Accolades for the week of October 1
A group of undergraduate students from Concordia’s John Molson School of Business (JMSB) won the prestigious Forces AVENIR University Program Award (in the Business and Economy category) for an initiative they developed called Business Building Blocks, which provides support to entrepreneurs in the greater Montreal area. The announcement was made on October 2 at a gala held at the Théâtre Capitole de Québec in Quebec City.
Look for more information on the award and the winning team in the upcoming edition of NOW.
David McGimpsey, a lecturer in the Department of English, has made the shortlist for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards for his book of poetry, Li’l Bastard. McGimpsey is one of five finalists up for the English language prize in poetry. The awards will be given out November 28 at a gala ceremony in Rideau Hall, the Governor General’s official residence in Ottawa.
McGimpsey is the author of three other books of poetry: Lardcake, Dogboy and Hamburger Valley, California; one collection of short stories, Certifiable; and the award-winning study, Imagining Baseball: America’s Pastime and Popular Culture. His travel writings frequently appear in The Globe and Mail and he writes a regular column for EnRoute magazine.
Researcher Ferhat Khendek’s attempts to tackle service interruptions in such areas as mobile computing, telephony and banking has received the attention of the prestigious Canadian Council of Chief Executives. The Council featured his work in its 2012 Annual Report: Innovation, Productivity, Prosperity. Khendek is from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Read the report.
Ching Y. Suen has won the Gold Medal, one of the highest awards awarded by the University of Bari in Italy. The medal was presented to Suen during the 13th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, held at Bari, from September 18 to 20. The medal was bestowed to honour Suen as the founder of the conference and as a leader of influence in cultivating and advancing the field of handwriting recognition by computers. Suen is from the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering.
On September 24, Catherine Mulligan was featured in one of Quebec’s most influential French newspapers, Le Devoir. The article discusses Mulligan’s long career working in the area of environmental engineering and mentions the pending launch of Concordia’s Water, Energy and Sustainability Institute. Catherine Mulligan is associate dean for the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, as well as professor and researcher in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Read the full story (in French).