International enrolment. Israeli collaboration. Biophysics Conference.

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

• The Toronto Star picks up a New York Times story from May 19 in which president Alan Shepard, commenting the surge that has been observed in foreign student enrolment applications at Canadian universities, including Concordia, remarks on a "Trump effect" on American students' interest in Canada. Concordia student Nancy Gorosh, of Houston, is also quoted.
• A CNW/Telbec release, reprised by Le Lézard, announces the renewal of a cooperation agreement between Concordia's District 3 Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Bronicon Entrepreneurship Program at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa. The agreement was renewed during the ongoing trade and cooperation mission to Israel, being led by premier Philippe Couillard.
• An UQAM news release lists Peter Pawelek, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and Guillaume Lamoureux, associate professor in the same department, among the members of the organizing committee of a biophysics conference, opening today at UQAM. Pawelek is co-president of the three-day conference. 

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