Spring 2014 Feltman Lecture: Natalie Jeremijenko

Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 7 - 9pm

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Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko

Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko
Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko

Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko
Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko

Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko
Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko

Image courtesy Natalie Jeremijenko

Natalie Jeremijenko will present the 2014 Feltman Lecture.

Natalie Jeremijenko was awarded the 2013 Most Innovative People award, named one of the most influential women in technology 2011, and was named as one of the inaugural top young innovators by MIT Technology Review and 40 most influential designers.  Jeremijenko directs the Environmental Health Clinic, and is an Associate Professor in the Visual Art Department, NYU and affiliated with the Computer Science Dept and Environmental Studies program.  Previously she was on the Visual Arts faculty at UCSD, Faculty of Engineering at Yale University, a visiting professor at Royal College of Art in London, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Public Understanding of Science at Michigan State University. Her degrees are in biochemistry, engineering, neuroscience and History and Philosophy of Science. 

The Feltman lectures are made possible by the Ellen and Sidney Feltman Fund established at The Cooper Union to advance the principles and benefits of lighting design through the exploration of the practical, philosophical and aesthetic attributes of light and illumination.

The 2013-2014 Feltman Chair in Lighting is held by Lydia Kallipoliti

This event is presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and The Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 
 

Located in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets)

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