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2018 Year in Review

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.


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Stevens' Upward Trajectory Inspires Historic $17 Million Gift

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.


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CNBC Stock Draft: Stevens Students Match Stock Picks With Pro Traders

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.


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Pathbreaking Quantum Communications Network Unveiled On Campus

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.


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TEDx at Stevens Shares University Expertise with a Global Audience

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.


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Stevens Board of Trustees Elects New Chairman

Stephen Boswell '89 Ph.D. '91 Hon. D.Eng. '13, who began his term as chairman May 22, has served continuously on the Board of Trustees since 2000.


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Stevens Announces Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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.


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Stevens Hailed as Top University for Institutional Transformation

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.


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Stevens Opens Doors to Record Number of New Faculty

Thirty new faculty members joined Stevens this fall, hailing from leading research institutions including Harvard and MIT and companies like Amazon.


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Stevens Alumni Rank Among Nation's Best for Mid-Career Salaries

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.


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Can Social Media Move Bitcoin Prices? Stevens Research Says 'Yes'

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.


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Women Who Graduate From Stevens Out-Earn Men

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.


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Creating a 'Bionic Mushroom' That Can Generate Electricity

Stevens researchers supercharge an ordinary supermarket mushroom with clusters of tightly-packed cyanobacteria and swirls of graphene nanoribbons to make electricity.


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Outcomes Report Shows Demand for a Stevens Education Stronger Than Ever

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.


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Brash CEOs Are More Likely to Get Sued

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.

In the News

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
AI Could Make Cyberattacks More Dangerous, Harder to Detect


THE NEW YORK TIMES
'This is Not a Drill': The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation


THE BOSTON GLOBE
CEO Hubris Costs Millions


CNN
Alex Wellerstein on GPS: Why Are ICBMs So Hard to Shoot Down?


NEWSWEEK
Video Shows How Alzheimer's Might Kill Brain Cells


FAST COMPANY
7 Things That Are Killing Your Startup


USA TODAY
Researchers Create 'Bionic Mushroom' That Produces Electricity


THE WASHINGTON POST
What Should You Do if a Nuclear Bomb is Heading Your Way?


CNBC
Stevens Tech Traders Talk Stock Draft Tactics


INSIDE HIGHER ED
Integrating Technology, Homework Help and Calculus


FOX BUSINESS
Using Technology to Teach Finance


NEWSWEEK
Coffee Brain Boost: Smell Alone Can Yield Higher Math Test Scores, Researchers Say


SFGATE
Women Who Graduate From Stevens Out-Earn Men

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