Head of the class: President's Teaching Awards

By Karen Herland

Mary Silas, Venkat Ramachandran and Nancy Acemian were recognized by President Judith Woodsworth for their teaching excellence.

Three professors shared the spotlight on March 3 as recipients of the President’s Teaching Awards, the culmination of a search involving all sectors of the university. Vice-Provost Teaching and Learning Ollivier Dyens relaunched a university-wide process to identify two recipients of the Award for Excellence in Teaching (one full-time... - Read more

Comm prof wins top prize

Acland is leading media and cultural studies expert

By Anna Sarkissian

Charles Acland

For the first time in its 21-year history, the Kovács Award for most original essay in film and media studies has been awarded to a scholar at a Canadian university. Concordia University Research Chair in Communication Studies Charles Acland got word that his essay, “Curtain, Carts, and the Mobile Screen” won the coveted prize in early February. Each year,... - Read more

Ironing your genes: Thalassemia grant

Pawelek leads study into thalassemia

By Anna Sarkissian

Peter Pawelek

With major research grants, high profile conferences and cutting-edge facilities, it’s clear that Concordia is making a mark on Canadian scientific research. Assistant professor Peter Pawelek from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was recently awarded a two-year grant... - Read more

ARTHEMIS team examines film and moving image studies

Geneviève Sellier

Though there were several attempts to formalize the study of film, and odd programs sprouted here and there, the field didn’t fully emerge on campuses until the 1960s, says Martin Lefebvre, Director of the Concordia based Advanced Research Team... - Read more

ENCS welcomes new aerospace advisor

The name’s Fews, Bob Fews

By Anna Sarkissian

Robert Fews

You would think that being granted “top-secret” security clearance by the British government would be a great story to tell one day. It doesn’t quite work out that way, says Robert Fews, because, well, you can’t actually talk about... - Read more