Graham Cook
SFU places on list of top 50 young universities
June 11, 2012By Graham Cook Scores highest for international mix and citations categories, lowest for teaching SFU recently placed on two different lists of the best universities in the world under 50 years old. Both Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Top Universities and Times Higher Education judged Simon Fraser to be one of the best young universities, ranking it 25th and 30th respectively. The Times list, however, pointed to a potentially lack in teaching quality at the university. QS, which recognizes SFU as 260th in their overall rankings, bases their ranking system very loosely on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education in…
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SFU astronomy enthusiasts host Venus transit
June 10, 2012By Graham Cook Although cloud cover prevented a clear view, the transit was viewed from a NASA feed On June 6, Venus passed directly between the Sun and the Earth for the last time until 2117. The Royal Astronomical Society…
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SFU commemorates deceased grad student
June 4, 2012By Graham Cook Plaque installed to remember Andrew Wade, a visual analytics student who was killed in a plane crash last year A plaque commemorating the memory of Andrew T. Wade, an SFU graduate student who died last September, has…
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SFU’s Pipe Band plays New York City
June 4, 2012By Graham Cook Concert was recorded for upcoming CD release SFU’s world-renowned pipe band played in New York City for the second time in its 30-year history in early May. The performance, held at the Lincoln Centre for the Performing…
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Climate change response in animals varies according to species: study
June 4, 2012By Graham Cook End result on land will be animals that have never lived together before coming into close contact with each other New information about how land and sea animals react to climate change has come to light, thanks…
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SFU hosts open house
May 28, 2012By Graham Cook Over 100 exhibits showcase what SFU has to offer to prospective students SFU’s three campuses were showcased last Saturday at Burnaby’s 2012 open house. The event saw the hill split into eight zones, each of which featured…
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SFU’s UAV team places second in national competition
May 27, 2012By Graham Cook Team Guardian’s unmanned air vehicle places second with a $1,000 budget Unmanned Systems Canada held their 2012 Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Competition from May 4–6 at the Southport Aerospace Centre in Manitoba. The event challenged university teams…
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New transit app attempts to make travel easier
May 21, 2012By Graham Cook Next-Bus technology will let users know how close their bus is Padraig Kennedy, an app designer and recent immigrant from Ireland, has released his latest creation with the intention of making the Vancouver bus system easier to…
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Award fund established for deceased SFU graduate
May 21, 2012By Graham Cook Funds will go towards female international students The friends and family of the late Lenami Godinez-Avila have created an Award Fund at SFU in her memory. Twenty seven year-old Godinez-Avila died in late April while hang-gliding off…
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Search continues for WebCT replacement
May 14, 2012By Graham Cook Project team releases report to guide the process on to the next phase Following a consultation process which took place over much of the previous academic year by the WebCT Replacement Project team, the results have now…
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