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Howe School is cited among 'World's Elite Institutions' in technology management

International award presented at ceremony in Vienna, Austria

Grant and Award Announcement

Stevens Institute of Technology

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- In the latest in a series of high-level awards, Stevens Institute of Technology's Howe School of Technology Management has been cited as co-existing among the "World's Elite Research Institutions in Management of Technology." The award was accepted by The Howe School's Acting Dean Lex McCusker at a conference of the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) held in Vienna, Austria, May 22-26. The association's president, Professor Tarek M. Khalil, was among those presenting the award.

"This is truly a capstone to The Howe School's efforts to project our programs globally, and to become identified as placing among the top-ranked institutions worldwide," said McCusker. "Our continuing mission is to carry the school's vision and offerings to an expanding global audience, to nations that actively seek new ways to manage the ever-changing technology landscape to the benefit all members of society."

Stevens' President, Dr. Harold J. Raveché, extended congratulations to the Howe School faculty and administration. "Within a decade of its founding," said Raveché, "The Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management has distinguished itself among its competitors on a global scale, as an elite institution in its field. Credit goes to those who have worked so diligently among the school's outstanding faculty and administration to achieve this high distinction."

Professor Jonathan Linton, a member of the IAMOT Awards Committee and a faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, said, "IAMOT has established a small number of awards to recognize academics and institutions that are critical to the advancement of the technology management field. The Howe School at Stevens Institute of Technology is currently one of the major research centers contributing to technology management research."

To learn more about research now in progress at The Howe School, please visit: http://howe.stevens.edu/CTMR/index.html

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About the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management
The Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management's vision is to educate technology managers to lead and manage innovation in businesses in America and around the globe. Students are prepared for success - now and in the future - through the blending of a unique curriculum; a global faculty of seasoned executives and academicians; a project based, team-building approach; and Technogenesis®.

Technogenesis is Stevens' exciting approach to turning ideas into marketplace success. Technogenesis provides a breadth of knowledge and skills – from innovation, to incubation, to implementation. Few universities can match this combination.

Stevens located at the heart of the world's financial, healthcare, information and telecommunications industries. It provides students with direct access to a faculty with cutting edge experience from some of the world's high profile companies. Much of the Howe School's success lies in the strong working relationships the faculty has forged with business and government and from the students themselves as they bring their own insights, ideas and ambitions to their courses.

Stevens graduates hold key positions in the world's largest corporations as well as in some of today's most rapidly growing new companies. Individuals who grasp the new business world and know how to manage technology will be prized employees, because they will have the capacity to accomplish results now and throughout their careers.

About Stevens Institute of Technology
Established in 1870, Stevens offers baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science, management and technology management, as well as a baccalaureate in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has enrollments of approximately 1,780 undergraduates and 2,700 graduate students, and a current enrollment of 2,250 online-learning students worldwide. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.Stevens.edu.
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