/sfunews2026-07-29T02:28:14.534Z51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚNews - 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚNews - SFUUniversity news and the accomplishments of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ústudents, faculty and staff.51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Úinitiative leads new approaches to wildfire resilience in Canadanoemail@noemail.orghjs1/sfunews/stories/2026/07/sfu-initiative-leads-new-approaches-to-wildfire-resilience-in-Canada2026-07-28T15:15:00.000Z2026-07-28T19:19:48.961Z51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚPipe Band tunes up for world championships with gig on home turfnoemail@noemail.orgmkieltykThe internationally acclaimed 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚPipe Band is tuning up for another run at the World Pipe Band Championship, hungry to reclaim its place on the podium.
The six-time world champions – one of just four bands outside the United Kingdom to ever take top spot – will compete against more than 200 other bands at the annual event in Glasgow, Scotland, starting Aug. 14./sfunews/stories/2026/07/sfu-pipe-band-tunes-up-for-world-championships-with-gig-on-home-2026-07-22T17:30:00.000Z2026-07-21T17:34:38.201Z​​51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Úchemists​ supercharge antiviral drug discoverynoemail@noemail.orgrmdAs the world faces new and often untreatable viral threats, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú researchers have found a way to cut years off the time it takes to discover antiviral drugs.
The research enables scientists to quickly create large libraries of nucleoside analogs (NAs), compounds that mimic the building blocks of DNA and RNA and are widely used to treat cancer and viral infections such as HIV and hepatitis. /sfunews/stories/2026/07/_sfu-chemists_-supercharge-antiviral-drug-discovery2026-07-22T16:00:00.000Z2026-07-21T21:19:44.788Z51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Úresearchers awarded more than $6.5 million to address social and economic challengesnoemail@noemail.orgcyl50Researchers at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú (SFU) have been awarded a total of more than $6.5 million through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2025 Insight Grants and Partnership Development Grants competitions and the 2026 Insight Development Grants competition./sfunews/stories/2026/07/sfu-researchers-awarded-more-than--6-5-million-to-address-social2026-07-21T17:16:00.000Z2026-07-22T17:00:04.657Z51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Úexceeds UN Race to Zero emissions target noemail@noemail.orgpla451ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú (SFU) has slashed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 56 per cent since 2007, exceeding both provincial reduction targets and the university’s own interim UN Race To Zero goal./sfunews/stories/2026/07/sfu-exceeds-un-race-to-zero-emissions-target-2026-07-15T16:30:00.000Z2026-07-15T22:27:41.476ZBritish Columbians becoming more wary of AI as awareness grows – 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ústudy noemail@noemail.orgsosmith/sfunews/stories/2026/07/british-columbians-becoming-more-wary-of-ai-as-awareness-grows--2026-07-14T16:30:00.000Z2026-07-14T16:38:18.366Z