Due to the enthusiastic response to our first lecture on early campus traditions, we are delving deeper into Stevens history to make a sequel! The History of Stevens Traditions: Part Two will use records from the Library’s Archives & Special Collections to showcase the creativity of Stevens alumni and highlight some lesser-known customs and events that formed the fabric of campus life over the years. Topics include the Alumni Day Parade, the old Varsity Shows, and the numerous literary and humor magazines published by students. There will also be a small tribute to some short-lived programs and places at Stevens such as the SS Stevens “floating dormitory,” the Stevens Engineering Camp in rural New Jersey, and the Colonel John’s Rathskeller, which was the campus bar for a brief period of time — yes, there was a campus bar! Please join Leah Loscutoff, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Ted Houghtaling, Archivist & Digital Projects Librarian in a fun and engaging history lecture discussing traditions and some of the lesser-known history of Stevens.

Initiated in response to the coronavirus pandemic, The President's Special Lecture Series on Pandemics features presentations by a wide range of distinguished intellectuals on the scientific, technological, historical, political, cultural, and economic aspects of pandemics. In this lecture, Dr. Majumder will discuss the work that her team has conducted between January 2019 and present in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.