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(VIDEO) New faculty members tour Montreal by bike

August 30, 2010

Most professors don't find themselves cycling across their new city with members of the administration as part of faculty orientation, but a group of new hires gamely mounted their own bikes or Bixis and headed out to the Botanical Gardens on Aug. 24

New school year, new opportunities

August 30, 2010

The halls and streets are once again teeming with new and returning students, staff and faculty. President and Vice-Chancellor Judith Woodsworth talks about the successes of the past year, and the goals and challenges for the upcoming year.

A new publication date, new e-newsletter and different look -- on and off-line

August 30, 2010

This summer, we spent a lot of time thinking about how best to reach people who care about Concordia, both on campus and off.

Cracking the EGG

August 30, 2010

While most students look forward to long, hot summer days lounging poolside, some students see the season as an opportunity to learn more by attending the Eastern European Generative Grammar (EGG) summer school.

Brewing new realiteas at Loyola

August 30, 2010

Herbal and medicinal tea seedlings are sprouting behind Hingston Hall. It may seem an unlikely place to find organic mint, lemon balm and chamomile taking root, but human environment grads Lennard Fruehling and Graham Calder saw the potential.

(AUDIO) CJLO Execs invited to Zurich for radio summit

August 30, 2010

Program Director Brian Joseph and Head Music Director Omar Husain are on their way to Zurich to represent CJLO at the first International Radio Festival, Sept. 5 to 11. CJLO is the only Canadian station chosen to attend.

Concordians prominent at Academy of Management Annual Meeting

August 30, 2010

When the oldest and largest scholarly management association in the world decides to hold its annual meeting in Montreal, you can count on Concordia to play a significant role in making it successful.

Summer Cinema highlights

August 30, 2010

While Joni Mitchell lamented the fact that they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, the folks over at Pigeon Hole Renewal had the opposite idea in mind.

Volunteers at the ready

August 30, 2010

Concordia's strong commitment to community engagement was further solidified with the recent unveiling of two brand new initiatives.

(VIDEO) Dance Professor wins Canada Council award

August 30, 2010

Filmmaker, journalist and teacher Philip Szporer was honoured by the Canada Council for the Arts last July with the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize for his 30-year involvement in the dance community.

A homegrown issue: Students dig into food systems

August 30, 2010

In professor Satoshi Ikeda's ideal world, the herb seasoning on the zaatar wraps at Al-Taib would be locally sourced and organically produced, unused green space at Loyola would be converted to farmland, and members of the university community would deepen their understanding of food systems on campus and further afield.

Refine Arts

August 30, 2010

Almost by accident, artist Shelley Miller has refined sugar's potential as an artistic medium able to mimic other substances, along with its symbolic evocation of domesticity, consumption and global exchange.

So, why aren't you biking to Sir George?

August 30, 2010

Answers to all your questions about biking to our downtown campus.

Music Department moves to MB Building

August 30, 2010

Sound carries and bounces, is drowned out and can be too pitchy, as those who watch any of the Idol franchise know. So, when plans were developed for the Department of Music's move to the eighth floor of the MB Building, faculty and facilities experts worked closely with acoustician Steve Davidson.

Concordia designs content for summer administration program

August 30, 2010

Current and potential school administrators gave a glowing report card to an innovative and intensive development program held this summer and Concordia was responsible for its content. The second edition of the Québec Institute for Lead Learners (QuILL) took place July 5 to 9 at the Hôtel La Sapinière in Val David, Qué., under the theme "Educational Leadership in Changing Times."

Solar Buildings Research Network celebrates five years

August 30, 2010

The five-year anniversary of the Concordia- based NSERC Solar Building Research Network has given Luis Candanedo and his older brother José ample cause to celebrate. The brothers' involvement with solar research dates back to the early days of the network, established in 2005.

(AUDIO) Collaboration augments research value

August 30, 2010

It is no secret that academia can be a competitive environment with positions, resources and funding opportunities in short supply. Against that backdrop, projects like the recently published Working Together: Collective Action, the Commons and Multiple Methods in Practice are a welcome relief, both for their content and intellectual rigour.

Institut du Nouveau Monde holds première events

August 30, 2010

This August, Concordia looked as busy as it usually does post-Labour day as 451 people aged 15 to 35 descended for the seventh Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM) Summer School. This marked the first time the Institute, dedicated to justice and social inclusion, open-mindedness and innovative thinking, held its summer school at an English university.

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