Children and trauma. Women in engineering. Mantelpiece curiosity. Gender-centric astrology.

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:

• Rosemary Reilly, associate professor and Graduate Program Director (MA) in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, is quoted in an article in the Montreal Gazette about helping children cope wth traumatic events. The article focuses on the experiences of a woman who was at the Polytechnique the day of the massacre, 25 years ago. In a sidebar to the main article, Reilly offers advice on helping children cope. The Star Phoenix picks up both the main article and the sidebar.
• The Montreal Gazette writes about gender barriers in the field of engineering and the domination of men in the engineering faculties of universities in Quebec. Quoted are: Nadia Bhuiyan, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and associate director of the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation; Paula Wood-Adams, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and Dean of Graduate Studies; and industrial engineering student and president of the student group Women in Engineering, Sarah Farahdel. The article is presented in the context of the 25th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre. The story also appears in Le Devoir.
• Erica Lehrer, assistant professor in the history and sociology and anthropology departments, is quoted in an article in The Jewish Chronicle Online on the phenomenon of "mantelpiece Jews" in Poland.
• Marketing professor Gad Saad is quoted by Mashable and the Hindustan Times about why women are more likely to believe in astrology than men. The article is also referenced on Big News Network. 

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