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New (free) piano. '76 Olympics retrospective. Turn back the Climate Clock.

Concordia in the news
Posted on March 14, 2017

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

University affairs

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

  • The Montreal Gazette e-edition pictures Montreal singer-songwriter Patrick Watson playing on a new piano donated to Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts by the Evenko Foundation for Emerging Talent.
  • Actualités UQAM, writing a retrospective on the Montreal 1976 Olympics, reports that a consultative committee once recommended that UQAM and Concordia move their athletics services and equipment to the Olympic Stadium tower.
  • Les affaires features singer and author David Usher and the Human Impact Lab at Concordia, which he founded to study various aspects of the human experience. The piece references the lab's creation of the Climate Clock — a climate change visualization tool being projecting outdoors on the SGW campus, through Sunday, March 19.