Spring 2003 Colloquium Series
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Wednesday,

February 12

I'm an Engineer, Why Do I Have to Know Anything About Management? or, Avoiding the Dilbert Syndrome

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Guttenberg ITC Bldg., Room 1400

  Speaker: Dr. Mark Somers, Acting Dean, NJIT School of Management
Wednesday,

February 19

War, Technology and the Rise of the West

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Guttenberg ITC Bldg., Room 1400

Cosponsored by the NJIT/Rutgers Federated Department of History and the NJIT Department of Humanities and Social Science

  Guest Speaker: Jeremy Black, Professor, University of Exeter, England
Monday,

February 24

  My Study Abroad Experience: A Student Panel Discussion

11:30 AM - 1:00PM

Location:  Weston Hall, Lecture Hall 1

  Participants:                                       Michael

Geoffrey Cox                                      Cerreto

Regine Jean-                                    Alex Manis

Baptiste                                              Ben Lerch

Moderators:  Scott Kline and Jeff Grundy, Office Of International Students and Faculty

Wednesday,

March 5

  Biometrics Methods and Technologies: Protection from Identity Theft

2:30 - 4:00 PM

Location: TBA

  Professor Michael Recce, Biomedical Engineering, and Brigadier General William T. Marshall
Wednesday,

March 5

  The Margaret & Herman Sokol Science Lecture

Montclair State University

7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

  Speaker: Brian Greene, Physicist, String Theorist, Professor, and Author of The Elegant Universe

Sign up for transportation in ADHC Office (151 Tiernan) by February 28

Monday,

March 31

Be Your Own Mentor: Strategies for Success from Sheila Wellington, the Nation’s Leading Advocate for Women in Business

11:30 AM - 1:00PM

Weston Hall, Lecture Hall 1

Cosponsored by NJIT’s Murray Center for Women in Technology as part of its annual Lillian M. Gilbreth Colloquium in celebration of National Women’s History Month

The first 30 students to arrive will receive a free copy of Ms. Wellington's book "Be Your Own Mentor".

Speaker: Sheila Wellington, President of Catalyst, author of Be Your Own Mentor (Random House, 2001)

Tuesday,

April 1

  "Last Lecture" Series, Co-Sponsored by Residential Living

5:00 - 5:45 PM

Location: Cypress Hall TV Lounge

    Architecture Dean Urs Gauchat

What would he say to the NJIT community if he were giving his last lecture?

Monday,

April 7

Forensic Science: DNA in Law Enforcement

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Weston Hall, Lecture Hall 1

Forensic Science is a fast-growing career area.  If you would like to have lunch with the speakers following the colloquium, email Ms. Chipepo

Guest Speakers: Ed LaRue, Forensic Scientist with the NJ State Police Forensic Laboratory; and Harry McCurdy, attorney
Friday,

April 11

  Honors Night at the Theater

Bradley Hall Theater, Rutgers-Newark Campus, 7:00 PM

NJIT-Rutgers Production of As Five Years Pass by Federico Garcia Lorca

  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 4th

Wednesday,

April 16

The BS/MS Program at NJIT

2:30 - 4:00 PM

Location: Hazell Ballroom A

Refreshments served

Co-sponsored by Admissions

  Steve Eck and Clarissa Gonzalez-Lenahan, Office of Graduate Studies

Wednesday,

April 23

  Private Communication in a Public World via Cryptography

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Cullimore Lecture Hall 2

  Robert Statica, Associate Director, NJIT Cryptography & Telecommunication Laboratory