The Future of Skyscrapers: Can we build them? Will people come?

Some of today's most authoritative experts on engineering and architecture will examine whether skyscrapers can be built well enough to protect their inhabitants from terrorism and bio-terrorism on the upcoming edition of Technogenesis®. The show will also investigate if people are still willing to work or live in tall monumental buildings after the events of September 11.

Technogenesis is a weekly TV program produced by Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens), in cooperation with cn8, the Comcast Network. The program will feature commentary of industry experts from a recent symposium on high-rises held at Stevens, along with in-studio commentary from Stevens' president Dr. Hal Raveche and nationally renowned pollster John Zogby.

The Technogenesis program, "The Future of Skyscrapers: Can we build them? Will people come" airs at 7:00 p.m., on cn8, the Comcast Network, each of the following Sundays in the New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore regions: Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 20, Feb. 3 and Feb. 17. 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.

John Zogby has polled for Reuters News Agency, the largest news agency in the world, and NBC News. His clients also include the New York Post, Fox News, Gannett News Service, the Albany Times Union, the Buffalo News, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cincinnati Post, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the Syracuse Herald, and nearly every daily newspaper in New York state, as well as television stations throughout the United States.

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.

Hosted by Stevens President Harold J. Raveche and veteran TV journalist Steve Taylor, each program includes 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.