Stevens provost and vice president for academic affairs Christophe Pierre met with officials from Tsinghua, ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the world's top engineering and computer science university, to sign a memorandum of cooperation to promote joint educational initiatives involving the two schools.

Stevens researchers, supported by a National Science Foundation grant, will build a cross-disciplinary network of research experts to examine how jobs can be restructured so that artificial intelligence can augment, rather than replace, humans in every industry.

For Moroccan-born Nadira Najib, who has worked with the International Rescue Committee, Engineers Without Borders and the U.N., her doctoral work in environmental engineering at Stevens is part of a larger goal to protect human health and the environment.

Established by Stevens Trustee Emeritus David Farber '56 M.S. '61 Hon. D.Eng. '99 and his late wife, Gloria (GG), the fellowship will recognize and support faculty who study and raise public awareness about the social impacts of scientific and technological development.

Stevens biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Vrajeshri Patel has created a diagnostic software that measures the symptoms of paralysis patients to give clinicians better feedback and treatment options.