simon Fraser University as a prestigious Canada 150 Research Chair in 2018
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Thomas Ford adds three fulltime coaches to football program
Ford named Taylor Summers defensive coordinator, James Holan offensive coordinator and Mike Rigell special teams coach and recruiting coordinator. read more
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February 19, 2018
Former SFU track athlete Justin Kripps wins Olympic gold for Canada
Former SFU student athlete Justin Kripps piloted his two-man Canadian bobsled to Olympic gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. -
January 15, 2018
Thomas Ford named head coach of SFU Clan football
Ford has coached in the NCAA at the University of Puget Sound (Division III), Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Division II), and at his alma mater, Linfield College (Division III).
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First thesis in Archaeology’s Heritage Resource Management offers insights for gas development in BC’s North
Megan Vanderwel, one of 11 graduate students in the first cohort of SFU’s new Professional Master’s in Heritage Resource Management (HRM), was interested in finding out whether assessments completed in winter make it more difficult to identify heritage resources. read more
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March 26, 2018
SFU introduces Canada’s first professional master’s program specializing in visual computing
It will be Canada’s first professional graduate program to train technical personnel in algorithmic and software development skills for visual computing. -
March 21, 2018
SFU students’ videos featured in Museum of Vancouver’s new Haida exhibit
The exhibit features seven short videos by students in SFU's School for Interactive Arts and Technology.
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Joy Johnson is reappointed Vice-President, Research and International
Simon Fraser University has reappointed Joy Johnson, Vice-President, Research and International, to a second term. read more
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March 29, 2018
Promoting a metropolitan perspective on ports and waterfronts
SFU professor Peter V. Hall, director of the Graduate Urban Studies Program, says we need to consider the port’s role in our urban economy, transportation and governance when we make decisions around land. -
March 21, 2018
SFU economics professor Arthur Robson named Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association
The award recognizes the achievements and contributions of the most prominent economists in Canada.