NBC Connecticut Broadcasting Live From Campus Thursday, Freund in South Africa’s Sunday Tribune, Giannaros on WTIC Radio, and More

Richard Freund, professor of history and director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University, was profiled in an article in the Sunday Tribune of Durban, South Africa on Sunday, Aug. 8. Freund has been on a lecture tour that is taking him through Capetown, Durban, and Johannesburg to speak about his most recent book, Digging through the Bible, which recounts his archaeological work at such sites as the Cave of Letters and Bethsaida in Israel and the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland. Freund told the reporter, “The same idea plays out over and over in history. For some reason, things disappear, but they don’t go away. If you know how to look, you may yet find them.” To read the full article, click here.

NBC Connecticut’s morning news show will be broadcasting live from the University’s Sports Center on Thursday, Aug. 12, between 5:30 and 7:30 a.m. The live, two-minute segments will highlight the 2010 VISA Championships in rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatics, and trampoline and tumbling that are taking place at the Chase Arena in the Reich Family Pavilion from Aug. 10 through 14.

Demetrios Giannaros, professor of economics in the University’s Barney School of Business, was interviewed by Ray Dunaway on the Tuesday, Aug. 10, morning show on WTIC Radio (1080 AM). He discussed the slow pace of the economic recovery in the U.S. and what actions the Federal Reserve might take to stimulate the flow of capital to small businesses. To listen to the interview, click here.

Giannaros was also quoted in a series of articles in the Monday, Aug. 9, issue of the Hartford Business Journal about how national and state economic trends are affecting local businesses along Route 5 in South Windsor. Commenting on the different timelines between the national and state economic recovery, Giannaros said, “Connecticut’s economy runs slower than the national economy, with the state typically experiencing a five-month delay before feeling the country’s gains and losses.” To read the series, you can check out this article or this one.

A photo of students — Jack Bourdeaux, 5, of Suffield, and Ryan Lucas, 6, of Windsor Locks — and their violin instructor Rebecca Ensworth from a session at the Suzuki Institute at The Hartt School was featured on the front page of the “CT Now” section of the Saturday, Aug. 7, issue of the Hartford Courant. The weeklong training session attracted about 120 students, ranging in ages from 4 to 17 and from as far away as California.