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• There is extensive media coverage of a new Concordia study, led by Jason Steffener, affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and researcher at Concordia's PERFORM Centre, that shows how education and simple physical activity such as taking the stairs can significantly slow the rate of aging of the brain: CBC.ca, LaPresse.ca, TVAnouvelles.ca Canoe, Le Journal de Montréal, Le Journal de Québec, Journal Métro, 985fm.ca, AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall) Canada Standard, Psych Central, Science Daily, Science Codex,  Medical Xpress, Science Newsline,  Business Standard, Big News Network, Newswise,  Laboratory Equipment, The Health Site, News Medical, First Post, Live Mint, HNGN.com, Microfinance Monitor, Australian Network News, Deccan Chronicle, The Times of India, The Economic Times (India)ANI News, The Siasat Daily, Zee News India, New Kerala, Hindustan Times, IANS live, NDTV, CanIndia News, Sahara Samay,  Health Care Asia, Minneapolis Indian, ADN Kronos and Leggo (both in Italian). Steffener was also heard on newscasts yesterday afternoon on  CBC Montreal Radio One (no links available) and the research is mentioned in a Radio-Canada.ca news brief. The study was recently published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.
• The Telegraph (UK) references a 2009 Concordia study that monitored changes in measurable testosterone levels among men who were asked to drive a Porsche 911 Carrera around a racetrack. The study was led by Gad Saad, marketing professor in the John Molson School of Business.
• The Université de Montréal student paper Quartier Libre writes about a study titled 'Les étudiants récemment immigrés : mieux comprendre le processus d’acculturation et d’adaptation institutionnelle pour soutenir efficacement la persévérance aux études universitaires'. It focuses on the challenge for newly-arrived immigrants to find work in their fields of expertise. It notes that the study was conducted jointly by researchers at Concordia, Université de Montréal, Université Laval, UQAM and HEC Montréal.

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