Math anxiety. Migrant crisis. Face coverings. Big art. CANARIE summit. Virtual politics. Urban sounds. Business of bilingualism.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• Helena Osana, associate professor in the Department of Education and researcher with the Centre for Research in Human Development, is interviewed on CJAD's Andrew Carter Show regarding the results of a recent study on math anxiety. The Osana segment begins at the 36:55 mark.
• Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies appears on City Montreal's Breakfast Television to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe and the possibility that terrorist organizations may be using the movement of refugees to further infiltrate Europe.
• Kyle Matthews is quoted in a piece on CBC.ca that analyzes the results of a CBC Vote Compass online survey on face coverings during citizenship ceremonies.
• Senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs Clarence Epstein is interviewed for CBC Montreal's Radio Noon about the installation of a new piece of public art, "La vélocité des lieu," in Montreal North. The 19-metre high sculpture, resembling a ferris wheel, is raising eyebrows, notably because of its $1.1-million cost. (No link available.)
• Several media outlets pick up a release announcing the CANARIE National Summit on emerging technologies and listing biology professor Vincent Martin, Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics and Engineering, among the keynote speakers. The event takes place in Ottawa on September 23 and 24: Market Watch, Spoke, Le Lézard, Finanz Nachrichten, IT Business Net and Ottawa Business Journal.
• Fenwick McKelvey, associate professor in the Department of Communications Studies, is quoted in an article in the Montreal Gazette about the political engagement of Canadians on social media and the strong presence there of political parties. The article is reprised by MSN News.
• Baron Mag announces that Christopher Salter, associate professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts and Concordia Research Chair in New Media, Technology and the Senses, will lead a public roundtable at the upcoming "Urban Sounds: Acoustic Transformations in the 21st Century City." The event takes place tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Goethe Institute.
• La Presse Affaires quotes Danièle Marcoux, professor in the Département d'Études Françaises, in an article about a drop in outsourcing of translation work by the federal government. Marcoux is quoted again in a related article in La Presse Affaires about the challenges faced by professional translators in the private sector.

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