2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Lectures

Successful Remote Learning: Workstation Setup, Stress Management & Exercise (Zoom)

Dr. Nichole Chaviano, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Director of Clinical Operations at ProFysio East Brunswick, and Dr. Leonard Somarriba, Doctor of Physical Therapy and ProFysio Physical Therapy CoCEO, will present practical strategies to create a healthy desk station for your child, reduce and manage stress for parents and children, and exercise.

Can Social Media Help Us Explain Different Political Events? (Zoom)

In this talk, we explore how we can mine and analyze people's social media postings in different platforms to get a better sense of people's reactions to different political events. Case studies include: (1) How Facebook Engagement Data Explains BREXIT and the 2016 Presidential Elections; (2) Using Twitter Data to Understand People's Sentiments to Different Terrorist Attacks; and (3) Can Political Candidates' Social Media Activity Help Us Understand Their Popularity and Relevance of their Ideas.

Option Green: The Sky by Day and By Night: an introduction to the heavens(Zoom)

Jim Peck has been an amateur astronomer since the age of 10 when he watched the first ever man made satellite, the Russian Sputnik 1, travel across the night sky in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1957.

Jim will lead a virtual program called The Sky By Day and By Night which will cover such topics as the moon, planets, stars and constellations, deep sky objects, artificial satellites, and the sun’s path across the sky. The intended audience is anyone with a keen interest in the sky and will appeal to adults and science oriented kids over the age of 12.