Professional childcare. Rodent sex drive. Intellicopter. According to Baba. Nuit Blanche.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 16, 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:
- Science Newsline and AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall) reprise a Concordia news release about a study by Sandra Chang-Kredl, assistant professor in the Department of Education, of how society values the work of early childhood educators. The paper was recently published in the Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. Coverage also appears in Science Daily, eScience News and PhysOrg.
- Télé Québec's "Code Chastenay" reports on the work of psychology professor Jim Pfaus on human sexual desire and pleasure. It focuses on his work with lab rats, whose sexual drives Pfaus submits are similar to those of humans'. The program opens with the Pfaus segment, at the 1:45 mark, with Pfaus interviewed on camera as of the 2:25 mark.
- Scientific American writes that researchers at a Concordia avionics lab are working with Hong Kong–based WowWee to develop a user-friendly flight-control algorithm for the robotics company's four-rotor drone, the Intellicopter. The researchers are not identified.
- Northern Life reports that Stacey Zembrzycki, a visiting oral historian at Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, has been shortlisted for a Kobzar Literary Award for her book According to Baba: A Collaborative Oral History of Sudbury’s Ukrainian Community.
- Le Monde, writing about Nuit Blanche, an upcoming contemporary art show in Paris, includes a mention of a laser and sound show by Chris Salter, associate professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts.