OMbra. Women's memory. Social media and refugees. All in the family business.

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• Les affaires writes about OMsignal and its smart sports bra, the OMbra. It notes that OMsignal was founded by Joanna Berzowska, associate professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts and member of the Milieux Textile and Materiality research cluster. Berzowska is head of OMsignal's electronic textiles operations. She is also founder and research director of Concordia's XS Labs, focusing on innovation in the fields of electronic textiles. The online piece includes an OMbra marketing video.
• The Times of India and Suara.com (in Indonesian) pick up coverage of new research from Concordia that finds a woman's spatial navigation and problem-solving abilities are impacted by her menstrual cycle. The study, published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, was led by Wayne Brake, professor in the Department of Psychology.
• CJAD's Barry Morgan interviews Concordia PhD candidate Nadia Naffi about her research on how social media can impact the integration of Syrian refugees. 
• Personnel Today reports figures about the survival of family businesses through two or more generations. The figures are from an article in the Wall Street Journal (November, 2015) quoting Peter Jaskiewicz, associate professor in the Department of Management and CIBC distinguished professor in entrepreneurship and family business.

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