Integrating new location-aware computer networks with old-fashioned human networks, researchers at NJIT have developed an innovative solution to the problem of isolation that faces women in the academic science and engineering workforce. >>

Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, PhD, director of The Murray Center for Women in Technology at NJIT, provided an overview of NJIT’s National Science Foundation-funded ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant at the first in a series of partnership seminars on Nov. 15 in Eberhardt Hall. The grant initiative, which is part of NJIT’s Strategic Plan commitment to enhanced faculty diversity, positions the university as a leader among peer institutions in the national effort to advance women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. >>

Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, PhD, director of the Murray Center for Women in Technology and associate professor in the humanities department, received at NJIT’s annual awards convocation The Constance A. Murray Diversity Award. >>

A staged reading of Heartbreaker, a new play by Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, PhD, an associate professor in the department of humanities at NJIT, will be held on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Theatre 80 in New York's East Village. For more information, call 973-208-9015. >>