Quoi de neuf, chercheurs? Trade-in short-change. Circadian rhythm. Transplanted Galwegian. Ancient tax burden. Jewish revival.

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• Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, appears in theCanal Savoir series 'Quoi de neuf chercheurs'. Blanchet-Cohen appears in Episode 4 of the five-part series, at the 20:45 mark. She discusses the work of the Réseau de recherche et de connaissances relatives aux peuples autochtones (DIALOG). The series focuses on university researchers who have received support from various Quebec research funds.
• The news service of the University of Southern California writes about a study that shows consumers buying cars with a trade-in end up paying more money to car dealers than consumers with no trade-in. Ohjin Kwon, assistant professor in the Department of Marketing, is the lead author of the study, forthcoming in The Journal of Industrial Economics.
• Lab Canada reprises an earlier article about joint research from Concordia and McGill into the body's circadian rhythm and how our internal clock can be adjusted. The lead authors are Shimon Amir, professor in the Department of Psychology, and McGill biochemistry professor Nahum Sonenberg. The study is published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
• The Connacht Tribune (Galway) publishes a profile of Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies. It mentions O'Toole's new book, Girls Will Be Girls - Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently.
• Numismatic News is the latest to report on the work of doctoral candidate and lecturer in the Department of Religion, Brice Jones. The article pertains to an ancient Egyptian receipt for a  land-transfer tax.
• The Canadian Jewish News writes about the work of Erica Lehrer, assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography & Museology in the Department of History. The article focuses on Lehrer's study of the revival of Jewish culture in Poland. It quotes Lehrer throughout and mentions her 2013 book, Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places.

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