A special themed NOW newsletter marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
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Innovative research projects, major international conferences and dynamic new curriculum developments: a lot happened at this university in the 2013-14 academic year.
Since August 2013, more than 1,000 news stories have been published on Concordia.ca and Cspace, the intranet for faculty and staff.
The highlights ranged from accounting undergrad and freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau's record-breaking gold medal at Sochi to the Prix du Québec won by Marguerite Mendell, professor and vice-principal of the School of Community and Public Affairs.
District 3 participants Charles Gedeon and Al-Hurr Al-Dalli took the top spot at Shell Ideas360, a major international student competition in the Netherlands, and graduate researcher Eric Weissman investigated self-governing homeless communities. Pioneering students Thea Cammie and Emma Kreuger obtained Quebec's inaugural major in First Peoples Studies, while JMSB's Katerina Fragos became CEO for a day.
And then there are Concordia's great grads. This April, fine arts alumni Mark Ruwedel claimed the $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award.
In the NOW newsletters, special themed content previewed institutional occasions ("Concordia’s new honorands describe a turning point in their lives") and seasonal festivities ("Holiday book list: 16 great reads"), as well as landmark events like the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies, the 82nd Congress of l'Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) and the upcoming pan-American conference and performance festival Encuentro.
To commemorate International Women's Day, a series of stories profiled prominent female academic leaders, researchers (twice over), community leaders and teachers at Concordia.
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