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Donations sought for new SFU observatory
By David Proctor
Two SFU scientists are issuing a call to the community, just in time to coincide with the B.C. Year of Science: only $2 million needs to be raised before SFU will be able to build its very own observatory and community outreach centre at the ...
Pixar artists offer class at Harbour Centre
By Kendra Wong
Post-secondary students across the Lower Mainland are in for a treat this fall, as artists from Pixar Animation Studios are set to host a seminar about animation and story development at SFU’s Harbour Centre.
The class, ...
UniverCity set to double in size
By Thiago Silva
Burnaby’s city council approved a zoning bylaw last Monday that will allow UniverCity to double its size by rezoning 12 parcels of land on Burnaby Mountain, transforming parking lots and undeveloped land into residential units.
...Physical, cultural change forms Stevenson’s legacy
By Arry Dhillon
SFU has, in many ways, been very fortunate over the last 10 years. With a leader who was willing to embrace bold initiatives, SFU’s population was able to grow from just under 20,000 students in the year 2000 to just over 30,000 in 2010. ...
Student cheating on the rise: study
By Glynn Brothen (The Omega)
KAMLOOPS (CUP) — As many as three in four university students have cheated or plagiarized at some point in their academic career, and that number is growing.
According to a new study released by the Canadian Council on ...
SFU in for another parking fee hike
By Neha Prihar
Parking rates are expected to increase by eight per cent in September, effectively bringing the total permit rate increase to 42 per cent in the last year. The increase is due to the Board of Governors adopting the parking management ...
McGill drops MCAT and other news
By David Proctor
McGill University — Following similar moves in recent years at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, the University of Ottawa, and a variety of francophone medical schools, the prestigious faculty of medicine at McGill University ...
Board of Governors to request tuition deregulation
By David Proctor
Skeptical that the provincial government will relieve the university’s financial woes from the public purse, SFU’s Board of Governors will request that the provincial government deregulate tuition fees in the university’s upcoming ...
Construction begins on UniverCity child care facility
By Nicole Kornelson
Gordon Harris, president and CEO of the SFU Community Trust, began the opening speeches at Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for UniverCity’s new child care facility. The new daycare is set to open 12 to 18 months from now.
...HIV treatment related to lowered infection rates: study
By Graham Templeton
A new study lead by Julio Montaner, director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, has shown a strong correlation between increasing use of anti-retroviral drugs in a population and a drop in new infections within ...
Businesses promote sustainability at Surrey
By Neha Prihar
A group of SFU business students coordinated a sustainability fair at the SFU Surrey campus on July 20th in an effort to inspire sustainable living in the Surrey community.
Sustainability: A Green Affair was a five-hour event ...
Abortion-debate lawsuit and other news
By David Proctor
University of Victoria — The University of Victoria Students’ Society has settled out of court with campus pro-life club Youth Protecting Youth, ensuring that the long-running legal dispute over club funding at the school will not go to ...
Nerves explain large, slow animals: SFU research
By Graham Templeton
New research into the relationship between body size and the nervous system could provide insight in fields as diverse as kinesiology and paleontology. SFU researcher Max Donelan and PhD student Heather More were interested in how the ...
Students build rooftop garden on Rotunda
By David Proctor
A group of SFU business students has constructed a new sustainable community garden on the rooftop of the West Mall Centre in an attempt to improve the space for the entire SFU community.
The group, which calls itself ‘Team Realm’, is ...
Undergrad health plan in for price hike
By Thiago Silva
The Simon Fraser Student Society announced on July 9th that starting this fall term, your Colgate smile will cost you an extra $13.17. That is how much the extended health and dental insurance fee will increase, going from $184.83 to $198 ...