SU in the News: Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was quoted on political activity in the Iranian diaspora in a Washington Times article about Mohsen Sazegara, a former aide to Ruhollah Khomeini.

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was quoted in a Houston Chronicle story on Tom DeLay as a new competitor on “Dancing with the Stars” and in a Crain’s New York Business article on the debut of NBC’s “Jay Leno Show.”

Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) was mentioned in an eMediaWire article announcing GoWeb3D’s launch of mobile augmented reality (AR) content on Layar and New Mobile AR Products.

SU’s new energy-efficient data center was mentioned in an Environmental Leader article on cogeneration systems.

Tom Barkley, assistant professor of finance in the Whitman School of Management, was interviewed by WAER about privatization of the Syracuse Hancock International Airport.

SU was included in a Central New York Business Journal (registration required) article about the Student Sandbox at the Syracuse Technology Garden.

William D. Duncombe, professor of public administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was mentioned in The Citizen (Auburn, N.Y.) article on local school districts studying financial and operational efficiencies.