Yezidi persecuted. US/Cuba thaw. Hamilton hospital expenses. Péladeau's pitch for leadership.

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:

• Religion professor Richard Foltz writes a piece in Le Devoir about the bloody persecution by ISIS of the Kurdish Yezidi people in northern Iraq.
• Associate professor of political science Graham Dodds is quoted in an article in Le Devoir about the perspectives for normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
• Inside Halton quotes accountancy professor Michel Magnan, interim director of the Desjardins Centre for Innovation in Business Finance, in an article about the lack of oversight of hospital expense-claims reporting in the Hamilton area. 
• The Western Star, Truro Daily News, National News Watch, newstalk980.com and cfra.com reprise an article from the Canadian Press that quotes political science professor Guy Lachapelle about Pierre Péladeau's bid for the Parti Québécois leadership.

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