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• Jeremy Clark, assistant professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, is quoted in a Canadian Press article about blockchain database technology. The article references Clark's research interest in the use of blockchains in electronic voting systems:  CTVnews.ca, GlobalNews.ca, BNN, Victoria Times Colonist, Medicine Hat News, ParrySound.com, Cape Breton Post, Barrie Today, News 95.7, NewsCaf.
• Bio Portfolio picks up news of research into early brain development that describes how the in utero environment can play a role in the development of brain processes in adolescents. The study was led by Linda Booij, associate professor of psychology in Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science, in collaboration with researchers from CHU Sainte-Justine.
• Journal Métro (see PDF, attached) runs the second in a 12-part series of articles highlighting various neighbourhoods of Montreal. Jean-Philippe Warren, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and Sherry Simon, professor in the Département d’études françaises, co-author the latest instalment, featuring Mile-End.
• Nadia Naffi, a Concordia Public Scholar and PhD candidate in the Department of Education whose research focuses on representations in social media of Syrian refugees, was interviewed for the documentary, D'une mer à l'autre (Naffi is introduced at the 45 minute and 30 second mark), that aired on Télé-Québec last night. The documentary chronicles the arrival in Canada of a family of Syrian refugees. It will be re-broadcast on Friday, March 3 at 1 p.m. and on Sunday, March 5 at 8 p.m.
• Huffington Post 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. 
• Nation Talk announces the Winnipeg launch, on Thursday, March 2, of Indigenous Art: New Media and the Digital — co-edited and co-authored by Heather Igloliorte, assistant professor of art history and Concordia University Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagement. Other contributors include co-author Jason Edward Lewis, professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts and director of the Milieux Indigenous Futures research cluster, and Skawennati Fragnito, Indigenous Futures coordinator, who did the artwork for the book. 
• Qui Fait Quoi announces a talk, Sunday, March 12 at 12:30 p.m. at the Centaur Theatre, by neuropsychologist Natalie Phillips, professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development at Concordia. Phillips will discuss her research findings, including cognition difficulties in Alzheimer's disease. The event precedes a stage presentation of the François Archambault play, You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi). 

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