April 7, 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:

• Urbania reprises an interview with Vivek Venkatesh, professor in the Department of Education, that was originally published by Métro. In the interview he discusses the Grimposium that is being held April 11 and 12 at Concordia.
  
  
• The Financial Post publishes a story about how small businesses can use data mining to help their businesses. The article mentions that John Paul Isson, global vice-president for predictive analytics and business intelligence at online jobs board Monster, will be leading a three-week course in executive business analytics at the John Molson School of Business.
  
  
• The Canadian Press publishes an article about Quebec’s economy following the results of last night’s election and quotes Lorne Switzer, professor in the Department of Finance. The article is reprised by The Financial Post, CTV News, The Huffington Post Politics Canada, CJAD, Metro News, The Ottawa Citizen, Advisor, The Cambridge Times, The Times Colonist, The Prince George Citizen, The Winnipeg Free Press, Nanaimo Daily News, The Lethbridge Herald, iPolitics, The Moose Jaw Times Herald, The Truro Daily News, Penticton Herald, Coast Reporter, The Westman Journal, The Brandon Sun, The St. Paul Journal, Medicine Hat News, The Weyburn Review, Courier-Islander, Yorkton This Week, The Daily Courier, The Chronicle Journal, The Bay Today, The Soo Today, The Prince Albert NOW, The Surrey Leader, Canadian Business, Durham Region, The Brampton Guardian, 570 News, News 957, 680 News, News 1150, News talk 610, AM1150, 660 News, Newstalk 980 and Newstalk 650.
  
  
• Business News Network publishes a story about the results of last night’s provincial election and quotes Harold Chorney, professor in the Department of Political Science. The story is reprised by Bloomberg News.
  
  
• The Globe and Mail also features a story about the high voter turnout for yesterday’s election and quotes Guy Lachapelle, professor in the Department of Political Science.
  
  
• Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, appears in a Global News segment (1 minute and 30 seconds) about a day of remembrance for the Rwandan genocide that took place yesterday at Montreal City Hall. Yesterday, Matthews also spoke about Rwanda on CBC Homerun (no link available).
  
  
• Aaron Johnson, professor in the Department of Psychology, is quoted in an article about a new study that found that visual perception of things is influenced by what we saw up to 15 seconds ago. This helps create a stable environment, despite sacrificing some accuracy: The Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters and Unity.

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