As a tribute to a friend and colleague, the Gazette and its employees have established a bursary fund in memory of Mike King, a well-loved reporter who died June 13. He worked for the paper for 22 years, covering city, business and general assignment stories. The bursary in his name is to be awarded annually to an undergraduate at the Concordia School of Journalism.
Concordia University will hold its spring convocation ceremonies on June 21, 22 and 23. More than 4,800 students will receive their degrees during the convocation ceremonies at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier in Place des Arts (175 Ste.Catherine Street West). Concordia will also bestow seven honorary doctorates during the convocation ceremonies.
See photos of the honorary doctorate recipients.
Watch the archived webcasts of all the ceremonies.
The latest issue of the Concordia Journal focuses on this year’s Great Grads. We learn about Science College grads Mylène Juneau, Elyse Schmidt and Lima Kayello, who used their project-based program to fuel their futures. Athlete and artist Fanny Berthiaume earned Concordia’s first Provost Medal, while friends Gregory Johannson and Alex Oster are working hard to change the world for the better. And these are just a few of the inspirational and exceptional grads featured in the Journal!
Read more in the latest issue, or pick up a copy from stands around the university.
Concordia alumna Christine Jones has won a Tony Award for ‘Best Scenic Design of a Musical’ for her work on the punk rock opera American Idiot. The announcement was made at the Tony Awards on June 13, 2010. Jones graduated from Concordia with a BFA in Design for the Theatre.
Concordia University will bestow seven honorary doctorates during spring convocation ceremonies to be held June 21-23 in Salle Wilfrid Pelletier at Place des Arts (175 Ste. Catherine Street West). The distinguished recipients are: Robert Charlebois, Eleanor Wachtel, Richard Pound, Laurent Beaudoin, The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, Julie Payette and R. Murray Schafer.
Find out more, or read the full biographies of all the recipients.
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and Concordia University today finalized a partnership agreement that provides the official framework for future collaborative projects to be created by the two institutions. The agreement was signed at the Grande Bibliothèque by Guy Berthiaume, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of BAnQ, and Judith Woodsworth, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University.
Read more on the Media Relations website.
Aydin Matlabi, current student in the MFA in Studio Arts program, was awarded the Dick and Gretchen Evans Prize for Photography, a one-time $6,000 cash prize. Matlabi, selected by a jury of six Concordia photography professors, is in his final year of the program and has already established a career in photography.
Read more on the Faculty of Fine Arts website.
As part of the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, two teams of researchers led by Professor Barbara Layne of Concordia and Professor Janis Jefferies at Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K., have brought research in intelligent textiles to a new level. The research teams have developed a highly sophisticated concept of interactive clothing whereby the body’s physical and emotional state triggers the transfer of personalized memory back to the wearer.
Read more on the Faculty of Fine Arts website.
It’s official: Concordia hosted the largest Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the conference’s 79-year history. From May 28 to June 4, 8,880 delegates from 70 academic associations descended upon the university. “We’re collecting feedback from delegates who were blown away by the volunteers, the quality of the facilities, the extra programming,” said Congress 2010 Academic Convenor Ronald Rudin, who now returns to his duties as History Professor. “I think that everyone feels it was an incredible experience on so many levels.”
Read more in the Concordia Journal.
Louise Dandurand, Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, and Chair of the University Research Awards Adjudication Committee, is very pleased to announce the 2010 University Research Awards Recipients: Ronald Rudin, Patrick Leroux, Andreas Athienitis and Rolf Wuthrich.
