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SFU grad student develops crop imagery tool to help farmers monitor their harvest
January 8, 2019Written by: Sugandha Agarwal, News Team Member This article was updated on 01/16/19 to reflect the change that Thind teamed up with professor Beg after the company was established. In 2016, Gurman Thind, an engineering graduate student from SFU established the company Beriqo Inc, later teaming up with SFU professor Faisal Beg. The company is set to launch a new crop imagery tool, an imagery management system (IMS) that uses satellite imagery to visualize agricultural crops, in spring 2019. “The IMS is a satellite imagery database and projection system which provides 24/7 access to fresh and archived images with timestamps,”…
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SFU economics professor found dead in Colombia
January 4, 2019By: Michelle Gomez, News Team Member Three weeks after going missing in Colombia, SFU economics professor Ramazan “Ramo” Gencay was found dead. Gencay travelled to Colombia to attend seminars at the EAFIT university (universidad escuela de administración y…
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What if . . . SFU Burnaby campus was flat
November 29, 2018Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor I can’t say I’m sure how mechanically this would happen; either the campus would shrink down, or the rest of the world’s landmass would rise up. It would be a geological nightmare that would…
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What grinds our gears: People who smoke while walking on campus
November 29, 2018Written by: Simran Randhawa, SFU Student Most places have designated “smoke rooms” in order to reduce second-hand smoking, and all around SFU, there are specific written instructions not to smoke near grates or around people. Despite these, some people who…
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New study finds universities depending more on contractual labour
November 21, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta The Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a report concluding that around 53% of all faculty appointments in 2016–17, made in different universities across Canada, were contractual. Contract U Study The study, Contract…
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The Guinness Book of SFU Records
November 19, 2018Written by: Jennifer Low It’s about time SFU finally recognized us, its students, for all we do. From the countless hours of late-night Netflix binge-watching studying and essay-writing to the ridiculous amount of time we spend on transit, it’s time…
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SFU Horoscopes
November 18, 2018Written by: Winona Young and Aaron Richardson Terry Fox’s Sweet Sweet ‘do | January 10 - February 8 A real hero | Goes the extra mile | Everyone’s favourite, You’re the one who everyone can’t help but love. You’ve had your…
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SFU’s poetry club, The Writer’s Art, is calling all writers
November 17, 2018By: Winona Young The art of writing is not lost on SFU student Encina Roh or her fellow club members. Proving that the pen is mightier (and more helpful) than the sword, their SFU club centred around poetry, The Writer’s…
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Senate discusses university emergency protocols and mental health support
November 14, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor After two emergency incidents on Burnaby campus, senators at the latest SFU Senate meeting discussed the university’s current protocol for emergency incidents and potential steps forward. Of the two incidents last month, one…
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Conversations around cultural appropriation sparked at SFU
November 2, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor This Halloween season, SFU’s intercultural engagement team is working alongside other university departments, such as Residence and Housing, to prompt conversations around cultural appropriation. The intercultural engagement team is promoting a #notacostume campaign…
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