How do teens feel about their phones? @siatsfu.bsky.social Homeware Lab worked with Grade 9s to explore tech, data and emotion. Their award-winning research reveals teens’ deep connections to devices as well as the need for better data literacy. 📱

Congratulations to six #SFU scholars named new and renewed Canada Research Chairs! Our newest CRCs advance Canadian research excellence across fields including health equity, experimental particle physics, and Indigenous economic wellbeing and freedom.

SFU is proud to be the first Canadian member of the Aurora European Universities network, an alliance of research-intensive universities who are driving societal change and contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through academic excellence: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

If you're a female runner and can't find a shoe that fits, you're not alone. 🏃‍♀️ Chris Napier, director of the SFU Run Lab, has found that women’s running shoes are the same as men’s, only smaller. He describes the 'shrink it and pink it' approach in his research recently featured on Global News:

Congratulations Elicia Maine for earning the first ever Innovation Impact Award! The award recognizes her remarkable leadership in advancing Canadian innovation through entrepreneurship and commercialization training.

Voice AI is already being used in wellness spaces to look for signs of mental health conditions, but entrepreneurial speed is far outpacing ethical and regulatory oversight, says SFU researcher Zoha Khawaja. Her thesis paper looks at ways oversight frameworks could work. Link below.

Tens of thousands of B.C. K-12 school students are embarking on new STEAM projects thanks to $150,000 in grant funding! The Cmolik-SFU Grant Program aims to transform the classroom experience and create equitable opportunities for students. Read more at the link below.

SFU researchers are leading the way in quantum technology. Researchers at the SFU Silicon Quantum Technology Lab and their partner Photonic have just made a new breakthrough in the race to build a scalable quantum computer. Learn more at the link below.

Robert Wright, a member from SFU's first men's basketball team, has been inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame! 🏀 Congratulations on this incredible achievement! www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Ever since the rise of large language models like Chat GPT, artificial intelligence (AI) has been touted as the “next big thing” in tech. But beyond the buzzwords and viral headlines, AI is powering a revolution in almost every field of academic study. Here's how SFU is using this impactful tech.

Before the first students have even started the program, the SFU School of Medicine is making an impact. New research from the School outlines a new, improved, and more inclusive approach to primary care in B.C.

Sports manufacturers are being urged to scrap the ‘shrink it and pink it’ approach to women’s running shoes, after an SFU study confirmed what female runners already know – running shoes do not meet the needs of female runners.

We're still buzzing from the news! SFU has been named Canada’s number one comprehensive university in the 2026 Maclean’s University Rankings! 🏆

When the Meuse River overflowed its banks in 2021, it caused dozens of fatalities and billions of dollars in infrastructure damage. But this devastating damage wasn't Mother Nature: it was human-made. Read the full story below.

SFU is Canada’s top comprehensive university! 🍁 Continuing a tradition of excellence, Maclean's has ranked SFU in the top spot for 17 of the last 18 years, describing it as a "contemporary, inventive, and forward thinking" institution. Learn more at the link below.

2025 Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence Recipients: Supervision (Andréanne Doyan, Peter Unrau, Kirsten Zickfeld); Leadership (Julie Jones); Service (Tatiana Parrish): www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...

Ron Deibert is the 2025 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy for his fearless work exposing digital threats to human rights. Join @SFU on Nov 27 for the award ceremony and a powerful convo with Micheal Vonn and Charles Campbell. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

SFU’s new School of Medicine, the first in Western Canada in nearly 60 years, is now officially accepting applications for its first cohort of future physicians! The inaugural class will begin the program in August 2026. Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Rain or shine, 1,200 new grads crossed the stage this week. 🎓 Congratulations to our incredible SFU Class of 2025. We can’t wait to see where your journey takes you next!

Eight SFU researchers have received over $1.4M through the John R. Evans Leadership Fund from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. From advancing clean energy and trustworthy AI to Indigenous sovereignty and more, these projects are driving research that benefits communities across Canada.

In an age of rising misinformation, credible analysis matters. @sfuhumanities.bsky.social's James Horncastle is helping shape public understanding of complex geopolitical events through his 45 published articles in @ca.theconversation.com, regular media commentary and interdisciplinary research.

This week, more than 1,200 graduands from eight faculties, which include 368 undergraduate and 149 graduate programs, will join more than 200,000 proud SFU alumni in more than 145 countries around the world. Read some exceptional stories of our graduands at the link below.

“From this perspective of the nuclear family and multigenerational household, it may be seen by some as a failure to launch, but then in other cultures, it’s a foundation to succeed.” SFU’s Andy Yan speaks to @nytimes.com about intergenerational living arrangements in Canada.

Coho salmon populations have plummeted by more than a third in the last decade. Unless urgent steps are taken, their numbers will continue to collapse. Fortunately, the coho are resilient and with the proper policies and conditions, their numbers can rapidly recover.

Caps are ready. Gowns are pressed. It’s Convocation week at SFU! 🎓 On Thursday and Friday, we’ll celebrate our newest grads and officially welcome them into the SFU alumni community. ❤️

Congratulations to prof. Ben Adcock who has been awarded the 2025 John L. Synge Award by the Royal Society of Canada. Prof. Adcock’s research has shaped the foundations of data science and machine learning, driving breakthroughs in compressed sensing, imaging, and high-dimensional approximation.

