SOMEONE. Matthews/Usher clock. Trois morts et neufs vies. Porn addicts. Cutting-edge bus shelter.

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• Vivek Venkatesh, associate professor in the Department of Education, was interviewed on last Sunday’s edition of CBC Radio’s ‘All in a Weekend’ (click on the link titled ‘Educational online portal to discuss hate) and this morning on Breakfast Television Montreal (no link available). Venkatesh talked about the official launch of Concordia's SOcial Media EducatiON Every day (SOMEONE) initiative, established by a group of researchers led by Venkatesh. SOMEONE aims to develop a web portal to serve those involved in promoting multiculturalism, counter-violence and prevention of extremism. The project draws on the expertise of research partners from across North America, including Concordia’s Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS).
• A KingstonWhig.com article featuring musician and author David Usher mentions Usher's collaborative project with climate change researcher Damon Matthews, associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, on the global-warming Countdown Clock. The Countdown Clock projection on the façade of a building near Concordia, downtown, was a key Montreal event on Earth Day, April 22.
• Le Devoir publishes a review of Trois morts et neufs vies (Editions du Boréal), by Josip Novakovich, professor of creative writing in the Department of English. 
• Complex.com, writing about porn addiction and concerns that pornography has become a public health crisis, references a 2015 study by Jim Pfaus, professor in the Department of Psychology, and UCLA researcher Nicole Prause, according to which viewing porn can increase sexual desire in men.
• The Architectural Review reports that Concordia has launched a contest to design a solar-powered bus shelter. The competition is organized by the university's CoLLaboratoire research group, in collaboration with the Concordia NSERC Smart Net-zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network.

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