Hurricane Irma. 9/11 anniversary. "Dreamers". Honorary citizen. Robot art. Odd couple in the Soo. Tied-up traffic.

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:

• Damon Matthews, professor and Concordia Research Chair in Climate Science and Sustainability in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment of the Faculty of Arts and Science, appears in last Friday'sCTV National newscast to discuss hurricanes in the Atlantic, in particular, hurricane Irma, and the likelihood of even more powerful storms in the future as ocean temperatures continue to rise. Matthews is seen at the nine-minute mark.
• André Gagné, associate professor of theological studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, writes a think piece inThe Conversation to mark the 16th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the U.S. Gagné considers how our view of Islamist terrorists and the face of terrorism have changed since 9/11.
• Please note: Graham Dodds, associate professor in and associate chair of the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, will be a guest on CTV Montreal's 'News at Noon' at 12:30 today. The discussion will bear on a number of topics, including the 9/11 anniversary and the DACA "dreamers" immigration program.
• Chedly Belkhodja, principal of and professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs (SCPA) in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was on CJAD Radio (no link available) for a talk with host Aaron Rand about the plight of "dreamer" immigrants in the U.S. following the announcement that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was being abolished.
• The Montreal Gazette (reprised by the Ottawa Citizen) runs an opinion piece by Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, who calls on the federal government to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Matthews says the honour must be withdrawn in light of persistent reports of government-led atrocity crimes against Myanmnar's Rohingya Muslim minority. 
• In Salute News (in Italian) reports on the participation of Bill Vorn, intermedia professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, in the first International Robotics Festival, ongoing in Pisa, Italy. 
• Karl Hele, associate professor and Director of First Peoples Studies in the School of Community and Public Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Science, writes about a romance and elopement he says shook the Sault Ste. Marie region in 1839: Sault Star.
• Jason Prince, part-time faculty in the School of Community and Public Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Science, participated in a panel discussion of current traffic concerns in Montreal, last Friday on City TV Montreal's 'Breakfast Television'.

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