February 3, 2014

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• CBC The National featured a story about the film, The Monuments Men, which is based on the true story of a WWII platoon tasked with reclaiming art stolen by the Nazis. The report interviews various people and institutions that are still helping to reclaim the looted art, which includes Concordia’s Clarence Epstein (appears at 1 minute and 10 seconds), Senior Director, Urban and Cultural Affairs, who leads Concordia’s Max Stern Art Restitution Project.
  
  
• Marc Lafrance, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, appeared on Radio-Canada’s Médium Large this morning to discuss, No Fap, an online group of men who are advocating against watching pornography and masturbating.
  
  
• Global News Montreal featured a segment about the way several media outlets chose to report on the death of a woman who was strangled to death on a metro escalator when her scarf got caught between moving steps. Alan Conter (appears at 1 minute), lecturer in the Department of Journalism, is interviewed.
  
  
• The Sault Star publishes an op-ed written by Karl Hele, professor of First People’s Studies in the School of Community and Public Affairs, who suggests that proponents of anti-vaccination campaigns should consult the history of disease among the unvaccinated populations.
  
  
• Grenier Aux Nouvelles features a story about the DUX 2014 competition, which was co-hosted by Jordan LeBel, professor in the Department of Marketing.

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