Mohamed Fahmy. Homa Hoodfar. Loyola's 100th. Do we need borders? UVolt.

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

• Numerous media report on yesterday's talk at Concordia by journalist Mohamed Fahmy as part of Concordia Homecoming celebrations. Fahmy, who was arrested and imprisoned in Egypt as a journalist covering the aftermath of that country's political uprisings, also gave interviews to several media in Montreal. He spoke about the imprisonment of Homa Hoodfar in Iran and insisted that Hoodfar is a hostage being used as a political pawn. He continued to urge Ottawa to take action on her behalf: Radio-Canada.ca, CTVNews Montreal, Montreal Gazette, La Presse, La Presse+, Le Devoir, L'actualité, CJAD, Huffington Post Québec, Journal Métro, MSN.com and Canada News. Fahmy was also interviewed about his own ordeal and those of other prisoners, like Hoodfar: Radio Canada's 24/60, CTV News. The interviewer mentions that Fahmy was in Montreal at the invitation of Concordia. Finally, Fahmy's Concordia Homecoming talk is referenced in a Montreal Gazette column about the seizure, by the SQ of the computer of Journal de Montréal court reporter Michael Nguyen.
• In other coverage of the Hoodfar case: media continue to report on Wednesday's rally in downtown Montreal by students, colleagues and friends of Hoodfar who demanded her release from Iran's Evin prison: Huffington Post, Canada Standard, Latest Canada, The Hamilton Spectator, Waterloo Chronicle, Life in Quebec. The author of an opinion piece in The Times (UK) repeats the call for Hoodfar's release and calls on Ireland to press Iran.
• The Suburban writes about celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Concordia's Loyola campus and mentions today's annual Concordia Shuffle fundraising walk, from the Sir George Williams campus to Loyola. The Shuffle will conclude with Loyola anniversary festivities and a commemorative birthday cake, to be served at the athletic field.
• Alex Megelas of the Office of Community Engagement, is interviewed about the University of the Streets Café and its mission, as part of a profile on CKUT’s Off the Hour. The focus is on Do We Need Borders?, a public conversation held on Wednesday, September 14. The segment begins at the 8:02 mark.
• Journal Métro writes about UVolt, a Montreal startup that developed its business plan through Concordia's District 3 Innovation Centre. UVolt, featured at yesterday's Startup Open House in Montreal, is currently working on a solar watch capable of charging a cellphone.

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