The value of child daycare. GÉPROM researchers. Musical brain food.

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• La Presse + publishes an interview with Sandra Chang-Kredl, an assistant professor in the Department of Education, who discusses her 2015 study of  how and why the work of early childhood educators is undervalued. Chang-Kredl's paper was published in the Journal of Media & Cultural Studies.
• The Groupe d'étude des protéines membranaires (GÉPROM) is referenced in an article in the Université de Montréal publication U de M Nouvelles featuring the work of professor and researcher Nazzareno D'Avanzo at the Universitde Montréal medical school. GÉPROM  is a membrane protein research group composed of researchers from Concordia, McGill and Université de Montréal.
• Expert Click writes about a 2013 study led by Virginia Penhune, chair of and a professor in the Department of Psychology. The study, conducted with the collaboration of a researcher at the Montreal Neurological Institute and published in the Journal of Neuroscience, found that musical training before the age of seven had a significant and beneficial effect on brain development.

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