On January 25 a book launch for Dr. Monica Cure's new book, Picturing the Postcard: A New Media Crisis at the Turn of the Century (University of Minnesota Press), took place at Orest Tafrali bookstore at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University where she was finishing up a Fulbright grant.

The book launch was hosted by Dr. Dana Badulescu (Associate Professor of English and Vice-dean, Faculty of Letters, UAIC). It featured a lively panel discussion with Dr. Rodica Mocan (Associate Professor of Cinematography and Media and Vice-dean, Faculty of Theater and Film, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca) and Dr. Liviu Ciortuz (Associate Professor of Computer Science, UAIC)