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Post-Olympic adjustment. Violence in South Sudan. Turcot construction schedule.

Concordia in the news
Posted on August 22, 2016

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

Expert commentators

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

  • Theresa Bianco, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, was on CJAD Radio's Andrew Carter Show earlier this morning to discuss Olympic psychology and how athletes adjust to life after the games (no link available).
  • Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia, is quoted in an article in LaPresse.ca about the continuing violence in South Sudan, where, increasingly, Westerners are being targeted. 
  • Tarek Zayed, associate professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, reacts in a Montreal Gazette article to news that KPH-Turcot, the consortium that won the contract to rebuild the Turcot Interchange, will not receive a bonus if it completes the work before its deadline of December 31, 2020.