Stevens and Hackensack University Medical Center to collaborate
Institutions will share educational resources and expertise with students
HOBOKEN, N.J. ― Stevens Institute of Technology recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hackensack University Medical Center to facilitate the exchange of students for volunteer and educational activities.
The formal association with a major medical center opens a series of opportunities for Stevens’ students. In addition to prior collaborations on Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Projects, students will also students be able to work on senior research projects in association with the hospital.
“This agreement represents a streamlining of the administrative hurdles that normally inhibit inter-institutional cooperation,” said Dr. Philip L. Leopold, Professor and Director of the Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Biomedical Engineering at Stevens. “By having this agreement in place, Hackensack University Medical Center and Stevens Institute of Technology are paving the way for future collaborative efforts that will benefit both faculty and students.”
About Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center is a 775-bed teaching and research hospital and provides the largest number of admissions in New Jersey. For three years in a row, HealthGrades® named HUMC one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals, the only healthcare facility in New Jersey, New York, and New England to be named to this prestigious list.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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