University Briefs

U of T students aim for infinity, and beyond! The University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT) is reaching for new heights with their latest project:...

New forensics course sparks program expansion

Due to the overwhelming interest in SFU’s latest course, CRIM 449: Major Crime and Forensic Analysis for Law Enforcement, the School of Criminology will...

Board Shorts

Society opposes international student fee increases The SFSS has issued an open letter expressing their official opposition to the proposed 10 per cent increase to...

Series of quakes hits BC coastline

A cluster of earthquakes that rattled BC’s coast last week has elicited renewed questions around the geological vulnerability of the region. Over the past few...

Genetic study investigates how mosquitoes transmit malaria

By determining the genetic sequence of 16 types of mosquitoes (Anopheles genus), an international research team, including researchers from SFU, has contributed knowledge on...

Upcoming English Learning Centre to assist international students

The SFU Faculty of Education is in the process of launching a new initiative to address the needs of English as an Additional Language...

Protesting professors launch course on civil disobedience

Two SFU professors are bringing their experiences from the front lines of the Kinder Morgan pipeline protests to the frontiers of the classroom in...

Guard.me arbitration results in no settlement

Negotiations between the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) and the university regarding the Guard.me insurance plan will continue in 2015 after both parties failed...

Bed bug traps may mean end to persistent pests

After enduring 180,000 bed bug bites over eight years of study, an SFU research team has developed the world’s first tangible bed bug bait...

University Briefs

110 million-year-old crab fossil discovered by University of Alberta researcher The fossil of a 110 million-year-old crab was found in the Colombian tropics by University...