Homa Hoodfar coming home. Aviation think tank. MBA changes. Imperas software. MBA admission interviews.

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

• Media continue to report Hoodfar's new-found freedom: Breakfast Television Montreal and News R India (both featuring video from Monday's news conference at Concordia with professors Marguerite Mendell,Kimberley Manning, Marc Lafrance and Shelley Reuter), NewYorkMagazine.com, Gulf News, Lebanese-Canadian Coordinating Council, The News Journal Search (linking to an earlier article in The McGill Tribune), Tribuna Feminista (in Spanish), Over the Doors (in Italian), Chinese Press (in Chinese), Christian News Today, Entorno Inteligente, Comite de soutien au droits de l'homme en iran, Eylem (in Turkish), Sceptique, Media ITE.
• In related coverage: Le Devoir publishes an article based on an essay Hoodfar co-authored in 2012, titled "Islamic Politics and Women’s Quest for Gender Equality in Iran." It describes how Iran's theocracy continues to repress free thought, particularly with respect to gender issues, despite a growing liberal current in Iran; Marc Lafrance, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and personal friend of Homa Hoodfar, is interviewed for Radio Canada International. Lafrance talks about the range of emotions he has experienced since news broke of Hoodfar's release and tells the interviewer that Hoodfar did not seem apprehensive about travelling to Iran last winter;  The Globe and Mail runs an analytical piece by Nader Hashemi, director at the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver, who ponders the reasons for Hoodfar's arrest and subsequent release; National Post columnist John Robson, commenting on the release of Homa Hoodfar, warns of the dangers of dealing with certain regimes; Le Nouvelliste runs an editorial calling on Canada to stand against violations of human rights, even as it seeks to warm relations with regimes, like Iran and China, that are noted for human rights abuses; Her Campus writes about the efforts deployed by Concordia students and faculty, in recent weeks, to press for Hoodfar's release; a number of organizations post statements welcoming Hoodfar's freedom, including Amnesty International Canada, Amnistie Internationale Canada francophonie, Amnesty International Ireland, Amnesty International US, Amnistía Internacional Venezuela, UN Women, Fédération Québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université; an editorial in the Ottawa Citizen about Canadian Alison Azer's quest to get her four children back from Iran, where they are being kept by her Iranian ex-husband, welcomes Hoodfar's release as a a sign of improving relations between Canada and Iran. The paper urges Ottawa to concentrate now on patriating the Azer children.
• In other university affairs: 
• AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall) announces the launch of a new aviation think tank at Concordia, dedicated to advancing innovative ideas and proposing policies to support growth in the aviation industry. 
• LaPresse.ca writes about recent changes to the MBA program in the John Molson School of Business, including paring down the program to 45 credits from 57. It notes that much course content also has been revised to more closely reflect current realities in the business world. Anne-Marie Croteau, associate dean in the JMSB, is quoted. 
• A news release lists Concordia among the universities currently using Imperas Software Ltd. tools and models for coursework and research, through Imperas' University Partners Program, focused on embedded software and systems: Digital Journal,Business Wire, EDA Café, WDRB.com, WFMJ.com, Embedded Computing Design.
• Canadian Business, writing about MBA admission interviews, notes that the John Molson School of Business often conducts such interviews with prospective students to determine their level of commitment to their eventual MBA studies. Cynthia Law, the JMSB's manager of graduate admissions and student academic services, is quoted.

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