Stevens was one of 53 universities across the country to participate in the Center for Disease Control’s mask surveillance study titled MASCUP!
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When I attempt to construct a narrative of my four years at Stevens, to present a piecemeal construction of the 1348 days between my first permanent relocation to its campus and now, I am overwhelmed by the enormity of the totality of my experience.
It might seem like a strange thing, but when I look back on the past four years at Stevens, I think about Plato’s allegory of the cave.
On April 8, Bob Maffia, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Operations at Stevens, sent an email to students and faculty with the subject “Stevens To Source 100% of its Electricity from Renewable Source.”
It was 3:00 in the afternoon when I woke up to a faint noise of the announcement on board from the cabin crew and the captain herself, “As we have started to approach the city of New York, all the passengers are requested to open their window shades as the temperature outside is 3 degrees with clear skies.”
It almost feels like cheating at this point, but given I’ve been in China for exactly a year and one day (and given the rest of my family is still in America), I have a unique perspective on the two extreme ends of COVID-19 responses.
One of my fondest memories as a child was going to the General Motors Heritage Museum in Detroit, Michigan. One of my favorite cars from the visit was the 1939 Buick Phaeton.
Being a graduate student actually makes you more of an apprentice to your respective field of study and less of an innocent and inexperienced student.
Within my first couple semesters at Stevens, I was surprised by the lack of tools to automate schedule building. I thought there had to be a better way to plan my courses than making countless lists on paper or in spreadsheets.
Read advice from former Stute member and Stevens alumna, Namankita Rana.