Storytelling app bridges language gap

A new iPad app called ScribJab, developed by two researchers at SFU, will allow children to write and share stories in multiple languages. With a...

Board Shorts

Spring Advocacy budget increased As recommended by Financial and Administrative Services Committee (FASC), board voted to approve a $7000 increase to the budget for Advocacy,...

Budget approved for spring concert

At the SFSS board of directors meeting this morning, Jan. 20, the board voted to approve a budget for a Spring concert. As recommended by...

Campus roads get a makeover

  Update: Starting date for Roadway Improvement Project has been pushed to Feb. 10, during reading week, so as to minimize traffic disruption.   Say goodbye and good...

Time is key to successful online learning

A recent study conducted by researchers from SFU’s faculty of education suggests that online courses may not be the easy A’s that students bank...

Student strikes against Enbridge

Speaking out against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, SFU student, Mia Nissen, underwent a week-long fast to protest the pipeline at the end of...

University Briefs

Emergency landing on UBC waters At 3:30 pm on Sunday, a Harbour Air seaplane made an emergency landing in the waters off UBC. The plane...

Local singer lends voice to SFU recycling campaign

The lead singer of local band Bend Sinister lent his talents to SFU’s newest campaign, the Zero Waste Initiative, which is looking to greatly...

Observatory plans will have students seeing stars

Watch out, koi pond. There’s a bigger fish planning to make its home on the AQ lawn, and it’s a $4.4 million observatory. With financial...

RCMP responds to threat on Burnaby campus

Photo by Helen Crofts (@croftsyyy)   Students were all atwitter on Burnaby Mountain as the RCMP flooded the campus on Wed. Jan 8, responding to a...