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...

Seven Essentials

1 Coffee: “For sure.” 2 Exercise: “I try to run if not every day then at least every second day.” 3 CBC Radio:  “I’m addicted to CBC Radio.” 4 Email: “I...

Build SFU selects SUB site

After months of deliberation and consultation with students, Build SFU has chosen the Crossroads site as the location of the new Student Union Building. The...

Supreme Court of Canada strikes down anti-prostitution laws

On Dec. 20, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), made the unanimous decision to strike down Canada’s anti-prostitution laws. The ruling was made on...

Community engagement pays off

Two first-year SFU students are putting our university’s motto of “engaging the world” to practice, as each have been awarded a $60,000 scholarship for...

Board reappoints Petter as SFU President

On Nov. 28, the Board of Governors unanimously approved Andrew Petter’s reappointment as SFU’s President for a second five-year term, to begin on Sept....

University Briefs

  Dino discovery at U of A A team of scientists from the University of Alberta discovered a very well preserved fossil from a duck-billed Edmontosaurus...

Panel gives pipeline the green light

A National Energy Board Joint Review Panel, put in charge of deciding the fate of the proposed $7.9 billion (formerly estimated at $6.5 billion)...

Professor under fire after critiquing African economic data

An SFU professor’s newly released book critiquing African statistical data has caused an uproar across Africa, resulting in his explusion from two international conferences...