Welcoming Syrian refugees. Restricted river flow. Upcycling waste.

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• Concordia PhD candidate Nadia Naffi (educational technology) was a featured guest on the Radio Canada Première Chaîne program Les années lumière, yesterday afternoon. Naffi explained her research on the integration of Syrian refugees and how it is impacted by social media (no link available).
• There is continuing coverage of a new study, led by Ali Nazemi, assistant professor in the Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, of how increased human interference has restricted the flow of Alberta headwaters, threatening agricultural irrigation on the Prairies. The research was recently published in Hydrological Processes: Science Daily, iTech Post.
• Digital Journal joins coverage of a Concordia study of vermicomposting, led by Louise Hénault-Ethier (BSc, biology '05 and MSc, biology and chemistry '07) that shows how worms can be used to "upcycle" waste into both compost and animal feed. Hénault-Éthier, working with Concordia chemistry professor Yves Gélinas and biology professor Vincent Martin in the Faculty of Arts and Science, carried out the study for her master’s degree. 

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