Refugee assistance. Christopher Jackson, remembered. First Book short list. Bishop's by the numbers.

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

• Radio Canada International posts a text story on Concordia's commitment to help two Syrian refugees obtain a superior education in Canada. It focuses on the university's initiative to waive tuition fees for two young Syrians for a full year of studies in the program of their choice, with a possibility of renewal of free tuition in the following year. President Alan Shepard is quoted in the report, which notes that the university is collaborating with the Syrian Kids Foundation on the refugee assistance project. The story includes an audio file of an RCI interview with Syrian Kids Foundation director general Faisal Alazem, who talks about his foundation's partnership with Concordia at the 2:30 mark. 
• The Globe and Mail publishes a piece recounting the career of the late Christopher Jackson and his contribution to the performance and appreciation of Renaissance and other early music. Jackson, artistic director of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM), was a long-time professor in and dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts. The article mentions that Concordia has established a memorial fund in Jackson's honour.
• The Montreal Gazette, writing about the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) short lists for the 2015 QWF Literary Awards, announces that Joel Wapnick’s The View North From Liberal Cemetery is short listed in the Concordia University First Book category.
• An article in La Tribune (Sherbrooke) about a drop in revenue at Bishop's University, despite an increase in full-time enrolment, mentions an increase in enrolment at Concordia, which it says rose to 38,014 this Fall from 36,720 in Fall 2014.

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