Next on Technogenesis TV: Sharpening America’s technological edge

HOBOKEN, N.J. – America’s current lack of a national agenda on science and technology can lead to a loss of jobs, lack of homeland security and drop in educational standards, according to Dr. Raveche of Stevens. What’s the problem? What’s the total impact on our society? And how can it be fixed?

On the next episode of Technogenesis, “Keeping Our Technological Edge”, Dr. Hal Raveche examines how the lack of emphasis on technology is harming the United States and how a national agenda refocusing government attention on the importance of math and science can return America’s love of innovation.

Dr. Raveche, president of Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens) will be joined by guests Dr. Albert Teich, director of science and policy programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Dr. Helena S. Wisniewski, vice president of Institute Technology Initiatives at Stevens.

Technogenesis is a weekly TV program produced by Stevens, in cooperation with cn8, the Comcast Network.

The Technogenesis program, “Keeping Our Technological Edge” will air at 7:00 p.m., on cn8, the Comcast Network, on each of the following Sundays: October 10, October 24, November 11 and November 21 throughout New Jersey, Westchester County, New York, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. The program will also appear at various times throughout the week on the local Comcast outlets in Prince William and Fairfax Counties, Va., as well as Prince George’s County, Md. Please check for local listings.

Hosted by Dr. Raveche and veteran TV journalist Steve Taylor, each program includes special guests from the areas of science, technology, government, education, business or industry.

Dr. Teich is director of science and policy programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science where he is responsible for the activities in science and technology policy and serves as its chief spokesman on science policy issues. The AAAS is the world's largest federation of scientific and engineering societies as well as a professional organization with over 140,000 members and the publisher of Science magazine.

Dr. Wisniewski is the Vice President of Institute Technology Initiatives at Stevens and is responsible for nurturing the growth of interdisciplinary research, fostering the development of intellectual property, spawning future Technogenesis business enterprises, and overseeing business services that support research and the international aspects of technology development at Stevens.

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

The cn8 Comcast Network is one of the nation’s largest regional cable networks reaching more than 8 million households in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Boston.

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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