September 26, 2013

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• Jeremy Stolow, professor in the Department of Communication Studies, appeared on Radio-Canada’s L’heure de pointe (no link currently available) with Jean-Pierre Girard to discuss the intersection of technology and religion in his new book Deus in Machina: Religion, Technology, and the Things Between.
  
  
• Arizona State University issued a press release announcing the National Science Foundation has awarded a grant for researchers to study how African computer science is developing in Kenya and Uganda and the role its playing to support innovation in these countries. Among the researchers involved in the project is Matthew Harsh, professor in the department of Computer Science and Software Engineering: Tech News.
  
  
• Les Affaires publishes an article about managing stress and discusses a study conducted by Joelle Jobin, a PhD candidate in clinical psychology, in collaboration with her supervisor Carsten Wrosch, professor in the Department of Psychology and CRDH researcher. Their study found that people who have an optimistic outlook are better at regulating stress. The research found that the “stress hormone” cortisol tends to be more stable in those individuals with more positive personalities

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