A new research and innovation hub.

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

• Numerous media provide coverage of the announcement of a major infrastructure investment on Concordia's Loyola campus. Federal and Quebec cabinet ministers were on hand in the atrium of the Richard Renaud Science Complex for the announcement of a $52.75-million extension of the complex to house Concordia's new research and innovation hub. President Alan Shepard indicated that the extension will be home to Concordia’s new Department of Chemical and Material Engineering, the Centre for NanoScience Research and the Centre for Microscopy and Cellular Imaging. There will also be space for Concordia's District 3 Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs, Graham Carr, was also featured in various news accounts: Montreal Gazette (reprised by Canada.com and Mogaznews), CTV News Montreal (video and text, linked by Coach IT), CBC News Montreal (video, at the 15:15 mark of the 6 pm newscast and at 8:18 of the 11 pm newscast, and text), Global News Montreal (video, at the 2:53 mark, and text, reprised by Canada Today), Global News Quebec, Global News Morning, Journal Métro, AMEQ en ligne, OIA News, V télé and TVA Nouvelles (no links available). The federal, provincial governments and Concordia investment was also reported in CBC andCJAD newscasts through the afternoon and evening and was announced in a CNW news release, picked up by Le Lézard, Crossroads Today and KPTV.com.

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