In memory of Christopher Jackson. Boivin profile. Writer-in-residence. ACT. Dallaire distinction. Communication Studies 50th. QS rankings. Étudier au Québec.

Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• The Montreal Gazette, the Gazette's e-edition, Le Devoir and Slipped Disc publish obituaries of Christopher Jackson, artistic director of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM) and long time professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, where he was also dean from 1994 to 2005. The Montreal Gazette piece is reprised by The Province. Rreverb announces Jackson's passing and embeds a link to the Wikipedia post on Jackson. Finally, ResMusica posts a brief about Jackson's passing.
  
• Athletic director Patrick Boivin is profiled in an article on TVAsports.ca about the Concordia Stingers rebranding campaign. The article mentions that Boivin is a past director of hockey operations for the Montreal Canadiens.
• Novelist, playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald, Concordia's first Richler writer-in-residence, was featured last Saturday on CBC Montreal radio's "Cinq a Six". (No link available). 
• Actproject.ca announced in a brief posted on its blog that ACT held its annual meeting over the weekend in Bucharest, Romania. ACT is a Concordia-led international research project focused on ageing and technology. Its director is Kim Sawchuk, professor in the Department of Communication Studies and associate dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Arts and Science. 
• The UBC news service announces that Lieutenant-General (retired) Roméo Dallaire, a senior fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), will be recognized with an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia.
• Radio Canada International profiles Concordia's Department of Communication Studies as it marks its 50th anniversary this year. Numerous members of the Communication Studies anniversary organizing committee are pictured. The article includes an audio link to an interview with documentary filmmaker Nicola Zavaglia, an alumnus of Loyola College, who talks about his film chronicling the Concordia Communication Studies Department. 
• Canadian Immigrant picks up the latest QS university rankings, which it reports place Concordia 411th in the world.
• MCEtv (France) includes Concordia in a list of universities that will be represented in next month's 'Étudier au Québec' student recruitment tour of France.

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