Smart wear. Novakovich's Ex-Yu. Kids, sleep and stress. Carbon indebtedness.

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• The Montreal Gazette and the paper's e-edition report on the work of Joanna Berzowska, associate professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, on smart wear: clothing made from textile that can incorporate mobile digital technology. The online version of the story includes video of Berzowska explaining wearable technology and some of its applications. A related article in the Montreal Gazette, featuring Montreal smart wear startup OMsignal, mentions that Berzowska is working on product design for the company.
• The Globe and Mail publishes a review of Ex-Yu, a collection of short stories by Josip Novakovich, professor in the Department of English. The review mentions that Novakovich was a finalist for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize for fiction.
• University Herald picks up the story about Concordia research into how poor sleep might explain the impact of stress on a child's health. The study was led by graduate student Jinshia Ly, associate professor of psychology Jennifer McGrath and assistant professor of psychology Jean-Philippe Gouin.
• LaPresse.ca is the latest to report on a study by Damon Matthews, associate professor in the Department of Geography Planning and Environment, of carbon and financial debts associated with climate change. Industrial Equipment News publishes a brief about the study, which was recently published in Nature Climate Change.

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