Brand Canada. Top student city. Emily Kopley. Alley refit. Sustainable Investment Fund. Concordia profile.

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

• The Hill Times (behind a paywall) runs an opinion piece by President Alan Shepard that first appeared in the February 14 edition of the Montreal Gazette. Shepard writes about recent political changes in the US and Europe and on the importance of growing what he terms "Brand Canada," as Canadian universities work to attract and retain scholars. 
• Sohu and ErhaiNews (both in Chinese) reference Concordia in their coverage of the recent QS survey that ranked Montreal as the number one student city in the world. 
• Emily Kopley, the new Researcher-in-Residence at the Concordia Library, was a guest on CBC Radio Montreal's Daybreak this morning (no link available). Kopley discussed her role as researcher-in-residence and the work she will be doing at the Concordia Library. 
• Radio-Canada.ca reports on the planned renovation of two alleys in the downtown area, including the Mackay/Bishop alley near Concordia's SGW campus. The reporter quotes Montreal mayor Denis Coderre saying that Concordia participated in the design of the renovation plan. The project is also reported by Nightlife.ca, Journal Métro and NM Noticias (in Spanish). The Nightlife and Métro pieces include a video presentation of the renovation plan.
• The Energy Mix, writing about the recent commitment by Université Laval to completely divest of fossil fuel, references Concordia's Sustainable Investment Fund, announced in 2014.
• Concordia is featured in an article and photo album in Gnostic (in Japanese).

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