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New transit app attempts to make travel easier
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By Graham Cook Next-Bus technology will let users know how close their bus is Padraig Kennedy, an app designer and recent immigrant from Ireland, has released his latest creation with the intention of making the Vancouver bus system easier to use. The app, “Buscouver,” utilizes the new Translink GPS-based technology Next-Bus to allow the user to see when the more...
Award fund established for deceased SFU graduate
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Graham Cook Funds will go towards female international students The friends and family of the late Lenami Godinez-Avila have created an Award Fund at SFU in her memory. Twenty seven year-old Godinez-Avila died in late April while hang-gliding off Mount Woodside in Agassiz, B.C. According to a press release from RememberingLena.com, it was more...
Search continues for WebCT replacement
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Graham Cook Project team releases report to guide the process on to the next phase Following a consultation process which took place over much of the previous academic year by the WebCT Replacement Project team, the results have now been released. The report, titled “Principles and Needs to Inform the Determination of a LMS [Learning Management System] at more...
Environment important in prevention of childhood disabilities: study
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Graham Cook Award-winning SFU researcher looks into the importance of the environment when considering children’s health Bruce Lanphear, a professor and researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU, has co-authored a paper in the Future of Children journal which asserts that the elimination of risk factors in a child’s environment should take priority more...
SFU researches water quality testing
| 11:12 am | 0 CommentBy Graham Cook The new science of metagenomics is being used to test water before it reaches the tap Scientists from Simon Fraser University have been working on a project to better the testing of water quality. The aim of the initiative, Applied Metagenomics of the Watershed Microbiome, was described by microbiology professor Fiona Brinkman in an email to The Peak more...
SFU business students turn umbrellas into backpacks
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By Graham Cook Opportunity Fest winners receive $1,000 Second Chance, a project started by fourth year business students Cindy Cheng, Celeste Jhala, and Melissa Maat, has taken a step forward following a win in the sustainable category of SFU Surrey’s Opportunity Fest. “Opportunity Fest gives SFU business undergrads the chance to showcase their class-produced more...
MBA grads win NASA contract
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By Graham Cook Water treatment technology for decalcification to be used on the International Space Station A company founded by SFU MBA graduates Joshua Zoshi and Ben Sparrow won a contract to provide water treatment technology to NASA. Saltworks, which was created in 2008, will provide the Ames Research Centre with a pilot system, which has the intention of more...
Driver hosts consultations
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Graham Cook Kyle Acierno also proposes to the VP his plan for a student affairs officer Last week SFU VP-Academic Jon Driver presented his draft for the next academic plan, titled “Engaging Students, Research, and Community 2013—2016” at a consultation specifically for students. Approximately 20 students were in attendance, which took place on the Burnaby more...
Rez sends out false acceptance messages
| 12:06 am | 0 CommentBy Graham Cook Emails insinuated that the people had been accepted into SFU, and suggested on-campus housing A number of prospective SFU students were accidentally sent emails that led them to believe that they had been accepted into the university when it was not necessarily the case. SFU residence staff apparently sent out the emails early last Tuesday. The more...
LipDub hits SFU
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By Graham Cook Project films main shoot after two years of thought and $25,000 worth of fundraising efforts SFU’s version of the popular LipDub video trend was filmed last Wednesday and drew the participation of up to 700 students. The video, which features the music of Panic! at the Disco and These Kids Wear Crowns, is the product of two years of thought and more...
