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• News is circulating of new mathematical model developed by Concordia researchers that can be used to chart the evolution of a given species. Lea Popovic, associate professor of mathematics and statistics in Concordia's Faculty of Arts and Science, and recent Concordia graduate Mariolys Rivas (PhD '14) used a tree-shaped model called a Yule-tree to show how the evolutionary process unfolded over time. The study was published in Mathematical Biology: Science Daily, Réseau d'Information Municipale du Québec (behind a paywall), Heritage Daily,  Phys.org,AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall).
• Électricité Plus picks up news of the recent announcement of a five-year, $2.1-million grant to a group of Concordia researchers in support of their work to bolster the safety of Hydro Quebec's smart power grid from cyber attacks. The team is led by Mourad Debbabi, professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), who has been named principal chairholder of the Senior Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Security, Detection, Prevention, Mitigation and Recovery from Cyber-Physical Attacks.
• The UK's Daily Star and The Sun pick up coverage of a recent research review led by Jim Pfaus, psychology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, who concluded that women derive intense sexual pleasure from multiple sources of stimulation. Pfaus worked with graduate students Gonzalo Quintana Zunino and Conall Mac Cionnaith.

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