By-elections record. The Texas storm. Dreamers. Tracking nuclear North Korea.

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:

• Harold Chorney, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is quoted in a Canadian Press article about a more-than-30-year record number of provincial by-elections in Quebec: Montreal Gazette, LaPresse.ca, Le Devoir, The Globe and Mail, National Post, CTVnews.ca/Montreal, CBC.ca/Montreal, Journal Métro, Metro News, Le Huffington Post Québec, iPolitics, CityNews.ca/Toronto, Medicine Hat News, Sudbury.com, SooToday.com, BayToday.com, TimminsToday.com, 570News.com, 660News.com and a dozen others.
• Pascale Biron, professor in and chair of the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was interviewed on Saturday for the Radio Canada Première Chaîne program, 'Fait pas croire tout ce qu'on dit' about the storm in Texas. Cycle through the audio clips at the top of the show page to the file, 'Entrevue avec Pascale Biron, professeure à l'Université Concordia'.
• Mireille Paquet, assistant professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appeared on the Radio Canada Première Chaîne program, 'L'heure du monde', where she discussed the "dreamer" immigrants in the United States and the anticipated suspension of their Obama-era protection from deportation. The segment begins at the 1:07 mark of the audio file,  'Ce qu'il faut savoir sur les Dreamers américains : Explications de P.-A. Saulnier'. Paquet was interviewed over the phone from Harvard, where she is currently doing postdoctoral research.
• Associate professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, Julian Schofield, appears in a CTV Montreal news report on the looming nuclear threat from North Korea. It mentions that Schofield and his students continue to track North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Schofield was also interviewed on the CTV NewsGonetwork.

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