Contact MTL. Anti-austerity. Research grants. Fulbright scholar.

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

• Quamnet (in Chinese) picks up an earlier CNW release announcing the official opening of a Contact MTL office in Hong Kong. The release lists Concordia among the founding partners in Contact MTL, an organization that promotes Greater Montreal to the world. The opening of the Asian chapter of the trade and cultural promotion office was held as a side event of the trade mission to China led by Montreal mayor Denis Coderre and was attended by mission delegates, including Concordia representatives.
• The McGill Daily reports on last Thursday's anti-austerity march by Concordia and McGill students.
• Françoise Naudillon, associate professor in the Département d'Études fançaises and vice-president of the Concordia University Faculty Association (CUFA) is quoted in a piece in Le Devoir about a recent forum on scientific research, hosted by the Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU). Naudillon says women are particularly disadvantaged in the quest for research grants. 
• The Knoxville News Sentinel writes that University of Tennessee Fulbright Scholar J. Patrick Biddix is currently working at Concordia as a visiting research chair for person and society.

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