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 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.
