Bright (375th) birthday lights. WannaCry.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 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 is signatory to an opinion piece published in the Montreal Gazette, La Presse +, Le Devoir and Le Journal de Montréal applauding the project to light the Jacques Cartier bridge to mark the founding of present-day Montreal by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, on this date in 1642. The bridge lighting takes place this evening, at nine-forty-five.
- LaPresse.ca picks up a report from La Presse + that Université de Montréal has been caught by the WannaCry cyber attack, with 120 of the university's 8,300 computers affected. The paper notes that Concordia has so far been spared in the worldwide cyber attack.