February 9

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

GITC Room 1400

Dr. Cecil Pickett, President, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ

February 18

2:30 - 4:00 PM

Weston Hall Lecture Room 1

"Because Everybody Can Be Great"

Learn How To Be Successful

Calvin Mackie, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tulane University

Wednesday,

March 3

2:30 - 4:00 PM

GITC Room 1400

Tom Moran, Senior Program Officer, Visual Arts, NJ State Council on the Arts

A discussion and slide show on the history and current policy governing national and NJ public art.

March 8

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

GITC 3730

A Quarter Century Career in Science and Technology at Bell Labs

Dr. Cherry Murray, Senior VP for Physical Sciences Research at Bell Labs (Lucent)

Cosponsored by the Murray Women's Center

March 30

2:30 - 4:00 PM

GITC 5602

A film by Chris Boebel and Nick Poppy

A special showing of this documentary along with a discussion with the producers in Prof. Maurie Cohen's HSS 202H class.

       Containment: Life After Three Mile Island is a one-hour documentary that explores the legacy of the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant (TMI) from the perspective of the nearby community of Middletown, Pennsylvania. Shot on digital video, Containment weaves together interviews, verite´ scenes, and archival material to explore the accident’s long-term effects on local residents, including the rise of anti-nuclear activism, psychological consequences and the debate over health effects.

Wednesday,

March 31

8:00 PM

Montclair State University, Memorial Auditorium

The Margaret & Herman Sokol Science Lecture at Montclair State University

Dr. Rita Colwell, Chair of Canon Life Sciences, Inc.

former Director, National Science Foundation

Canon US Life Sciences was founded in December 2002 to identify and develop life science solutions with potential applications in diagnostics and medical instrumentation.

During Colwell's time as Director from August 1998 to February 2004, NSF's budget increased 68% and the average annual grant size grew from $90,000 to $142,000. Colwell also was responsible for increases in graduate student stipends, initiatives to support women and minorities in science and engineering, and programs to encourage science and math graduate students to participate in K-12 education. (The Scientist, 2/13/04)

Students must provide their own transportation. Sign up for free tickets in ADHC Office (420 East Bldg) or by email by March 26.

April 5

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

GITC 1400

Prof. William Rapp, Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business at NJIT

Prof. Rapp is recently the author of Information Technologies: How Leading Firms use IT to Gain an Advantage.

April 14

2:30 - 3:30

1400 GITC

Dennis Longstreet,

Company Group Chairman, ETHICON Worldwide,

a Johnson & Johnson Company

Mr. Longstreet will dicuss

    His background

    How he came to be a leader at  J & J

    Opportunities in the health care industry

Mr. Longstreet frequently presents issues of leadership development to executives both within J & J and worldwide.

Mr. Longstreet was the 2002-03 Chair of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the largest medical technology association in the world, representing more than 1,100 innovators and manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products and medical information systems.

April 19

11:30 - 1:00

GITC 1400

Representative Donald M. Payne 10th Congressional District of New Jersey

Congressman Payne is a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, where he serves on three subcommittees - the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, and the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, which has jurisdiction over higher education issues.

April 22

7:00 PM

Bradley Hall Theater, Rutgers/Newark

NJIT/Rutgers Production of

SOMETHING TO DECLARE: TALES OF IMMIGRATION

An original performance project drawing on oral history and student research to explore the immigrant experience in Newark.

Directed by Timothy Raphael

The play will be followed immediately by a conversation with the Director. Students must attend both the play and the conversation to get colloquium credit.

For Honors students only

Sign up in ADHC Office or by email by April 14.

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