Technogenesis^® TV show on cn8 examines the wireless revolution

Cell phones led the way. Now wireless technologies are revolutionizing the way we communicate and work. What these new gadgets mean to our lives is the topic of conversation this Sunday on Technogenesis^®, a new TV program produced by Stevens Institute of Technology, in cooperation with cn8, the Comcast Network. Featured guests include Lawrence W. Babbio, Vice Chairman and President of Verizon Communications, and Diana Henriques, award-winning author and financial reporter for The New York Times.

The Technogenesis program, "Riding the Wireless Wave," airs at 7:30 p.m. on cn8, the Comcast Network, Dec. 17, Dec. 31, Jan. 14 and Jan. 28. Check local cable listings for cn8 in your area.

Babbio is a leading executive for one of the world's premier communications companies. Verizon Communications, formed by the recent merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, is the largest provider of wireline and wireless communications in the United States. A lifelong veteran in the telecommunications industry, Babbio formerly chaired Bell Atlantic's Global Wireless Group, one of the world's largest wireless operations.

An award-winning author and journalist, Henriques joined The New York Times as a financial reporter in 1989. She was previously a writer for Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly. She is also the author of many books, including The White Sharks of Wall Street: Thomas Mellon Evans and the Original Corporate Raiders, recently chosen as a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

Co-produced by Stevens and Comcast, the half-hour Technogenesis program features government, research and industry leaders discussing some of the most challenging real-world issues facing science and technology today.

Hosted by Stevens President Harold J. Raveche and veteran TV journalist Steve Taylor, each program includes two or more special guests from the areas of science, technology, government, education, business or industry.

The Comcast Network is one of the nation's largest regional cable networks reaching close to 4 million households in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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