Alexander Shnirelman
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Alexander Shnirelman has mathematics in his bones
When mathematician Alexander Shnirelman arrived here last fall from Russia via Israel and England, he brought with him years of experience, not only in academia, but also in industry.
Professor Shnirelman now holds the Canada Research Chair in Applied Mathematics, in Concordia’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His main area of interest is the turbulent flow of fluids, a field that includes some of the last major unsolved problems in physics and mathematics.
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All in the family
More than 300 graduates of Loyola College were given honorary Concordia certificates at a ceremony on March 30 in the Loyola Chapel. Before the merger with Sir George Williams University in 1974, Loyola graduates got their degrees through Université de Montréal because Loyola College lacked a university charter.
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April 21 , 2005
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- Claude Lajeunesse will be presented as candidate on May 4
- Art sleuths see results
- Iain Cook: Punk artist is a mentor to a new generation
- Start me up, it’s RoboKeith! Students design a guitar
- Students tap experts for sports careers
- Leonard Cohen's best songs rooted in American tradition: Norm Ravvin
- Zero-energy home is student’s goal
- Digital video project on display
- Fibres media encourage artists to express emotion
- Defiance from student leaders
- Prolonged research enriches latest theatre production
- Non-actors can take theatre courses, too
- Advice for aspiring creative writers
- Academic advisors share insights, experience
- Irish women have major role in traditional music
- SIC show at VAV on HIV / AIDS / Dessa Harhay
- Trip to Vietnam was a life-changing event
- Air India disaster hit Concordia hard / End of long trial brings back memories
- Sherry Simon on French-English divide of the 60s
- Rémi Bolduc at Club Soda
- Gospel oratorio rocks
- Tekes rattle the bucket
- MBAs discuss beer merger
- Profetic est en anglais aussi
- In memoriam Leo Tavormina
- Correction
- Kids carry on camping at Concordia
- Stingers roundup