On September 27, Stevens informed students that they would be implementing randomized COVID-19 testing on campus. The email explained that this was at the request of the Faculty Senate, despite there being “no evidence that randomized testing decreases the spread of COVID-19 in a community that is fully vaccinated according to Hackensack Meridian Health, Stevens’ medical advisor, and guidance from the CDC.”
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On October 8, the Audio Engineering Club (AEC) hosted their first Open Mic night of the semester and rekindled live music at Stevens.
If you’ve been anywhere in New Jersey at all for the past few weeks, you’ve likely had a difficult time ignoring these bright-red, spotted planthoppers.
Having been two centennials since Frankenstein warned the world about utilizing science without regard for ethical and societal consequences, the idea of lab-grown meat has since been materialized by several start-up companies and private laboratories.
On Wednesday September 29, the Center for Science Writing organized a presentation from astronomer and author Caleb Scharf. Scharf, the current director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University, recently published his book The Ascent of Information: Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life’s Unending Algorithm.
On September 18, SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission arrived back on Earth after spending three days in space. This groundbreaking mission accomplished something that has never been done before: send civilians to space without a trained astronaut present.
Week 6 burnout. I feel it, you feel it, we all feel it. We’re nearing midterms but not quite there yet, work is starting to pile up, if you were ahead of the game a couple weeks ago you might be slipping now, etc, etc.
If there are only so many waking hours in a day, why not make the absolute most of every second?
Now, imagine you’re on a subway.
We are all too familiar with the Stevens ratio. Before visiting campus, you should at least get an idea of what you’re getting yourself into when you attend a tech school.
California will always have a place in my heart because I have lived there a majority of my life. I will be the first to admit, however, that the golden state lacks in one particular area: the dramatic changing of the seasons.