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e College of New Jersey ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS FULL STEM AHEAD On October 12, 2017, college, state, and local officials cut the ribbon and opened the college's new, state-of-the-art STEM Building, Chemistry addition, and Forum. The cost of the project, which broke ground in July 2015, was $76.2 million, including $40 million provided through the Building Our Future Bond. An additional $1.075 million in funding came from the New Jersey Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund. The college funded the balance through a variety of sources, including philanthropy. "This is an investment that is paying off," said New Jersey Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney, who authored the Building Our Future Bond Act. "This project — like others around the state — generated immediate benefits from the jobs associated with its planning and construction, and will provide significant, long-term benefits through education, research, and development. The 2012 bond act was New Jersey's first investment in higher education in a quarter century, and will pay dividends for generations to come for Garden State students, colleges, and universities, and for New Jersey's growth and prosperity. We need to continue to invest in our future by providing resources today." For more on STEM, see the School of Engineering and School of Science spreads on pages 14 and 20. FORUM e glass-enclosed Forum connects the new STEM Building (right) with the existing Biology Building (left), creating a unified interdisciplinary STEM Complex. A flexible two-story student commons with café, tables, and soft seating, functions as a campuswide "living room," allowing for cross-disciplinary interaction in a casual, creative setting. COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH SUITE e Computer Science Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Suite accommodates a wide array of research areas, including computer networking and security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, grid computing and computational journalism, and human-computer interaction.

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