Events

CODE BIAS

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:34:16 -0500

Last March, the Murray Center was all set to host a conference on climate change and community action when the pandemic hit. We rescheduled the conference for this fall, but SARS-CoV-2 has not cooperated. Rather than postpone again—since the urgent issues we want to address at the conference can’t be postponed— we are going ahead with a series of virtual events, focused on environmental action: “Climate Now—Finding Hope in Change.”

CLIMATE NOW!

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:53:56 -0400

WOMEN DESIGNING THE FUTURE

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:29:50 -0400

On 27 March 2020, the NJIT’s sixth annual Women Designing the Future Conference will bring together women scientists, thought-leaders, story-tellers, artists, and innovators from many disciplines to answer that question and to explore new ways of communicating environmental realities that stimulate greater community engagement. The March conference is being hosted on NJIT’s Newark campus by the Murray Center for Women in Technology, which is celebrating its 25 anniversary this year.

SMART CITIES

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:45:24 -0500

Smart Cities is an all-encompassing expression that represents an optimal situation for operating cities while maximizing the benefit to their citizens. A successful Smart Cities approach would also incorporate forward- looking management strategies, such as clean energy.

RESEARCH IN PUERTO RICO

Fri, 1 Nov 2019 13:35:30 -0400

Since 2010, the PROTECT center has brought together researchers from Northeastern University, the University of Puerto Rico, University of Georgia, and the University of Michigan to provide much needed understanding of the relationship and the mechanisms by which exposure to suspect chemicals in Puerto Rico contribute to preterm birth, and to develop new methods to reduce risk of exposure.

THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:29:07 -0400

Swiss environmental economist Walter Stahel is the originator of the concept of “the economy of loops” (1976), later popularized as the “circular economy”. His contribution - to replace the linear production model with the notion of circular material flows - is at the heart of the “cradle-to-cradle” approach to design that informs contemporary discussion of recycling and sustainability.

NUCLEAR FREE

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:00:58 -0400

Nine experts will join the conference attendees to consider the many facets of this critical problem and how to reduce the nuclear threat to our planet.

CITY RESILIENCE

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:44:41 -0400

In the face of both natural and man-made threat to city infrastructure, greater pushes have been made toward the planning and design of “resilient cities” — cities positioned to protect and enhance urban life through development of components necessary to respond to terrorism, earthquakes, coastal flooding, solar flares, as well as infrastructure adoption of sustainable energy.

MUSIC AT NJIT

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:51:37 -0400

The last Wednesday of September 2018 is scheduled to bring an original concert performance to campus from Robert Argasinski — competition-winning virtuoso pianist, composer and NJIT Albert Dorman Honors College student. Robert will perform a rich collection of his own compositions, including Waltz Appassionata, The Tragedy of War, and The Hero’s Journey.

CAN HUMANS CREATE EARTHQUAKES?

Wed, 9 May 2018 14:14:10 -0400

Hydraulic fracturing is a method routinely used in oil and gas extraction and in engineered geothermal systems — helping to increase the permeability of source rock and making it possible for oil, gas or heat to be more easily recovered in a financially viable way. However, many aspects of hydraulic fracturing are not well understood, such as the induced seismicity produced during these operations. While this induced seismicity is useful to monitor the hydraulic fracturing processes, it may also cause fear to nearby communities.