Louis Riel residents form working group to protest potential closure

Concerned residents of the Louis Riel residence at SFU Burnaby have formed a working group to advocate against the building’s potential closure. Formed on Friday,...

Partial skull uncovers clues of human origins

A recent scientific paper published in Nature focusing on the analysis of a partial human skull provides substantial evidence for the “Out of Africa”...

University Briefs

Students wielding hunting knives stir controversy Students at the University of the Fraser Valley have voiced their discomfort with fellow students carrying knives around campus. Mike...

Satellite Signals

Harbour Centre On Thursday February 19, the SFU Vancouver Speakers Series, in partnership with SFU Public Square, hosted a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and...

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...