Environmental exposure during infancy linked to asthma development

New research by an SFU professor has shed light on previously overlooked links between environmental exposure and asthma in children. In the largest study...

Sea lice are getting local sockeye down

A study led by SFU researchers has found that sea lice infections are more common among juvenile sockeye salmon than previously thought, and infections...

University Briefs

UBC student writes 52,438 word dissertation without punctuation A PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia wrote a 52,438 word dissertation, titled “Indigenous Architecture...

Satellite Signals

Woodward's The Goldcorp Centre for the Arts hosted the “Instruments Beyond Borders Benefit Gala” on Wednesday, May 13. Hosted by actor Dan Payne and Global...

Keeping up with the Clan

The spring semester may have ended, but there was no such break in the world of SFU sports. Here are the highlights from between exams...

SFU makes switch to Compass Card

“The Compass Card is your new way of travel,” Colleen Brennan, TransLink’s VP of Communications, told The Peak. This June, all SFU students will...

A whole new world

Newly elected President of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Enoch Weng stepped into The Peak’s offices to talk about his impending term, a...

Student entrepreneurs “hack” their way to sustainability

An interdisciplinary team of SFU students has won the Sustainability Trophy in nwHacks, an engineering competition or “hackathon,” for their sustainable paper towel dispenser...

Evolution can be a pain in the back

Recent research from SFU archaeologists suggests that back pain is linked to walking upright on two legs. The findings show that some people with vertebrae...

TSSU takes first strike action

SFU’s Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) commenced job action after serving a 72-hour strike notice to university administration on April 16. The TSSU is made...