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Posted on April 8, 2015
Researchers in the news
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- Geneviève Cadieux, associate professor in the Departments of Photography and Studio Arts and a recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2011), is featured in "L'année Cadieux", a special section in La Presse +, comprising two articles. The first, "La photographe devenue Commissaire", relates to Cadieux's work as curator of the L’œil et l’esprit exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. The second article, 'Ce timbre est un cadeau du ciel', is about Cadieux's photographic work La voie lactée being selected for a new Canada Post stamp and about her current exhibitions in Halifax and Joliette.
- A Le Lézard release announces the production by Canada Post of a series of stamps featuring the works of various Canadian photographers, including Geneviève Cadieux's La voie lactée, mentioned above.
- Associate professor in the Department of Education Vivek Venkatesh, a noted metal music fan and expert who has published extensively in the burgeoning academic field of metal studies, is quoted in an article in Ballade (in Norwegian) about last week's Inferno Metal Music festival and conference in Oslo.
- Scientific American writes about the work of John Mckay, Emeritus Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The article relates to McKay's study of the "monster group", a huge algebraic object whose existence was the object of debate among mathematicians.
- An article in the Université de Montréal publication UdeM Nouvelles mentions the participation of Aaron Johnson, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, in a study of different digital tools, such as the iPad, that can help people with low vision who have difficulty reading.