Surrey campus welcomes new executive director

A fresh face will be steering the helm of SFU’s Surrey campus starting in November, as Stephen Dooley, the current director of community engagement...

Campus maintenance issues blamed on lack of funding

The decline of the physical state of the SFU Burnaby campus was widely publicized in local media last week, and there is one cause...

SFU goes CSI in virtual crime lab

This geo-spatial chart, used in the course, illustrates incidents of violence and property crime in Downtown Vancouver. An online course offered by SFU’s School of...

Bright ideas for shifting your body clock

For students looking to conquer end-of-summer jet lag or rise and shine for their first weeks of school, SFU researcher Jay Olson has just...

Project prepares for student feedback on new SUB location

This month, BuildSFU is offering students a chance to have a say in the functionality and location of a new Student Union Building (SUB)...

Faculty of Education given $100,000 for Aboriginal space

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of Canada and the United States (UA Local 170) has...

Student unions look to leave Canadian Federation of Students

A CFS Day of Action in Toronto in 2008 Last week, a group of organizers from various universities across the country announced plans to begin...

University Briefs

Students choose arts and social sciences over high-paying majors According to a new CIBC World Markets report, university students are still pursuing low-paying majors over...

Golden Key society raises skepticism in students

  Every September, the top 15 per cent of SFU students in their program receive a letter from the Golden Key International Honours Society, a...

U-Pass to transfer to Compass Card in 2014

With TransLink starting beta testing on its widely publicized Compass Card system, SFU students can expect to see their U-Pass transferred onto Compass sometime...