Présidentielle, première ronde. Sweet on soft drinks. Asylum at Lacolle. A curler's dream.

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:

• Antoine Rayrouz, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, commented for several media on the first round of France's presidential election: comment on the election run-up, last Friday on CBC Radio 'Homerun' (no link available) as well as in Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec; comment on the first round result, yesterday on CTV Montreal 'News at Six' (live, in studio), Journal Métro and this  morning on CJAD Radio (no link available).
• Jordan Le Bel, associate professor of marketing, appeared on the TVA program 'Salut Bonjour' last Friday to talk about a study from the Institut de la statistique du Québec, according to which about one-third of Quebecers aged 15 to 17 consume soft drinks and other sweetened beverages on a daily basis. Le Bel discussed the marketing strategies of makers of sweetened drinks.
• Mireille Paquet, assistant professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is interviewed on theRadio Canada program, 'Faut pas croire tout ce qu'on dit', on the sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers crossing the Canada-U.S. border on foot, notably at the Lacolle crossing. Paquet's book, La fédéralisation de l'immigration au Canada (Les Presses de L'Université de Montréal, 2016), is referenced.
• Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), is interviewed for City Montreal's Breakfast Television about yesterday’s first-round presidential election in France.
• Matthew Harsh, assistant professor in the Centre for Engineering in Society, is interviewed for the 'Talking Biotech' podcast on Genetic Literacy Project. 
• Julie Hamel, a social entrepreneurship coach at Concordia's District 3 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, appears throughout a Global Moncton news story about junior para-athlete Carly Smith, who was born with one arm and curls competitively. Hamel is working on a prototype curling tool for Smith.

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