When she was 9, Makena McLean knew exactly what she wanted to be—a forensic scientist. Graduating as a @sfucriminology.bsky.social student this fall, her honours thesis could make a big impact on how disaster victims are identified around the world. www.sfu.ca/fass/news/2025/10/makena-maclean.html

Alzheimer’s can develop silently for years. SFU engineering science prof Michael Adachi and his team are developing a sensor to detect Alzheimer’s biomarkers through a simple blood test — hoping for faster diagnosis, earlier treatment and better outcomes.

SFU’s Clean Hydrogen Hub is joining forces with hubs in Québec, NL and Alberta to launch the Pan-Canadian Alliance of Hydrogen Hubs – accelerating made-in-Canada hydrogen technologies and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Congratulations to FHS Assistant Prof Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon who secured a @healthresearchbc.bsky.social Scholar Award to support his bioethics research examining the use of #ArtificialIntelligence in medicine. 🎉 🔗: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS #SFUResearch #AI #AIResearch

Congratulations to @sfu.ca Molecular Biology and Biochemistry professor Dustin King on being named a @healthresearchbc.bsky.social Scholar! This award will help further his work on understanding how bacteria sense and adapt to environmental factors such as CO₂. healthresearchbc.ca/news_article...

Do you know an instructor who creates exceptional learning experiences for students? Nominate them for an Award for Excellence in Teaching until October 15. www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...

What if you have epilepsy, but the drugs that are supposed to control your seizures don’t work? A new SFU clinical study is exploring how magnetoencephalography (MEG) can improve outcomes for patients undergoing epilepsy surgery in Western Canada.

Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to SFU. Now, it's up to SFU archaeology students to analyze the pieces and uncover their true origins! www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Holy Crow Arts and SFU INDG invite you to a special screening of Honor Thy Mother, a documentary project of the Indipino Community of Bainbridge Island. Sept 25 | 5PM | Diamond Family Auditorium events.sfu.ca/event/45805-1 @sfufass.bsky.social

The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum is officially open! 🎉 The museum is a landmark cultural space and SFU’s first purpose-built art museum, creating a vibrant new home for art, ideas and community connection. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

A place to gather, learn, breathe, and heal — the newly-opened First Peoples’ Gathering House stands proudly along the ceremonial walkway at SFU's Burnaby campus.

SFU GSWS is pleased to welcome Milka Njoroge as Ruth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair (2025-2027). Her research focuses on the visual economy of suffering in postcolonial contexts. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/gsws/news-ev...

Congratulations to SFU physics professor Stephanie Simmons, founder and chief quantum officer of @photonicinc.bsky.social, who has been named a "nation maker" by Macleans.ca, "for bringing quantum into the everyday world."

Something new—palpably different—sits slightly askew against the strong modernist lines of Arthur Erickson’s iconic 1960s campus design at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Learn more about the design of the First Peoples' Gathering House at the link below.

SFU and Bell are expanding the Cedar Supercomputing Centre (CSC), home to Canada’s fastest & most powerful supercomputer, to advance sovereign AI, research and innovation across Canada. Linked to the future Bell AI Fabric site, the CSC will support sustainable tech & grow our nation’s AI talent.

Sept. 15-19 is National Postdoc Appreciation Week, recognizing their invaluable contributions to research and innovation across the country. We're proud to highlight several inspiring SFU postdocs who are making an impact every day on our campuses and in our communities.

Canada’s fastest academic supercomputer, Fir, is now online at SFU! As the only Canadian system ranked in the world’s top 100, it powers data-intensive computational tasks nationwide, all while protecting the country's data and running on clean energy.

A new home for community, culture, and connection. Today SFU opened the First Peoples’ Gathering House at our Burnaby campus, a space for Indigenous students, faculty, staff, and communities to come together and share traditions. Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, one of Canada’s most coveted awards for high school graduates enroling in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Melissa was 17 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer with a 90% mortality rate. After many rounds of chemo, she promised to use this second chance to make a meaningful difference in the world. Congrats to Melissa receiving the Terry Fox Gold Medal. www.sfu.ca/terryfox/gol...

60 years ago, SFU opened its doors for the first time! In the early days, we were known as the "radical campus," and not afraid to challenge the status quo. Today we continue to make meaningful impacts here in BC and beyond. Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

SFU will accelerate Indigenous enrolment, programs and supports thanks to an investment from Mastercard Foundation that recognizes the university’s outstanding impact in advancing education for Indigenous young people. Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Congratulations to Amy Parent (Faculty of Education) and Maite Taboada ( @sfufass.bsky.social ) on being named finalists for the 2025 @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca h.canada.ca Impact Awards, Canada’s highest honours in the social sciences & humanities. Learn more: sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...

New SFU study shows confiscating personal belongings during government-led street sweeps in Vancouver inflicts immediate harm on people who are already struggling to meet their basic needs, validating long-standing community concerns. Full story: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...