Cool roof time machine. Lachine Canal audio walk. Homa Hoodfar book on Muslim women and sports. Antivirus vulnerabilities. Winnipeg Art Gallery.

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• The German-language edition of WallStreet Online joins coverage of Concordia's "cool roof time machine", developed by Hashem Akbari, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, in collaboration with researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The cool roof time machine simulates roof soiling and weathering processes in the lab to accelerate the study of energy-conserving roofing materials. 
• Journal Métro publishes a piece featuring the Lachine Canal and the Canal audio walk, created under the leadership of Steven High, professor in the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Science and founding member of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia. High is quoted. The audio walk, available for download, takes listeners from the Atwater Market to the Saint Gabriel Lock, describing the area's history as they walk along the canal.
• University Affairs links to an earlier CBC.ca article reporting the launch of Concordia professor emerita Homa Hoodfar's latest book, Women’s Sport as Politics in Muslim Contexts, printed in December 2015 by London-based charity Women Living Under Muslim Laws. Coverage of the book launch is picked up also by Infos.media.
• Mohammad Mannan, associate professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), is quoted in an article in True Viral News about antivirus vulnerabilities and references Mannan's research on this aspect of cybersecurity. 
• A Nation Talk release announces the appointment of Heather Igloliorte, assistant professor of art history and Concordia University Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagement, as co-chair of the newly formed Indigenous Advisory Circle of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The Circle will assist in planning of the gallery's Indigenous art exhibitions.

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