Science
Dr. Elizabeth Dingle helps make science more accessible with Pint of Science Festival
May 20, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Fast Facts Name: Dr. Elizabeth Dingle Pronouns: She / her / hers Departmental affiliation: Geology, postdoctoral research fellow Education: PhD (University of Edinburgh), Geography MSc (Durham University), and Natural Sciences BSc (Durham University). Work experience: Dr. Dingle has worked part-time as a senior geomorphological surveyor as part of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. She has also worked as an environmental scientist, mainly in geomorphology, water resources, and water quality, and as a Research Associate on various projects at the University of Edinburgh. Fun fact: Dr. Dingle’s PhD thesis is titled “River dynamics in the Himalayan foreland…
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Competition gives undergraduates opportunity to present research to the SFU community
October 9, 2018rWritten by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Undergraduate students presented their original research findings to colleagues, graduate students, faculty members, and other members of the SFU community during the second annual poster competition of the SFU Science Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ). Around…
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Funding uncertain for SFU’s Academic Summer Camp for Aboriginal Students
September 18, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Updated September 21, 2018: Dr. Veselin Jungic has reached out to The Peak to indicate that the paraphrase at the end of this article which indicated that "he is convinced the camp's future on this…
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AI summer camp aims to encourage high school girls to get involved in STEM
August 3, 2018By: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer The SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences held Invent the Future, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) summer camp, to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. During the two…
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Senate debates the creation of a school of environmental science at SFU
June 17, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor A lengthy debate around the motion that “the Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the establishment of a school of environmental science within the Faculty of Environment” was tabled by…
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The deadly, deadlier, and deadliest snakes at SFU
April 5, 2018Black mamba When you first enter university, you think that you’re the bomb because you’ve just received multiple scholarship offers, and got straight A’s in high school. You think the world revolves around you and that your opinions…
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SFU unveils new high-tech robotic chemical biology research lab
March 20, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate SFU has recently opened the new Centre for High Throughput Chemical Biology (cHTCB) facility. Bristling with high-tech automated equipment, the lab is the newest addition to the research facilities in the faculty of science and…
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Visiting speaker argues animal research harms humans
June 26, 2017The use of animals in research on human diseases is actually harmful to humans, according to Ray Greek, a medical doctor and president of Americans for Medical Advancement. After researching the subject for decades, he presented a cumulation of his…
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Animal research and torture are not the same thing
May 23, 2017By: Lyz Boyd, Peak Contributor When you hear “animal experimentation,” are you conjuring images of sad animals suffering unspeakable horrors? Are they locked in tiny cages? Getting stabbed by huge needles? If so, you’re missing a lot of the story.…
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Weirdest research at SFU
November 7, 2016Built on top of a mountain blanketed in fog, SFU was destined to have a mysterious, at times almost eerie, feel. Flash forward 50 years: SFU has become a leading Canadian research university. Hidden somewhere within the concrete expanse of…
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