Lost Stories. Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. More benefits of cycling.

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• Ronald Rudin, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, talks to numerous CBC radio stations across Canada about the 'Lost Stories' project — a collection of little-known stories about Canadian individuals, places and events. The stories form the basis for works of public art, on display to help mark the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and will be the subject of a documentary film.  All the interviews, yesterday afternoon, were live, in Halifax ('Mainstreet'), Edmonton ('Radio Active'), Winnipeg ('Up to Speed'), Calgary ('Homestretch'), Yellowknife ('Trail's End'), Victoria ('All Points West'),Saskatchewan ('Afternoon Edition'), Cape Breton ('Mainstreet'), Charlottetown ('Mainstreet PEI'), Vancouver ('On the Coast'), New Brunswick ('Shift'), Sudbury ('Up North'), Kelowna ('Radio West'), Quebec City ('Breakaway'), London ('Afternoon Drive'), Whitehorse ('Airplay').
• The Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) announces that Concordia researchers Radu Zmeureanu, professor in the Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, and Muthukumaran Packirisamy, professor in the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design & Innovation, have been named fellows of the CAE.  Zmeureanu and Packirisamy were elected by the academy for "significant contributions in new and developing fields of technology."
• Coverage continues of a new study from Concordia that looks at the benefits of cycling, particularly among employees the researchers say can reduce their stress levels by cycling to work. The study, published in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management, was conducted by Stéphane Brutus, professor of management and RBC Professor of Motivation and Employee Performance, associate professor of management Alexandra Panaccio and JMSB research assistant Roshan Javadian (MSc 14,): MSN Style de Vie, Cycling Magazine, Radins, Health Medicine Network (referenced, at the bottom of the page).

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