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Concordia in the news
Posted on May 11, 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:
- Please note: A Montreal Gazette listing of events in Montreal this week includes a mention of a talk by President Alan Shepard, tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Faculty Club of McGill University. Shepard will give an illustrated talk on Concordia — A Next-Generation University. Admission is $12.
- An online radio-canada.ca article about the Quebec government's funding program for the integration of art into building design and construction includes a mention of the Nicolas Baier mural "Untitled", on the six-thousand feet of the glass curtain wall encasing the façade of the VA Building. The article includes a picture of the mural, installed in 2004.
- Libération Économie (behind a paywall) writes about the introduction by Concordia of a sustainable investment fund, last fall. It mentions that while the campaign to divest of fossil fuels originated on large American university campuses, Concordia was the first Canadian university to introduce such a fund.
- SalamancaRTV (in Spanish) reports on a recent Canadian visit by the rector of Spain's University of Salamanca during which it says the rector, Daniel Hernández Ruipérez, met with Concordia officials to discuss possible avenues of cooperation between the two universities.
- Concordia is ranked fifth among 13 Quebec universities listed by xinhuanet (in Chinese). The article does not clearly identify the source of the ranking.