From the announcement of a historic gift and headline-making research breakthroughs to the naming of a new Board of Trustees chairman and impressive student outcomes, 2018 was a year packed with extraordinary Stevens milestones and achievements.
Alumnus Richard F. Harries '58 and his wife Carol made one of the largest single gifts in the university's history, propelling The Power of Stevens fundraising campaign beyond its original $150 million goal earlier than projected.
A group of quantitative finance students stood out as the only student team in a year-long CNBC stock-picking competition that will culminate with a winner in February 2019.
Stevens is the first university in the nation to set up a hybrid campus network using quantum technology, considered the "next wave" of super-fast, super-secure communication.
An exceptional group of Stevens faculty and staff led captivating talks on civil defense, calculus, mental health and stormwater runoff to a global audience via livestream during the university's first-ever TEDx event.
The new institute will both capitalize on the limitless growth opportunities that AI presents and amplify existing work across Stevens labs and centers already engaged in AI research.
Stevens received the 2018 American Council on Education/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation, a recognition of the unprecedented growth and accelerated success at Stevens that began in 2011.
The average salary of Stevens graduates with at least ten years of experience in their field placed Stevens #14 among colleges and universities nationwide in PayScale's latest College Salary Report.
Verifying for the first time social media's powerful effect on cryptocurrency, a Stevens-led research team found that certain commenters carry much more weight than others.
Among the nation's top colleges and universities, Stevens ranked #2 for the smallest gender gap in earnings among its graduates, with women out-earning men by 1.6 percent according to data reported by Forbes.
Stevens researchers supercharge an ordinary supermarket mushroom with clusters of tightly-packed cyanobacteria and swirls of graphene nanoribbons to make electricity.
Six months after graduation, 96 percent of the Class of 2018 have secured their post-graduation outcomes. Recent graduates also set a new record for average starting salary, at $71,400.
The supreme confidence of innovative, forward-thinking CEOs like Elon Musk may come at a price: more frequent shareholder lawsuits that change corporate behavior, says a Stevens researcher.
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Researchers at Stevens have taken an ordinary button mushroom from the supermarket and have made it bionic, supercharging it with 3D printed clusters of cyanobacteria that generate electricity. Swirls of 3D printed graphene nanoribbons collect the current.
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After 12 hours of dancing, countless events and fundraising, this year's Dance Marathon broke their goal and raised $45,828.03! Congrats,THON!
@FollowStevens on Twitter Macy's recently visited campus to inflate a few balloons before the big day! For over 30 years, Stevens students, faculty, staff and alumni have helped to inflate and pilot balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Many are surprised to learn that Samuel Prescott Bush, grandfather of George H.W. Bush, was part of the Class of 1884 and a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity at Stevens. Bush was a true scholar-athlete, and played as a "rusher" on the Stevens football team and participated in tennis.
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Every once in a while, a cruise ship traveling on the Hudson River will pass by our campus. The passengers get about 5 minutes to absorb the world's most famous skyline before the ship is out of view. At Stevens, we have this view every single day, and it's always a reminder of the endless opportunities around us.