University Majors Fair: Shape Your Educational Path

University Majors Fair

About the Fair

Freshman Major Exploration Fair is a free three-day transformative event, from September 2 to 4, that will introduce high-school students from diverse regions to various majors represented in competitive U.S. universities, such as Princeton, Harvard, MIT, NYU, etc.

As a participant in the event, you will learn about such majors as Physics, Economics, Political Science, Energy, and more from some of the world's leading professors and industry professionals.

You can reserve a spot in the event by joining Freshman EduLab, a platform with free classes and seminars by our team.

About the Fair

Freshman Major Exploration Fair is a free three-day transformative event, from September 2 to 4, that will introduce high-school students from diverse regions to various majors represented in competitive U.S. universities, such as Princeton, Harvard, MIT, NYU, etc.

As a participant in the event, you will learn about such majors as Physics, Economics, Political Science, Energy, and more from some of the world's leading professors and industry professionals.

You can reserve a spot in the event by joining Freshman EduLab, a platform with free classes and seminars by our team.

Represented Universities

Majors Fair Speakers

Professor
Richard Larson

Institution: MIT
Expertise: Operations Research, Management Science, Systems Analysis

Richard Larson, a professor at MIT, has authored six books and over 175 scientific articles, focusing on diverse topics like emergency response systems, disaster planning, queueing, logistics, and technology-driven education.

Presently, he leads the MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative while actively researching Covid-19 and monitoring major changes in the US education system.

Professor
Yiguang Ju

Institution: Princeton University
Expertise: Energy and Sustainability

Yiguang Ju, a professor at Princeton Engineering, is the Robert Porter Patterson Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and served as the Director of the Sustainable Energy Program.
Prof. Ju's research interests include combustion, low-carbon fuels, and energy conversion in the areas of near-limit and supercritical combustion.

He has published more than 280 refereed journal articles. He is a fellow of ASME and a founding fellow of the Combustion Institute.

Professor Cristina Buarque de Hollanda

Institution: NYU Abu Dhabi
Expertise: Political Science

As a professor at NYU Abu Dhabi, Cristina Buraque de Hollanda's research focuses on the interplay between Human Rights, Transitional Justice, and how societies produce, negotiate, and dispute their collective memories of past authoritarian regimes, with a recent emphasis on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and amnesty laws in the Global South.

Professor
Nathaniel Fisch

Institution: Princeton University
Expertise: Plasma Physics and Astrophysics

Nathaniel Fisch, professor of Astrophysical Science at at Princeton, is an American plasma physicist known for pioneering the excitation of electric currents in plasmas using electromagnetic waves, which was then used in tokamak experiments. This contributed to an increased understanding of plasma wave–particle interactions in the field for which he was awarded the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics in 2005 and the Hannes Alfvén Prize in 2015.

Professor Pauline Rutsaert

Institution: NYU Abu Dhabi
Expertise: Economics

Dr Pauline Rutsaert is an Associate Professor of Practice in Economics at New York University, Abu Dhabi. She holds an MA in Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University, NY (USA).

Her expertise is in the fields of Industrial Organization, especially Competition and Regulatory Economics, Industrial and Strategic Trade Policy, Innovation, and R&D.
Prior to joining NUYAD, she worked in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom.

Professor Ram Natarajan

Institution: NYU Abu Dhabi
Expertise: Anthropology

Professor Ram Natarajan earned a BA in The Writing Seminars and in Latin American Studies from Johns Hopkins University (with honors) and a MA and PhD in Anthropology from New York University. His research, teaching interests, and publications concern law, trauma, violence, memory, race, and literature.

Previous to joining New York University Abu Dhabi, he was a Mellon Fellow at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University, a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, The University of Cambridge, and an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The University of Arkansas.

Reserve a Spot

Event Info

Skill Requirement: At least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
Technical Requirement: Good internet connection, laptop, and headset
Event Duration: Three Days (September 2—4)
Platforms used: Zoom
Registration: Follow this link

Event Info

Skill Requirement: At least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
Technical Requirement: Good internet connection, laptop, and headset
Event Duration: Three Days (September 2—4)
Platforms used: Zoom
Registration: Follow this link

Q&A

📆When will the event take place?

The Major Exploration Fair will be held online starting from September 2 to September 4.

We will announce the exact time and dates for each of the events in the EduLab group.

📍Where will the event be held?

We will hold most of the event on Zoom. Our team will send the links to each event once you join the EduLab group.

There will be multiple opportunities to interact with the professors and your peers.

🎯Are there any skill requirements?

At least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
Good internet connection, laptop, and headset

For any other questions, message us on Telegram:
@freshmansupport

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