Social media and education. For Whom You Build. La plume et l'épée.

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• Focus News and Silicon India are the latest to write about Concordia research by Juan Carlos Castro, assistant professor in the Department of Art Education, and alumnus Martin Lalonde about using social media to help keep at-risk youth in school. The study is outlined in the researchers' book Youth Practices in Digital Arts and New Media.
• Castanet.net writes about "For Whom You Build", a solo show of the silkscreen work of artist Mitch Mitchell, associate professor in the Department of Studio Arts. The show is on at the Kelowna Art Gallery until May 21st.
• Jean-Philippe Warren, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is interviewed for the Radio Canada radio program 'C'est pas trop tôt' about the life of Honoré Beaugrand, a soldier, journalist, founder of the newspaperLa Patrie and a former mayor of Montreal. Warren is author of the Beaugrand biography Honoré Beaugrand, La plume et l'épée (1848-1906). Listen to the interview.

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