Circus training. Asthma-control exercise. Facebook game cheating. Religious communities raided.

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• Patrick Leroux, an associate professor in the Departments of English and Études françaises,  is profiled in University Affairs. Leroux’s latest work focuses on physical literacy and the art of circus training as means to encourage physical activity in children. He is identified in the piece as “one of Canada’s pre-eminent circus scholars.”
• A release describes the work of researchers from Concordia, Hopital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and the Montreal Chest Institute, led by Simon Bacon, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science, who found that a 12-week supervised aerobic exercise program for patients with asthma yielded significant improvements in asthma control. The release relates to the recent publication of a Concordia-led study according to which asthma symptoms can be relieved through regular exercise. The latest release is picked up by Bright Surf andBio Space.
• Gulf News is the latest publication to report on a research by Mia Consalvo, professor in the Department of Communication Studies, and doctoral candidate Irene Serrano Vázquez into why people cheat in games found on Facebook and other social media.
• Susan Jean Palmer, an adjunct professor of sociology and religion, co-authored a study on government raids on religious communities with Lamar University professor Stuart Wright. Coverage appears in 12 News.

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