Divestment. Aerospace BEng. Motherhouse. Midterm break. Zoo partner.

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

• Bram Freedman, Vice-President, Advancement and External Relations and president of the board of directors of the Concordia University Foundation, is quoted throughout an article in Le Devoir about Concordia's partial divestment of fossil fuel holdings, announced in December, 2014. Freedman says he has had cordial discussions with student representatives who have asked that the university divest completely from oil.
• The Canadian Press posts a story that ran in numerous newspapers last week announcing that the Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia. It mentions Concordia's partial divestment of fossil fuel holdings. UBC's board ultimately rejected calls for oil divestment. 
• LaPresse.ca reprises an earlier piece from La Presse + about Concordia's new Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Aerospace Engineering program, being offered as of September.  Amir Asif, dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, is quoted.
• Montréal Centre_Ville publishes a column by broadcast journalist Dennis Trudeau about his recent visit of the Grey Nuns Building, renovated and transformed by Concordia into a student residence, study centre and reading room. Trudeau mentions that his guide on the visit was Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs at Concordia.
• The Montreal Gazette's "Monday Calendar" for this week includes a mention of today's start of the midterm break at Concordia. The calendar is reprised in the Ottawa Citizen.
• Concordia's ongoing research partnership with the Granby Zoo is mentioned in a piece in La voix de l'est.

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