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

• The international scientific and educational organization ACM picks up a release announcing the launch of Concordia University Press — Quebec's first open-access academic press, which will begin publishing books, in English and in French, in 2017. It quotes provost Graham Carr and university librarian Guylaine Beaudry. Academica Top 10 also writes about the launch of the Concordia University Press.
• Several media report the 2017 Maclean's ranking of Canadian universities, which shows Concordia maintaining its tenth position in the comprehensive category and ranking 18th of 49 Canadian universities in terms of reputation and 19th in the most-innovative category. Provost Graham Carr and university spokesperson Chris Mota are quoted in coverage by the Montreal Gazette (reprised by My Informs).  Daily Hive Vancouver also reports on the rankings.
• CNW posts a news release featuring Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities  — a ranking prepared by Research Infosource. Concordia's own performance in research publication growth (2001 to 2014) is measured in the comprehensive category, with a #1 ranking of 157.6 %. The release is picked up by the Edmonton Journal, Yahoo! Finance and Morning Star. The Montreal Gazette reports on the rankings, which it notes show a 0.3 percent increase in research income at Concordia in fiscal 2015, while most other universities in the province saw a decline.
• Les affaires, writing about rapid transformation in the engineering sector, references the recently-introduced Concordia program of studies, offered in conjunction with McGill and the ÉTS, that combines surgery, engineering and business. 
• HR News picks up an earlier release announcing Vanderbilt Financial Group's Impact U platform, which houses multimedia documents for its new "impact investing" think tank. The release states that Impact U is partnered with the Sustainable Investment Professional Certification(SIP) program at the John Molson School of Business.
• The International News Media Association (INMA) publishes the conclusions from its 2016 report on Native advertising trends in the news media industry. It references what is described as a "Montreal Gazette native advertising campaign for Concordia University".
• Multi-Housing News picks up an earlier release announcing that U.S.-based Asset Campus Housing, specialized in student housing properties, will take over management of Parc Cité, a 280-bed property serving students attending Concordia and McGill.

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