Electric algae. Summit on Innovation. Chief Values Officers. Inuit Fine Art. Pension funds.

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• Numerous media around the world join the continuing coverage of new alternative-energy research at Concordia, led by Muthukumaran Packirisamy, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Packirisamy and his team developed a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae. The research could eventually lead to the production of carbon-free energy on a commercially-viable scale: NYSE Post, The Science Times, Science Alert, Ameri Publications, Steelers Lounge, The Te Cake, Live Mint, Junior College, Eco-Business, TV Newsroom,  Health Aim, Can-India News, The Hans India, The Siasat Daily, Electric Energy Online and The Municipal Information Network (behind a paywall).The findings were published in the journal Technology.
• A CNW/Telbec release from the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal announces the fifth edition of theMontréal Summit on Innovation (SMI 2015) taking place next Monday at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. Concordia identified the theme for this year's summit — Climate (of) Change: Cities, People and Prosperity,reinventing Montreal in the face of climate change— and staff and faculty from the Office of Research developed the programming. President Alan Shepard, referenced in the release, will launch the summit with the opening address and management professor Paul Shrivastava, the David O’Brien Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and executive director of Future Earth, will deliver a talk titled Call to action: Business solutions for a climate change economy. The release is picked up by Money News, Le Lézard and Shaw Connect.
• Bio Portfolio links to an article authored by marketing professor Lea Prevel Katsanis about the pharma industry's negative public image and the need for companies in that sector to employ Chief Values Officers (CVO's). Katsanis writes that a CVO could ensure ethical behaviour in marketing and pricing activities.
• The Labradorian writes about 'SakKijâjuk: Inuit Fine Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut', curated by Heather Igloliorte, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History. The exhibition was part of the indigenous art symposium 'To Light the Fire', in Happy Valley Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
• LaPresse.ca reprises an earlier article from La Presse + about trends in pension fund management and references a recent study titled 'Gouvernance des caisses de retraite et gestion de portefeuille dans un contexte de tension',  co-authored by accountancy professor Michel Magnan for the Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO).

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