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University Briefs

Peak Web September 8, 2014

Widower returns to school to study cancer that killed his wife Widower Powel Crosley has gone back to school at University of Alberta to study the rare form of ovarian cancer that killed his wife. After taking introductory courses in biochemistry and oncology, one of Crosley’s professors asked him to do lab research alongside masters and doctoral students. Recently, he was awarded $50,000 in grants to continue studying granulosa cell tumour of the ovary, or GCT. “[My wife’s] motto was: the answer lies in the lab,” said Crosley. “She was pretty persistent about things she believed in. And so I’m…

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Welcome Back SFU

EIC September 5, 2014

As a new school year begins, so does the common struggles and triumphs of SFU students.

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SFSS club raises Greek life question

EIC September 2, 2014

The status of Greek life at SFU has once again been called into question, as the SFSS board of directors recently brought the discussion to the table. The issue concerns Grid Representation and Interest Development (GRID), the club through which…

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