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May 17, 2023 – November 16, 2023

Faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology are thought leaders across a wide variety of technical, business, humanistic and social domains and are increasingly being tapped by the national and international media. We invite you to review this sampling of Stevens’ earned media efforts between May 17, 2023, and November 16, 2023.

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Media Spotlight

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Science (HASS) Associate Professor Alex Wellerstein
TIME

Why Oppenheimer's nuclear fears are just as relevant today

TIME featured multiple and significant segments of an AP Campus Insights interview with School of Humanities, Arts and Social Science (HASS) Associate Professor Alex Wellerstein, who provided historical context and narrative to the man behind the blockbuster movie Oppenheimer.

Stevens Experts in the News

 
The Wall Street Journal

The best 10 colleges that are not the usual suspects

The Wall Street Journal ranked Stevens as one of the best 10 colleges that are not the usual suspects, underscoring Stevens' rise in prestige and reputation over the past 10 years.

Financial Times

JPMorgan, Jeffrey Epstein and ‘the favour’: extent of ties detailed in new court filings

Financial Times interviewed Stevens School of Business (SSB) Professor Emmanuel Hatzakis about JPMorgan’s relationship with Jeffery Epstein and the need to cut ties with clients without fear of losing assets under management and fee revenue.

 
The New York Times

Studying the limits of human perfection, through darts

The New York Times spoke with School of Engineering and Science (SES) Assistant Professor Antonia Zaferiou about how performers and athletes who move their muscles with the same force and angles repeatedly can take feedback during the course of a motion and adjust for factors such as their own fatigue.

USA Today

SAG-AFTRA is worried about AI, but can it really replace actors? It already has.

USA Today spoke with HASS Associate Professor Jason Vredenburg to discuss the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strike against major Hollywood studios and how AI is at the heart of the conflict.

The Washington Post

How sea level rise made Idalia’s storm surge worse

The Washington Post quoted SES Research Associate Professor Philip Orton discussing how flooding in Tampa Bay during Hurricane Idalia would have been much less severe without the effect of sea level rise.

CNN

How conservatives use ‘verbal jiu-jitsu’ to turn liberals’ language against them

CNN spoke with HASS Associate Professor Lindsey Cormack about how conservatives and liberals use language differently, particularly how conservatives have tarnished or redefined hallmark phrases adopted by liberals.

Popular Mechanics

Scientists used a 350-year-old theorem to explain light

Popular Mechanics interviewed SES Assistant Professor Xiaofeng Qian on how he applied a classical mechanics theorem that describes how large objects such as planets and pendulums work to explain an entity that has no mass: light.

Fortune

Ambitious workers are the first to get worse at their jobs under a toxic, abusive boss, study suggests

Fortune wrote about SSB Assistant Professor Howie Xu’s work on toxic bosses and how they affect the psyche and performance of ambitious employees. The article was also picked up in Brazil, Poland, Denmark, Austria and Spain. AOL News, among 18 other national outlets.

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

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