Trump: before and during. The Party Wall. Women's studies conference. Pillars of the social economy.

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:

• Graham Dodds, associate professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was on Montreal Breakfast Television this morning to talk about today's U.S. presidential election (no link available). Please note:Dodds will be back on tomorrow morning at 6:50 am and also at 7:10 am to analyze the election results. 
• Sherry Simon, professor in the Département d'études françaises of the Faculty of Arts and Science, writes a review in the National Post of The Party Wall (Biblioasis, 2016), by Catherine Leroux. The review is reprised in the Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun and Regina Leader-Post.
• The ACT Project announces the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, November 10 to 13 at the Palais des Congrès. The participants will include Magdalena Olszanowski, part-time faculty in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Kim Sawchuk, professor of communication studies and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Arts and Science, and PhD students in communication studies, Constance Lafontaine and David Madden.
• The author of an article in New Start about the underpinnings of the social economy writes that Marguerite Mendell, vice-principal of and professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, was the first to use the title "Three Pillars of the Social Economy".

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