Expo-sciences fair. Sustainable investment. Re-shaping diversity. Gallery Scholarships. Marenvent simulator.

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

• A CNW release listing the winners of last weekend's Quebec finals at the Super Expo-sciences Hydro-Québec junior science fair includes Thomas Ribeiro of Laval Senior Academy, winner of the $4,000 Concordia University Prize for his "super-plant" project. Ribeiro won the first prize at the Quebec Finals and goes on to the MIL SET International Science Fair in Brazil in 2017. The release is picked up by Money News and Shaw Connect.
• A Canadian Press story about the adoption by the board of governors of the University of Ottawa of a plan to reduce the presence of fossil fuel interests in its investment portfolio mentions Concordia's own decision, in 2014, to launch a sustainable investment program. The item is picked up by CTV News Ottawa, Globalnews.ca, Times Colonist, Truro Daily News, Blackburn News and Guelph Mercury.
• A Nation Talk release announces Re-Shaping Diversity: The Future of Diversity, in the University, and Beyond, taking place tomorrow at 5 pm at the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics (Room GE-110). The event will close out the inaugural season of Concordia's Beyond Disciplines event series. 
• A brief appears in the April 19 edition of the Westmount Independent (scroll to page 6) on last month's announcement by Concordia's School of Canadian Irish Studies of the establishment of the Brian O’Neill Gallery Scholarship Fund, from a $1-million endowment. The fund, named after alumnus and former mayor of Westmount Brian O'Neill Gallery (BA '57, LLD '10), will provide approximately $50,000 annually for nearly 20 student awards. 
• Skies writes about the Marinvent flight simulator, on loan to the Control and Robotics Group at Concordia's Institute for Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI)

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