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Concordia in the news
Posted on September 8, 2015

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

Expert commentators

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:

  • Bruno Delorme and Robert Soroka, both lecturers in the Department of Marketing, are quoted in an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette whose author, Concordia alumnus Alexander Barera (BComm, 2011), argues for a return of major league baseball to Montreal. The piece is reprised in The Saskatoon Star Phoenix.
  • An article in the San Fransisco Chronicle about Stanford University research into the production of synthetic narcotics mentions the work of biology professor Vincent Martin on the development of a yeast strain to make opiates.