From the earliest days, mathematics has typically received a hallowed treatment from those who have studied it. Plato, who studied a special set of five three-dimensional shapes now known as the Platonic solids, wrote that one of these, the dodecahedron, was used by the gods “for arranging the constellations on the whole of heaven.”
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Everyone loves to tell college students to find “work-life balance.” Buy a planner, time-block your day, or prioritize better. But here’s the truth: I don’t have a work-life balance.
Picture this scenario: you enter a social gathering, and you are all glammed up. A guy approaches you and tells you that “you look great.”
Growing up, I was petrified of dogs. They were loud and scary, with teeth that were way too sharp. If one got even an inch too close to me, I would run to my dad and climb up his shoulders to hide from them.
“Now you’re looking for the secret. But you won’t find it because of course, you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to work it out.
This week I was going to review the new Taylor Swift album, The Life of a Showgirl, which was just released on an autumnal October 3.
It’s during late night frolics home that my deep love for Hoboken emulates through my body. As I walk past every street light (often in a delirious state of whimsy) and weave through the gridded streets, an overwhelming sense of calm washes over me — this is home, I know this.
On Wednesday, October 1, from 3 to 5 p.m., the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted the first-ever New Org Fair, an event organized by Assistant Vice President of Student Interest (AVPSI), Jannah Abo-Donia, to highlight recently approved student organizations and provide them with a platform to connect with the Stevens community.
The Syllabus Bank is a public SharePoint folder containing recent syllabi for a significant number of courses at Stevens. Initially focusing on the Schaefer School of Engineering & Science (SES), the resource has expanded its coverage to include the School of Business (SSB) and the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS).
Science has advanced one step closer towards figuring out how certain cancer cells work. Researchers at ETH Zurich demonstrated that skin cancer cells can transfer their mitochondria, the cell compartments that provide energy, to neighboring healthy connective tissue cells (fibroblasts) for the survival and growth of tumors.