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

• Bram Freedman, VP, Advancement and External Relations, is quoted in a Canadian Jewish News report on the recent Quebec trade and cooperation mission to Israel. The publication notes that Concordia signed an agreement with Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, for an exchange program between Technion's Bronica Entrepreneurship Centre and Concordia’s District 3 Innovation Centre. It reports also the signature of an agreement involving research into the "Internet of Things."
• La Nouvelle Union (Victoriaville) reports that Anne-Marie Croteau has been named dean of the John Molson School of Business. The paper notes that Croteau is the first woman to hold the position.
• Deutsche Welle writes about increases in applications for international student enrolment at Canadian universities and reports that Concordia has seen a 325 percent year-over-year increase in applicants from Mexico, a 317 percent increase among Iranians applying to do undergraduate degrees and an overall increase of 74 percent in the number of applicants for graduate degrees at Concordia. 
• Actualités UQAM reports on a joint brief by Concordia and UQAM before the City of Montreal's Commission sur le développement économique et urbain et l'habitation. In the brief, the two universities explain how the City could draw full advantage from the presence in Montreal of institutions of higher learning. 
• A CNW release announces the SingularityU Canada Summit  — a live-stream event organized with the support of Concordia and the university's District 3 Innovation Centre, set for October 11th and 12th. The event will bring together some 300 Montrealers to discuss the future of energy, mobility, healthcare and finance. District 3 executive director Xavier-Henri Herve is quoted: CEO.ca, Spoke, Website Gear, WDRB.com.
• Actualités UQAM and AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall) write that Concordia and other universities partnered in Montreal's Quartier de l'Innovation will assist UQAM in organizing next Spring's Sommet de Montréal sur l'innovation (May, 2018).

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