Board Shorts

At-large rep off to Prague Newly elected at-large representative Rebecca Langmead has left for Prague for two months. The board approved Langmead’s leave of absence...

Satellite Signals

Harbour Centre An event last Tuesday at Harbour Centre, called Brain Food- How to Eat Smart, enlightened students on the effects that eating has on...

SFU Faculty Association votes to unionize

SFU faculty members and library staff have officially voted to unionize. The results of the vote, which were made public on Thursday, May 15, showed...

SFU robotics club gives competition the gears

SFU phasers were set to win at the 2014 VEX Robotics World Championship in Anaheim, California earlier this month, which invited top robotics teams...

Trend shows students return to nest

Recent statistics have shown that almost half of Metro Vancouverites in their 20s still live at home — the second-highest rate in Canada. Barbara Mitchell,...

Province shifts funding from liberal arts to trades training

Last month, SFU President Andrew Petter addressed the Vancouver Board of Trade regarding the value of traditional university education — specifically, liberal arts degrees...

HIV continues to adapt to human hosts

Using evidence from HIV evolution in North America, SFU researchers have discovered that the virus is slowly adapting over time to its human hosts....

Board Shorts

Committee Appointments With a new SFSS board now in place, the first order of business was to appoint members to the society’s various committees. The...

Researchers locate brain’s anti-distraction system

A recent study by SFU researchers John Gaspar and John McDonald has provided new insight into how the brain is able to focus on...

Satellite Signals

Harbour Centre Monday, May 5 was a cause for celebration at the place The Vancouver Sun has dubbed “the intellectual heart of Vancouver”: SFU’s Harbour...