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Concordia in the news
Posted on June 1, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Nadia Bhuiyan, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE), is featured in an article and a separate interview in The Globe and Mail. The article focuses on Bhuiyan's work and that of her colleagues on greener and more cost-efficient aircraft design.
- Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, assistant professor of clinical imaging in the Department of Exercise Science, appears on CBC's The Current to discuss insomnia and his study of the phenomenon. Listen to the interview. (Dang-Vu first appears at the 11:40 mark).
- An article in Le Soleil quotes Gilbert Emond, associate professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, from his study on the progression of HIV in Quebec. The article is part of a retrospective on the annual conference of the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), held this year in Rimouski.
- An article in the Montreal Gazette and in the paper's e-edition about new research infrastructure grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation mentions that Concordia is benefiting from a $1.7 million investment in support of three projects. The projects are not specified.
- EldiarioMontanes.es (in Spanish), AgoraVox.it (in Italian) and New Telegraph are the latest to report on the Concordia/Berkeley study co-authored by Vincent Martin, professor in the Department of Biology, on the creation of genetically modified yeast that can be used to make opiate drugs.