Westminster attack. Seeds of Hope. Patrick Kearny concert/masterclass. Actions contre le racisme. Sears bargain hunt.

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:

• Marie Lamensch, project coordinator and assistant to the director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia was on Montreal's Breakfast Television this morning (no link available) to talk about yesterday's attack outside the UK Parliament in London.
• Yehudit Silverman, chair of and associate professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies, was interviewed on the set of Montreal's Global News Morning about Seeds of Hope — a group exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts that explores the stigma around suicide. The exhibition, on now through April 2nd, was created in collaboration with Silverman and the Department of Creative Arts Therapies.
• The Tribune Chronicle, in Warren Ohio, announces that classical guitarist Patrick Kearny, part-time instructor in the Department of Music and founding director of the Montreal International Classical Guitar Festival and Competition, will give a free concert at Youngstown State University, tomorrow at 7:30 pm, and a master class at the same location the following day at 9 am.
• A CNW/Telbec release lists Stéphane Brutus, interim dean of and professor in the John Molson School of Business, Department of Management, among the members of the advisory committee for the 'Semaine d'actions contre le racisme', organized by the Quebec government, which will hold public consultations on racism and discrimination later this year.
• Market Watch quotes Gad Saad in a piece about bargain-hunting at Sears stores that are preparing to close. Saad explains how consumers may respond strongly to "going-out-of-business" sales.

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