SFU student designs power-generating shoe

Imagine a pair of insoles that took the kinetic energy of your steps and converted it into usable electricity. SFU student Taylor Ward's newest design,...

“Shit-in” advocates for gender-inclusive washrooms

SFU community members of all genders mobilized inside a Burnaby campus men’s washroom last Wednesday to advocate for gender-neutral washrooms on campus. The event, humorously...

Board Shorts

Build SFU working group reports on steps forward Board members were tasked earlier this month to recommend ways to move forward with the Build SFU...

Private comments incite debate at SFSS meeting

Several board members engaged in a heated discussion at the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors meeting on Feb. 4, where concerns...

SFU researchers are Stanford-bound

Two SFU biology professors have been chosen for the prestigious Leopold Leadership Program (LLP) at Stanford University. Twenty applicants were selected from across North America,...

Study aims to reduce stigma around mental health

Researchers from SFU and Strength In Unity BC are “looking for a few good men” — more specifically, self-identified South, East, and Southeast Asian...

Satellite Signals

Woodward's Woodward's Community Singers invited “all voices” to their latest workshop on Thursday, Feb. 5. An annual program since 2009, SFU student singers can drop...

Engineering students design self-automated greenhouse

A team of six SFU engineering students has developed a highly automated greenhouse that could be used in research as well as disaster relief....

Orangutans adapt to their human-altered environments

A new discovery by SFU doctoral student Brent Loken demonstrates that orangutans may be even more adaptable than originally thought. His research reveals the orangutan...

Scientist maps Vancouver’s hot spots

Mapping the temperature differences across Vancouver could be key to preventing heat-related mortalities in the future, and SFU research is at the forefront of...