Our ivy-covered walls

By Karen Herland

Geneviève Cadieux’s work will appear on the northern face of the JMSB building. The work will be in place before construction on the building is completed.

Concordia is about to join the ivy league. At least figuratively. Lierre sur Pierre, by artist/photographer Geneviève Cadieux, has been selected to grace the northern face of the new JMSB building being constructed at the intersection of Guy St. and De Maisonneuve Blvd. Cadieux’s proposal was selected by the... - Read more

Tactile sensor making virtual news

Muthu Packirisamy and Javad Dargahi

A team comprising mechanical engineering professors Javad Dargahi and Muthukumaran Packirisamy and PhD student Saeed Sokhanvar made a breakthrough by developing a prototype of an endoscopic tactile sensor that exhibits many of the tactile capabilities of the human hand. We have told you about previous generations of these tactile sensors in the Journal, notably in the issue of Oct.... - Read more

The public role of radio

By Barbara Black

Mary Vipond

Concordia’s History Department has taken on new life with 10 hires in the past five years, and no one could be happier than longtime history professor Mary Vipond. Fittingly for its new dynamism, the History Department has been relocated... - Read more

Coming home and reaching out

By Barbara Black

The balmy fall weather was perfect for a Homecoming weekend, as about 800 residents of Montreal West, Notre Dame de Grâce and Côte St. Luc turned out for the university’s first Family Fair Day on Sept. 30. The Loyola Campus's... - Read more

Feed the fund to feed a student

The Concordia Student Emergency Food Fund’s annual Feed the Fund campaign has not even officially begun, but donations are already pouring in. Adrian King Edwards (left) and François Côté of the Confrérie de la librairie ancienne du Québec are... - Read more