Top student city. Max Stern Art Restitution Project.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 17, 2017
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- President Alan Shepard appeared in the Global Montreal Noon newscast yesterday (no video link available) during an event at Montreal City Hall where he commented on Montreal's QS ranking as top student city in the world. Concordia is referenced in a Canadian government (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) release announcing the QS ranking.
- France's Le Podcast Journal picks up news of the return to the heirs of art dealer Max Stern of the 17th-century painting, Young Man As Bacchus, by Dutch painter Jan Franse Verzijl. The painting was among the thousands of pieces of art looted by the Nazis during the Second World War. The article notes that since its creation in 2002, the Concordia-based Max Stern Art Restitution Project has recovered 16 paintings that belonged in the Stern collection.