Fairfield University panel discussion on contemporary Cuba planned

Five Fairfield University professors who visited Havana in January will give their multidisciplinary impressions of contemporary Cuba in "Havana Today: Between Continuity and Change" on Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 6 p.m. The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the University's DiMenna-Nyselius Library multimedia room.

Faculty participating in the talk will be: Joy Gordon, Ph.D., professor of politics; Gisela Gil-Egui, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication; Olivia Harriott, Ph.D., associate professor of biology; Ania Aksan, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics; and Giovanni Ruffini, Ph.D., associate professor of history.

Light refreshments will be provided.

The event is part of the University's two-year focus on Cities. It is sponsored by the Humanities Institute of the College of Arts & Sciences; the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program; the Public Lectures & Events Committee; the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; and the departments of Philosophy, Communication, Biology, Economics, and History.

Media Contact: Meredith Guinness, (203) 254-4000, ext. 2950, mguinness@fairfield.edu

Posted on March 06, 2013

Vol. 45, No. 208

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Fairfield University's School of Engineering and the Inventors Association of Connecticut to present a panel discussion: Prospecting for Funding in 2013

7 p.m., Tuesday, January 29, 2013
"Prospecting for Funding in 2013"

Fairfield University's Dolan School of Business Dining Room

Fairfield University's School of Engineering and the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) kick off the new year with an event featuring angel investors and entrepreneurs entitled, "Prospecting for Funding in 2013," on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public, it will take place in the Dolan School of Business, on the Fairfield campus.

"For those seeking funding or who have plans to seek future funding, this panel discussion will offer invaluable insights to the process as well as potential sources," said Douglas Lyon, Ph.D., chair of the department of computer engineering and IACT president.

Mike Roer, founder and president of the Entrepreneurship Foundation and former executive director of the Connecticut Venture Group, will moderate the discussion. The panelists include:

Tim Coates, managing director of the new Innovation Eco-System at Connecticut Technology Council. Locations in Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, and Storrs are serving as ecosystem hubs, which will provide entrepreneurs with financial, technical, professional, and mentoring resources, as well as collaborative workspaces.William E. Gordon III, angel investor and advisor to tech start-ups, received a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, where he worked with Nobel Laureate James Watson. He founded and later sold an interest in a broadband business in Europe. He also ran a biotech company where he won a Gates Grand Challenge Exploration Grant for creating a malaria vaccine.John Seiffer, president of Angel Investor Forum, and business advisor at CEO Boot Camp. He helps business owners become better leaders, and is a founder of the International Coach Federation. He's also been an entrepreneur for almost 30 years and is an angel investor in start-ups.

For further information and to register, visit http://www.inventus.org. For more information about Fairfield University's School of Engineering, and for directions to campus, visit www.fairfield.edu.

Media Contact: Meg McCaffrey, (203) 254-4000, ext. 2726, mmccaffrey@fairfield.edu

Posted on January 22, 2013

Vol. 45, No. 156

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