Leah Bjornson
Research Roundup
November 12, 2013Study counts half-million deaths in Iraq War Two SFU researchers have contributed to a US-based study that placed the death toll in Iraq related to the Iraq War at approximately 500,000. The study, conducted without funding, looked at the conflict between 2003 and 2011. Dr. Tim Takaro, health sciences professor, and doctoral student Lindsay Galway were part of a 12-person team who collaborated on the study, published in PLOS Medicine. The team included researchers from the University of Washington, the Iraqi Ministry of Health, and John’s Hopkins University. The study aimed to estimate direct and indirect deaths attributable to the…
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University Briefs
November 12, 2013UBC student society refuses support for sexual assault counselling UBC Commerce undergraduate members voted against providing $200,000 to expand sexual assault counselling and education for students last week. The society, which was at the centre of a pro-rape frosh chant…
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SFU student snaps up international photography award
November 4, 2013An SFU student has made history by becoming the first North American to win the prestigious Eric Hosking Portfolio Award, which honours the best young wildlife photographers from around the globe. Co-sponsored by BBC Worldwide and London’s Natural History…
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GSS leads deferred maintenance tour
October 28, 2013“I call this part of the tour ‘Shrum: the good, the bad, and the ugly,’” laughed Julia Lane, coordinating and external relations officer for the GSS, as she led the deferred maintenance (DM) tour group into one of Burnaby campus’…
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University Briefs
October 28, 2013UBC Theatre makes students’ Halloween dreams come true This Halloween season, the University of British Columbia’s Department of Theatre is selling some of their custom-made costumes for those looking for an elaborate and realistic Halloween character. The costumes on sale…
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Board Shorts
October 28, 2013SFU raises tuition for domestic and international students This year, the University will not be receiving any increase in grants from the Provincial Government — in fact, it is expecting funding cuts over the next two years. This poses a…
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President Petter wants to stay
October 21, 2013With his term scheduled to end on Aug. 31, 2015, President Andrew Petter is asking the SFU board of governors to reappoint him for another term. At the time of his appointment, Petter’s primary goal was “to build on SFU’s…
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Keeping Trudeaumania alive
October 21, 2013Ever since his explosive response to a journalist during the October Crisis of 1970, the fanaticism surrounding one of Canada’s most influential political figures can be encapsulated in three simple words: “Just watch me.” Sunday Oct. 13 marked the 43rd…
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Letter from the Editors
October 15, 2013Dear Joseph, Re: “Letter to the editor - Sept. 30, 2013” In your letter to the editor published two weeks ago, you discussed the unfairness of the inclusion of a site link in the article “Bright ideas for shifting your…
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Research Roundup
October 15, 2013National study focuses on women living with HIV Angela Kaida, an SFU professor of health sciences, is leading SFU in Canada’s cutting-edge research on the prevalence of HIV in women. Without a doubt, the biological differences among men and women…
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