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Stevens Institute of Technology

November 30, 2021 — February 18, 2022

Between November 30, 2021, and February 18, 2022, Stevens received 2,481 media mentions in the national, regional and local media, including digital, broadcast and print media. Mentions include faculty commentary in top-tier and other outlets, coverage of published research, institutional updates and other mentions. This coverage is the result of targeted outreach to media, media inquiries seeking expert commentary and organic media coverage of Stevens people and activities. Visit Stevens In the News for the latest media mentions. Athletics media coverage is typically not included in this media report.

Media Spotlight

Leading tomorrow’s digital enterprises requires continuous unlearning

Forbes interviewed Stevens School of Business (SSB) Dean Gregory Prastacos as part of a series that explores the qualities and skills needed to lead today’s and tomorrow’s business enterprises in a time of relentless digital transformation.

Stevens Experts in the News

Swipe right when you see a conference room you like

The New York Times interviewed SSB Adjunct Professor Paul Rohmeyer on privacy concerns surrounding companies using “building apps” to track employees. He identified different loopholes corporate espionage hackers could expose to infiltrate these apps and employees’ personal information.


How to use Tik Tok, Instagram and other social media to launch a business

CNBC featured School of Engineering and Science (SES) Associate Professor Mukund Iyengar on how social media can help launch a business. Iyengar says college is the perfect place to think outside the box and create fresh ideas for launching start-ups.

Episode 8: Troubled waters

PBS/NHK featured SES Assistant Professor Reza Marsooli in a docuseries about the impact climate change and aging infrastructure have on flooding in New York City and Hoboken when major storms hit. The episode also featured New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla.


Climate-driven floods will disproportionately affect Black communities, study finds

NPR featured SES Assistant Professor Reza Marsooli in a piece about the need for more public awareness of climate change and its connection to flooding, especially in communities that are projected to see the biggest increase in flood risk in the coming decades. The story was syndicated in 38 states across the United States, including Wyoming, Maine and Texas.


3G must die so 5G can live

VOX/Recode interviewed SSB Professor Kevin Ryan for an article about why 3G needs to be phased out so 5G wireless networks can expand. The expansion is a critical step toward enabling advanced technologies, like self-driving cars and virtual reality.


AI-enabled traffic lights may make traffic jams a thing of the past

Lifewire interviewed School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) Assistant Professor Yeganeh Hayeri on AI’s impact on autonomous vehicles and how new technology can help with speed detection, license plate recognition and red-light passing detection.


The unlikely rise of eagle investors, a colossal investing community on Discord

Money interviewed SSB Assistant Professor Majeed Simaan about the rise of online community investing platforms and how social media brought the concept of community-based investing into the digital age.


Jon Miller talks about potential for coastal flooding during blizzard

News 12 New Jersey talked to SES Research Associate Professor Jon Miller about coastal flooding during the January 2022 blizzard that hit the Jersey Shore. The segment aired eight times over two days.


Guarav Sabnis discusses Super Bowl commercials and nostalgia

News 12 New Jersey interviewed SSB Associate Professor Gaurav Sabnis about this year’s Super Bowl commercials, noting that cryptocurrency companies were the big spenders. The segment aired four times over Super Bowl weekend.


Guest post: Americans' conflicted attitudes toward artificial intelligence

NJ Tech Weekly ran an op-ed by SES Adjunct Professor Jason Corso, who argues that it is important to study public attitudes toward artificial intelligence to enable its adoption, ensure it is being applied safely and ethically, and better understand misperceptions and gaps in knowledge.


Brain-inspired hardware could boost AI’s ability to learn

Lifewire interviewed SSB Assistant Professor Jordan Suchow about the benefits of artificial intelligence and machine learning and how these systems can learn continually in the environment, allowing them to adapt to a world that changes over time.


Does buying the dip really work as a stock trading strategy?

Quartz interviewed SSB Assistant Professor Majeed Simaan about buying the dip and whether it helps investors build wealth over time as a fail-safe stock trading strategy.


Looking back at Hudson County voter turnout in 2021

The Hudson Reporter interviewed College of Arts and Letters (CAL) Assistant Professor Lindsey Cormack on how COVID impacted New Jersey’s Election Day outcomes in Hudson County.


5G wireless networks worry airlines. An N.J. engineering professor explains why.

NJ.com conducted a Q&A with SSB Professor Kevin Ryan on why airlines were worried about the launch of 5G wireless networks. The story was also covered in Aviation Pros.


Researchers at Stevens attempt to answer: Is AI a friend or foe?

New Jersey Digest wrote an in-depth piece discussing the results of the Stevens TechPulse Report: A Perspective on Americans’ Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence, weighing the pros and cons of the technology.


These 5 charts help demystify the global chip shortage

IEEE Spectrum interviewed SSB Professor George Calhoun about the global chip shortage and how the United States and European Union are proposing to solve it.


US-China: could there be war over Taiwan?

Channel News Asia interviewed SSB Professor George Calhoun about the growing tensions in the Taiwan Strait and the role semiconductors play in the possibility of China going to war with Taiwan.


The semiconductor industry in 2022

Eightfold featured SSB Professor George Calhoun on the current state of the semiconductor industry. Calhoun said building a skilled and reskillable workforce lies in the hands of semiconductor manufacturers.

Research, Innovation and Technology

Wear and tear in vulnerable brain areas lead to lesions linked to cognitive decline in aging

SciTechDaily ran Stevens’ news release announcing SES Assistant Professor Johannes Weickenmeier’s research on how wear and tear in vulnerable brain areas lead to lesions linked to cognitive decline. The work was picked up by 28 outlets, including Technology Networks and Science Daily.


Social media’s infrequent posters have the most influence on bitcoin price

be[IN]Crypto featured SSB Assistant Professor Feng Mei’s research on how social media and public sentiment determines the rise and fall of bitcoin prices.

Alumni News

Shared Assessments appoints Blackstone’s Andrew Moyad as CEO

The Associated Press ran a news release announcing the appointment of Andrew Moyad M.S. ’07 as CEO of Shared Assessments, a global membership organization dedicated to developing the best practices, education and tools to drive third party risk assurance.


Jersey Proud: How the creation of bubble wrap started in a Hawthorne garage

News 12 New Jersey broadcasted a segment on Alfred Fielding ’39, the inventor of bubble wrap.


James Runkle elected as president of the Hoboken Business Alliance

TAPinto wrote a story about James Runkle MBA ’06, who was elected president of the Hoboken Business Alliance. He assumes the position from Greg Dell’Aquilla who served as president since its establishment.

Campus and Community

All in the numbers: A look at ‘astonishing’ accomplishments at Stevens

ROI-NJ interviewed President Nariman Farvardin, highlighting the university’s record-setting increases in undergraduate and graduate applications, the landmark-defining university center complex, rankings and Stevens’ student outcomes.


The coronavirus crunch: enrollment falls at three Hudson colleges

NJ.com highlighted that Stevens is bucking the trend when it comes to declining enrollment among Hudson County colleges. The article noted, through a Stevens’ spokesperson, that applications have had a decade-long upward trend, topping 10,000 for the third year in a row.



The Division of University Relations provides media highlights to the Stevens community throughout the year. For comments, contact thania.benios@stevens.edu.

* Please note this does not include media coverage from athletics or news of Stevens alumni in new management positions.

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