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Smart clothes. Porn central. Flautist prof. Target: AIDS.

Concordia in the news
Posted on December 1, 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:

  • Joanna Berzowska, associate professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts and member of the Milieux Textile and Materiality research cluster, tells the Miami Herald that all clothing will become programmable within the next 10 or 15 years.
  • Film studies professor Thomas Waugh, Concordia Research Chair in Documentary Film and in Sexual Representation, talks to Vice about Montreal's reputation as a hub for pornography and its long-held image as a sexually-open city.
  • The Sentinel & Enterprise announces a recital by flautist Liselyn Adams, associate professor of music in the Faculty of Fine Arts.
  • Gilbert Émond, associate professor of applied human sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is signatory to an open letter in Le Devoir to Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette, enjoining him to work on a targeted, structured and funded program to combat AIDS.