SFU faculty ‘smacks down’ for charity

For the fourth year in a row, the Faculty Smackdown provided a venue for SFU professors to debate matters of the day, fighting for...

University Briefs

UWinnipeg requires students to take indigenous course — The University of Winnipeg has announced a new requirement for newly admitted students in the 2016–17...

Walking ‘round in winter wondergear

With temperatures dropping across the Lower Mainland, one of the foremost thoughts on people’s minds is how to stay warm. For the designers of...

BoG-gled

Sustainable Investment The board was presented with a motion to increase the amount invested in what is classified as “sustainable investment holdings.” The $12 million,...

SFU students rally against DTES displacement

Approximately 25 individuals gathered last week as a part of SFU Against Displacement. The protest organized by a group of students concerned about the...

SFU White Student Union group raises eyebrows

SFU students are expressing concern over a Facebook page for a SFU White Student Union that appeared yesterday. The page posted the following description...

Award-winning book about bees generates buzz

SFU professor and renowned bee expert Mark Winston has just been awarded with the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction for his latest book,...

Coho salmon research could lead to population revival

The value of the West Coast’s commercial salmon fisheries has dropped from $263 million to $24 million since the 1990s. Research shows this is...

SFU strikes business partnership with Chinese firm

An international partnership took SFU President Andrew Petter and VP Research Joy Johnson to Beijing earlier this month. During the visit, a Memorandum of...

SFU biologist discovers dangerous mosquito close to home

Getting a mosquito bite in the Metro Vancouver area just got more risky. Aedes japonicus, an invasive mosquito that can transmit several viral diseases,...