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Videos: President Nariman Farvardin Discusses the Importance of STEM Skills on NJTV Join Us at the Stevens Awards Gala Mercedes McKay & Adam Scribner Discuss Stevens’ WaterBotics Program with Steve Adubato Stevens ROI Rises to #3 in Nation Stevens continues to provide a very high return on investment, rising to the 3rd-highest in the nation according to salary consultancy PayScale's 2015 survey. Stevens topped MIT, Stanford and all Ivy League institutions in ROI in the just-released report. Students Flock to Career Fair to Meet Recruiters From Google, Microsoft and Others About 1,000 students attended the Spring Career Fair at Stevens where more than 110 companies, including Microsoft and Google, sent recruiters to meet with and interview students on campus. A Blueprint for Success: ShaQuill Thomas ’15 The computer engineering major who landed his post-graduation dream job at Verizon Wireless credits co-op opportunities and positive role models for keeping him on a path to success. Alumnus Receives Top Award from NASA Ronald Cobbs M.Eng. ’12, a space systems engineering graduate of the School of Systems & Enterprises, received the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Director’s Commendation Award, the highest honor given by the NASA-JSC administrator. 'Flash Boys' Subject Wants Stevens Grads to Help Fix Wall Street Phi Beta Lambda, the Stevens Business Society, welcomed John Schwall ’95 to speak about the injustices in the stock market created by a small group of insiders, a problem Schwall’s company, IEX, has worked to address. Visual Arts & Tech Major Juggles Working at ABC Studios with Running a Startup Jay Simms ’15 is simultaneously launching a startup production company, producing videos for Wiley Publishing and interning at The Chew, a national food-related daytime television show on ABC. Upcoming Events: 3/25: CSW Event: Steve Fuller (Social Epistemology, University of Warwick), “Embracing Transhumanism” 3/26: CCSE SEMINAR - Vijay Hanagandi, "Using Big Data in Supply Chain Optimization for Life-Sciences Businesses” 3/27: CS Department Seminar: Jean Honorio (MIT), “Applications, Algorithms, Statistical Efficiency and General Frameworks” 3/27: CCSE SEMINAR - Brenda Dietrich, "Analytics in the Era of Cognitive Computing" 3/28: Stevens Awards Gala 3/28: March 28: Undergraduate Admissions Visit Day 4/1: CS Department Seminar: Pat Langley (Univ. Of Auckland, CMU), “Computational Discovery of Scientific Models: Guiding Search with Knowledge and Data” 4/8: Joint Humanities Forum / Onassis Foundation Event: Golfo Maggini, "Heideggerian Insights Into Contemporary Technoscience: The Presence of Aristotelian Techne" In The News: PayScale's Top 25 Return on Investment Colleges for 2015 – Forbes To Help Students Succeed Professionally and Personally, Teach the Art of Being Human – The Chronicle of Higher Education Why Reports of Progress on No Child Left Behind Rewrite May Not Be a Good Sign – The Washington Post How to Tackle the Data Scientist Skills Gap for Your Company – SkilledUp CIOs Make the Tough Call on Legacy Systems – TechTarget N.J. University Named No. 3 Nationally for Return on Investment – NJBIZ

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