A group of creative writing alumni were featured in Quill & Quire for their collective approach to craft and community in their newfound home of Inverness, Nova Scotia. From left: Oisín Curran, Sarah Faber, Conrad Taves, Rebecca Silver Slayter, Susan Paddon, and Matt Parsons. | Photo by Steve Rankin
Pat Riva | Photo: Concordia University
Pat Riva (BA 91), Concordia alumna and associate university librarian for Collection Services, has been elected to the Library of Congress as the only Canadian member of its Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) policy committee. Riva, who has published extensively on the topic of library reference models, hopes to help establish new global standards in library reference management.
The CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals that offers the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation, has released the results of its latest 2016 CFA Level I exam.
Among the first-time test-takers were 35 John Molson School of Business (JMSB) students from the MBA with Complete CFA® Integration program, offered by Concordia’s Goodman Institute of Investment Management.
The pass rate for the 2016 Level 1 cohort was 43 per cent. Eighty per cent of the JMSB students passed the grueling exam.
Joanna Berzowska, associate professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, was featured as La Presse’s “Personality of the Week” for August 7 to 13, 2016.
Charalambos Poullis, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, was featured in Pan European Networks for his research project, 3DUNDERWORLD, which offers an innovative approach to 3D modelling for underwater archeology.
Ketra Schmitt, associate professor at the Centre for Engineering in Society, published an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette on the risk of lead exposure from Montreal’s residential water supply.
Mike Steeves, development officer for the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, was featured on CBC New Brunswick’s summer reads list for his debut novel, Giving Up.
Akshay Kumar Rathore, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, helped to found a new Industry Applications Society student branch chapter at Concordia, which will support students’ participation in conferences, global projects and thesis competitions worldwide.
A group of creative writing alumni were featured in Quill & Quire for their collective approach to craft and community in their newfound home of Inverness, Nova Scotia. Sarah Faber (MA 10), Catherine Cooper (MA 10), Rebecca Silver Slayter (MA 10), Susan Paddon (MA 11) and Johanna Skibsrud (MA 05) are all graduates of Concordia’s Creative Writing program. Skibsrud won the Giller Prize in 2010 for her debut novel, The Sentimentalists.
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