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• The Montreal Gazette (reprised by 24 365 News) talks to Jason Prince, part-time faculty in the School of Community and Public Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Science, about the book, Free Public Transport: And Why We Don’t Pay to Ride Elevators (Black Rose Books), which he co-edited. Prince calls on municipal political leaders in Montreal to embrace free public transit.
• Phys.org writes about a study co-authored by Andrew Ryder, associate professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science and director of the Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH), published as "Religion and Oppression: Cross-National and Experimental Investigations," in the current issue of Religion Brain & Behavior.The study examined the possible link between the popular embrace of religious belief and an increase in the risk of suffering oppression in one's country.
• Gears of Biz references a study led by Jim Pfaus, psychology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, of the female orgasm. Pfaus, working with graduate students Gonzalo Quintana Zunino and Conall Mac Cionnaith, concluded that women derive intense sexual pleasure from multiple sources of stimulation. 
• La Presse features artist François Morelli, professor of painting and drawing in the Department of Studio Arts and a Concordia alumnus (BFA) and announces a show of Morelli's work, October 6 to December 17, at the 1700 La Poste art centre.

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