Ditch plastic. Social media seniors. Diffraction. Brain studies. NIQUIST.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 5, 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:
- The Montreal Gazette publishes an opinion piece by Liz Miller, associate professor in the Department of Communications Studies. Miller urges Montrealers to seize the opportunity that is given them by the launch of public consultations on plastic bags to push for a full ban on plastic bags in their city. Miller mentions her own multi-year research project on shorelines which she says are being sorely impacted by floating masses of plastic debris.
- CBC Homerun interviewed Shannon Hebblethwaite, associate professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, about her research on the rise in seniors’ use of social media.
- Baron Mag writes about the work of Alice Jarry, alumna and part-time instructor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, on the diffractive properties and processes of different materials. It mentions that Jarry holds a Bachelor degree in Design & Computation Arts from Concordia.
- Exchange Magazine reprises an earlier article about the work of a multi-disciplinary research team on in vivostudies of the brain. It mentions the involvement of researchers from Concordia, who are not named. The Concordia researchers in fact are led by Dajana Vuckovic, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
- The Université de Sherbrooke news service reports that Concordia is a partner in the New Initiative for Quantum Information Science and Technology (NIQUIST), which it says is receiving infrastructure funding from the Quebec government and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Alexandre Champagne, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, is mentioned among participants in the initiative, which aims to foster collaborative research.