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NOVEMBER 2018

Stevens Celebrates 33 Years of Participation in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Assists in Balloon Preparation

During the early morning hours of October 31, the Stevens community helped unload balloons and assisted with the trial inflation as the characters Fleck, Bjorn and JoJo, stars of the upcoming Netflix film, "The Christmas Chronicles," took shape before being paraded around the DeBaun Athletic Complex. The crew also helped bring the legendary Nutcracker, who will make his debut in this year’s parade, to life. Watch Time Lapse Video

Stevens Team Demonstrates New AI-Powered Cyberattack

Stevens researchers created and demonstrated a powerful new artificial intelligence-powered style of attack, immune to cyberdefenses, as a cautionary exercise.

Stevens Professor and Entrepreneur Receives the 2018 Edison Patent Award

Stevens professor Mukundan Iyengar, co-inventor of an advanced web browser called "iubble," was recognized, along with two former Stevens graduate students, by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey for his developments in web browsing.

Students Seek to Be First College Team to Launch a Rocket into Space

An eight-student multidisciplinary senior design team is close to reaching its fundraising goal to build and launch a rocket past the Karman Line, a feat yet to be accomplished by a collegiate team.

The First Scalable Platform for On-Chip Quantum Light Sources

Stevens and Columbia University researchers developed a method for creating quantum light sources on a chip with unprecedented precision, paving the way for new developments in quantum computing and quantum cryptography.

On Veterans' Policies, Are Politicians Backing Up Rhetoric with Action?

In her new book, "Congress and U.S. Veterans: From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis," Professor Lindsey Cormack evaluates how U.S. politicians legislate and communicate veterans' policies.

Stevens Through the Years

This year marks the 92^nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and alumni and staff will continue the Stevens tradition of participating in the parade, with more than 100 volunteers taking on a variety of roles from balloon inflation to piloting to vehicle management. This year also witnessed the return of balloons being inflated and tested on the Stevens campus. One of the last times Macy's balloons performed their dress rehearsal on the Stevens campus was in 1998, when Dexter (pictured) from Dexter’s Laboratory wowed a crowd of onlookers at the DeBaun Athletic Field.

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Events

11/28: The President's Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Daniela Rus: Unleashing Your Inner Maker

11/29: Stevens Graduate Open House

12/1: Stevens Concert Band Fall Concert

12/7: Stevens Jazz Band Fall Concert

12/8: Stevens Choir Fall Concert

12/12: Excellence Through Diversity Lecture Series: Susan Cain

12/13: OnStage at Stevens: A Holiday Concert

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