“These percentages may seem low, but it’s important to keep in mind it only takes one storm to create dramatic impacts.”  

— Jon Miller, research associate professor with Stevens’ Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, spoke about the probability of hurricanes hitting or impacting New Jersey this year, to WHYY Philadelphia radio on May 25, 2024. Experts put the probability of a major hurricane hitting the state at 1% and the probability of a hurricane impacting New Jersey at 11%. 

“Student distraction levels have gone ‘through the roof.’” 

— Theresa MacPhail, associate professor with Stevens’ School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, was interviewed about the declining number of U.S. college students who are completing reading assignments, for an article published in The Chronicle of Higher Education on May 9, 2024. 

“People worry about their doctors looking down on them — and it turns out that’s an entirely rational concern.”  

— Samantha Kleinberg, professor with Stevens’ Department of Computer Science, spoke with U.S. News & World Report on August 7, 2024, on her latest research which found doctors viewed patients negatively if patients held mistaken beliefs — and much more negatively if they held more unreasonable or conspiratorial beliefs. 

“Do universities have a responsibility to teach these skills that are in vogue today but may be out of fashion 10 years from now? They do not. Instead, colleges have a responsibility to teach students to learn for life.” 

— Stevens President Nariman Farvardin was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal about the obligation colleges have to create life-long learners, for an August 5, 2024, article on the ways higher education institutions are responding to the demand for AI expertise, including Stevens’ new requirement of three semester-long Frontiers of Technology courses. AI and machine learning is one of five course offerings in the program.