NewsPoints January 2016

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JANUARY 2016

Guitar Great Carlos Alomar Remembers David Bowie

In a story for Rolling Stone magazine, the director and founder of the Sound Synthesis Research Center at Stevens looks back on the most significant collaboration of his life.

Report Reveals Continuing Trend of Stellar Career Outcomes for Stevens Graduates

The Class of 2015 Stevens Career Outcomes Report is out, and six months after graduation 95 percent of the graduating class has secured their desired post-graduation careers, travel plans or graduate programs.

National Geographic: "A Breakthrough that Could Power the World"

Stevens' SURE HOUSE solar home, winner of the 2015 Solar Decathlon, was named one of eight clean-energy ideas and innovations during 2015 that could transform how we live.

Stevens Ranked Among Top Universities for Women Entering STEM Careers

Stevens was named one of the nation's top schools for preparing women to enter the high-paying, in-demand science, math and tech fields that drive today's economy.

Georgetown Study Ranks Stevens Alumni 5^th in Nation for Earnings

The median earnings of Stevens graduates ten years after enrollment place the school 5th among 1,400 four-year colleges and universities according to a new Georgetown University survey.

► President's End-of-Semester Address

President Nariman Farvardin recounts a busy and eventful semester, including the highly-coveted U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon title, and announces plans to begin construction of a new Academic Gateway complex.

A CEO's Lessons On 'How to Fail Less'

Simon Nynens, chairman & CEO of Wayside Technology Group, delivered a talk for the Thomas H. Scholl Lecture by Visiting Entrepreneurs sharing experiences from his own life and career.

STEVENS THROUGH THE YEARS

In 1957, Stevens alumnus Alfred Fielding '39 M.S. '43 invented bubble wrap with a Swiss partner in a New Jersey garage as a new type of energy-efficient insulation or wallpaper. Those uses didn't pan out. Once the partners switched to packaging, however, the invention took off. Today the company they founded is still based in New Jersey, with nearly $8 billion in worldwide revenues annually. That's a lot of bubble wrap!

IN THE NEWS

The New Yorker: A Hydrogen Bomb by Any Other Name
PBS NewsHour: New Study Ranks the Colleges that Produce the Highest Paid Graduates
Business Insider: Here's Why a Hydrogen Bomb Test Would Be a Breakthrough for North Korea
The New York Times: 1950s U.S. Nuclear Target List Offers Chilling Insight
Hoboken 411: Hoboken Seawall Discussion with Alan Blumberg of Stevens Institute
Hudson Reporter: Two Stevens Professors Awarded $100K for Inventing Medical Devices
WalletHub: 2015's States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft and Fraud

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