Sounding out water leaks. Lost Stories. Anxiety disorders.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 30, 2016
Researchers in the news
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- Tarek Zayed, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, appears in an audio capsule on Science Update about his work on a system that uses sound waves to detect leaks in underground water-distribution systems.
- NationTalk picks up news of a documentary project, led by history professor Ronald Rudin, that has received a $235,000 from the federal Department of Canadian Heritage. Rudin, who is the co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, has received the grant for his Lost Stories project to unearth little-known stories of Canadians in time for Canada's 150th anniversary. The report is also reprised or linked by WN.com, News One Place and Public Now. Rudin will discuss the project on CJAD Radio and CBC Radio's Homerun tomorrow afternoon — times to be confirmed.
- U.S. News and World Report references recent mental health research led by psychology professor Adam Radomsky, who investigated treatment methods for anxiety disorders and developed new strategies for helping patients with anxiety problems. The article, about intrusive thoughts, is reprised by Yahoo! Finance.