MTL Trajet. Early childhood development. Cellular yeast variations. Presenteeism. Deindustrialization of the senses.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 24, 2016
Researchers in the news
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- Zachary Patterson appeared on Global's Focus Montreal (reprised My Informs) to discuss the MTLTrajet mobile app, released last week by the City of Montreal. The goal is to track Montrealers' commuting habits with a view to improving urban mobility planning. The Jamie Orchard interview with Patterson, who led the development of the app at Concordia's Transportation Research for Integrated Planning lab, begins at the 9:45-mark. The MTLTrajet app is also described in Geekbecois.
- Le Devoir writes about the work of Diane Poulin-Dubois on early childhood cognitive development. Particular mention is made of her research on the beneficial impact of bilingualism on small children's development. The reporter notes that Poulin-Dubois is receiving the Thérèse-Gouin-Décarie prize for her research.
- R & D Mag joins continuing coverage of new Concordia research into cellular variations in yeast that could lead to the development of a new generation of anti-fungal drugs. The study, published in Current Biology, was led by Malcolm Whiteway, biology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics, with collaboration from Concordia PhD candidate Walters Tebung.
- The Montreal Gazette, writing about people who report for work when they are sick, references a research review of the workplace phenomenon of presenteeism, co-written by professor emeritus of management Gary Johns and published in 2015 in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
- Urban Toronto writes about last week's talk by Steven High, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, as part of the Kilbourn lecture series in Toronto. The talk was titled, The Deindustrialization of the Senses: a Multi-Sensory Approach to Intangible Heritage.