Turning negatives into positives. Acne impacts. Inside tornadoes. Indigenous community theatre.

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• Coverage is found in numerous media of a recent study by researchers from Concordia and the University of Toronto that describes how cancer patients can be inspired to action by seemingly negative emotions like anxiety, anger, guilt and distress. The study, published in the journal Health Psychology , was led by Andrée Castonguay, a postdoctoral researcher in Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science, and co-authored by Concordia psychology professor Carsten Wrosch and University of Toronto kinesiology professor Catherine Sabiston: Science Daily,Medical Xpress, News Medical, AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall), Minhavida (in Portuguese) Wire Service.
• Marc Lafrance, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the Faculty of Arts and Science, is interviewed on the Radio Canada program 'Les éclaireurs' about his research into how adult acne impacts personal and professional relationships.
• Earth Magazine joins coverage of recent research led by Georgios Vatistas, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, into the phenomenon of rapid temperature change inside tornadoes. Recent Concordia master’s students Badwal Gurpreet Singh (MASc 14) and Rahul Rampal (MASc 14) collaborated on the study, published in the Journal of Aircraft of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• Nation Talk writes about an Indigenous community theatre research project conducted by University of Sydney student Jessica Blain through a Mitacs Globalink Research Internship at Concordia. 

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