Fall 2010

ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF EXPERIENCE

For 2010 and 2011, the NJIT Technology and Society Forum again explores diverse facets of the human experience — including the healing and emotional power of music, the process of making critical decisions, entrepreneurial initiative and the exploration of space.

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Music Improvisation Software: An Interface for People with Severe Disabilities

Pauline Oliveros
Founder, Deep Listening Institute Ltd.
Distinguished Research Professor of Music, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

September 20, 2010, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Campus Center Atrium

The Art of Choosing

Sheena Iyengar
S.T. Lee Professor of Business
Columbia Business School

October 13, 2010, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Jim Wise Theatre

Ground Control: Beyond an Environmental History of the Space Race

Neil Maher
Associate Professor
NJIT Federated Department of History

November 3, 2010, 3:00 – 4:15 pm
Campus Center Atrium

String Quartet: Klang

February 16, 2011, 3:00 – 4:15 pm
Campus Center Atrium

Lillian Gilbreth Lecture

Speaker to be Announced
Sponsored by the Murray Center for Women in Technology.

March, 3:00 – 4:30 pm.
Jim Wise Theatre

Academic Entrepreneurship

Donald Seigel
Dean, School of Business – SUNY Albany

April 20, 2010, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Campus Center Atrium

For more information:

Contact Jay Kappraff at kappraff@adm.njit.edu or 973-596-3490.

Visit the Technology and Society Forum on the Web at http://tsf.njit.edu.  Previous Forum presentations are available at http://itunes.njit.edu; search for “Technology and Society Forum.”

Technology and Society Forum presentations have been made possible by support from AT&T and Hewlett Packard.

NJIT welcomes attendees from Essex County College, Rutgers-Newark and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.