FARHANG NIROOMAND, FORMER ASSOCIATE DEAN,
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, CURRENT DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AT VICTORIA
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(October 27, 2006) Moving Down by Moving Up? "It is quite surprising that Doty did not engineer a remote location for the DOS residents outside of Greene Hall, such as in the Cochrane Center or the International Building. That move would have ensured that none of the DOS members would have had to field a student question or a faculty complaint (other than the string of grievances that have and will be filed over the next few weeks/months) until January. Harold Doty and Farhang Niroomand are running scared, and every step they take is another step toward proving that they are unfit to lead the CoB...".
(August 18, 2006) CoBscam? A Look at Questionable Publishing Practices in the College of Business An interesting angle on some publishing practices in the CoB is taking shape based on the recent discovery of documentation from an open records request. This (Part 1) installment starts with the SEDONA records of Farhang Niroomand (Associate Dean and Professor of Economics).
(August 20, 2006) Invitation or Invoice? A Look at the Cost to the CoB of "Invitations" to its Faculty "This report examines one of the patterns that researchers are finding as USMPRIDE.COM explores the CoB's travel vouchers. That pattern is one of CoB faculty being "invited" the speak at various places overseas, only to have the CoB pick up the tab after all is said and done. To date we have discovered three such cases, one involving Farhang Niroomand (Associate Dean and Professor of Economics) and two involving Chang Tseh-Hsieh (Professor of MIS). These are presented in Exhibit 1 below...".
(August 21, 2006) Passport Series: IHL Board Records Tracking Potential International Travel in the College of Business since 2002 "This installment of Passport Series presents IHL-approvals of international travel from January of 2003 through January of 2006. All of the information you see below was taken from various IHL Board Meeting minutes available on the IHL's website...".
(August 29, 2006) Special Report What can We Learn from the CoB's Webpages? An Investigation into Information about the CoB "This Special Report examines some of the more interesting items available on the CoB's webpages. Below you will find several screens taken from various parts of the College of Business' homepage at www.usm.edu, along with some commentary for each...".
(September 4, 2006) Special Report Project Outreach A Look at Consulting Associated with Niroomand's Grant Work "This "Special Report" presents some newly uncovered details associated with Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand's "Project Outreach" grant efforts. Each item in Table I below relates to "consulting" work that was requisitioned either in the April of 2002 or February of 2003…".