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Concordia in the news
Posted on January 15, 2015
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- The winter edition of Magazine Forces features an interview with President and Vice-Chancellor Alan Shepard in which he discusses some Concordia accomplishments, focusing on the District 3 Innovation Center, Concordia's business incubator. He also discusses challenges met by Concordia in 2014 and those that await in 2015.
- Quartier Libre reports that Concordia is presently leading the way among universities in Montreal in the area of water-metering, which the city's institutional sector must have completed by next year. The article, which quotes Christina Bell of Sustainable Concordia, also mentions that the university boasts three LEED-certified buildings.
- An article in LaPresse.ca profiling Revol Technologies, a recently-established company, mentions that Revol is receiving start-up support from Concordia's business incubator, the District 3 Innovation Center. The new Montreal company plans to begin marketing custom-made earphones early next year.