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Concordia in the news
Posted on March 31, 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:
- Cannabis Feed links to an article in Tuesday's Daily Mail about a new study led by James McIntosh, professor of economics in the Faculty of Arts and Science, on the particular dangers to adolescents of early marijuana use. The findings were published in the journal, Health.
- An interview with lecturer Yassin 'Narcy' Alsalman was featured on this morning's episode of CBC Radio’s Q. Asselman talks with host Tom Power about working with the band A Tribe Called Red and finding commonalities in diverse communities.
- Stephen Yeager, associate professor of English in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was interviewed by Mutsumi Takahashi on CTV Montreal News, yesterday at 12:30. He discussed his class on J.R.R. Tolkien's work and his research on Old English literature.
- Marc Lafrance is quoted in an article in Québec Science (PDF attached) about the human skin as a source of psychological distress and about how skin affects our self-image and the image we project to others. The piece references research Lafrance is conducting on how adult acne impacts personal and professional relationships.
- The federal government's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council announces that Vivek Venkatesh, associate professor of education in the Faculty of Arts and Science, will host a creative concert at the Katacombes, Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. as part of the 85th Congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas). The release notes that Venkatesh is creator of the metal music conference and festival, Grimposium.
- Concordia researcher and doctoral candidate in exercise science Erin O'Loughlin is featured in a West Island Blog article. O'Loughlin talks about her study of exercise and happiness and how one can affect the other. The article mentions that O'Loughlin recently was honoured as a one of ten new Concordia public scholars.
- An article in Phys.Org relates that researchers from Concordia, who are not identified, collaborated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) on a study of the ability of different organic atmospheric particles to absorb sunlight.