February 6, 2008 Manil Suri on WYPR-FM, WJZ-TV CONTACT: Mike Lurie Office: 410-455-6380 Cellphone: 443-695-0262 mlurie@umbc.edu Feb. 6, 2008 Two prominent Baltimore media outlets featured Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Manil Suri, shortly before he read from his novel The Age of Shiva at UMBC on Feb. 5. Suri was a guest on the WYPR-FM program Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast on Feb. 3. An archived recording of this radio interview can be found at http://www.wypr.org/MD_MORNING.html (scroll to the archives listed under Feb. 3). Suri was also a live guest on WJZ-TV Channel 13’s Morning Edition program with longtime co-anchors Don Scott and Marty Bass. He appeared at 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 5 to broaden awareness of his UMBC book reading that evening. To access an archived version of Suri’s appearance, go to http://wjz.com/video/?cid=5 and enter “Suri” to the left of the “Search” tab adjacent to the “Top Stories” link. Posted by mlurie