Tech in the classroom. Club Sandwich sign. Seat at the Table. Fair trial for Francisca Minconao.

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:

• Giuliana Cucinelli, assistant professor of education in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was on CBC Radio One's 'Breakaway' yesterday afternoon (no link available) to talk about the use of technology in the classroom. Please note: Cucinelli will discuss this same topic as a guest on the set of Global Montreal's News Morning program next Friday at 6:50 a.m.
• Matt Soar, professor of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science and founding director of the Montreal Signs Project, was on CJAD Radio for a discussion of the recent rescue by the Signs Project  of the sign outside the former Le Club Sandwich restaurant on Ste-Catherine street. The audio of Soar is found by scrolling down the show page and clicking on "see more" to bring up the link, "THE NATASHA HALL SHOW: Another Iconic Sign Saved With Matt Soar - August 30, 2017".
• Journal Métro, profiling radio hosts Martine St-Victor and Isabelle Racicot, of CBC's 'Seat at the Table', mentions the recent appearance on the program of Kimberley Manning, principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, who talked about raising her transgender child, Florence.
• Before It's News lists Erin Manning, professor of studio arts, among the signatories to an open letter calling for the appointment of international observers to monitor the trial of Chilean spiritual leader Francisca Minconao, arrested in March 2016 and charged under Chile’s anti-terrorism law.

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