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Concordia in the news
Posted on March 20, 2017
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Concordia researcher Jérémy Tétrault-Farber, PhD candidate in the humanities interdisciplinary program at Concordia, was featured on Global's 'Focus Montreal' this weekend. He talked about his thesis work on the contributions of non-Irish people to the Irish traditional music soundscape of Montreal. During the interview, Tétrault-Farber credited his thesis advisor, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, Concordia Johnson Chair in Quebec/Canadian Irish, with providing the inspiration for him to pursue his graduate studies. He later demonstrated his talent on the "whistle" — a tin flute played in Ireland. The interview is found through the third video link, toward the middle of the show page. Tétrault-Farber is interviewed also for TVA Nouvelles and for Radio Canada International (the link is in the bottom-third of the page, with Tétrault-Farber heard at around the 14:40-mark).
- Raymonde April, professor of photography in the Faculty of Fine Arts, talks to The Hindu about her new open-air show at the Focus Photography Festival in Mumbai.
- Finans (in Danish) references a Concordia study of online password meters, which were found to be highly inconsistent. The 2015 study was led by Mohammad Mannan, assistant professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) and Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet, CIISE doctoral candidate.
- PERFORM Centre researcher Matthew Parrott is quoted and his research referenced in an article in Le Devoir about how diet can impact brain health, particularly in older people.
- Tuxi News references a 2012 study by psychology professor Jim Pfaus into how love and sexual desire, and how each activates different but related areas of the brain.