Year in Review 24-25 Article

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Year in Review 24-25 Article

2024-2025 Year in Review

We're wrapping up another busy year, celebrating an incredible year of growth here at the computer science department! Several new professors, brand new events, terrific student achievements--this year's been Rowan CS's biggest ever! Let's finish the semester strong with our news review round-up, and catch what you might missed this year.

The articles published during the 2024-2025 school year were written by Kiley Parker. Additional materials were created by Emily Schwartz. We at the CS Webtem extend our thanks to everyone who uses our website by keeping our community alive. Have a great summer!

Online Masters in Cybersecurity

A new remote option has opened up for those who would like to pursue a graduate cybersecurity education.

Spotlight on Tech Lounge

The Tech Lounge is the hottest computer science workshop on campus--learn more about the employees who make it such a great place to be!

A photograph of Micheal Meyers talking with students in one of Buisness Hall's lecture rooms.

Tech Day 2025

At the department’s biggest networking event of the year, students connected with industry professionals from all over the Greater Philadelphia area.

A photograph of James Hall taken on a cloudless, sunny day. The photo was taken on its north side, by the daycare. There is no garden, as this photo predates its establishment.

New ADD Program for Teaching CS

Learn more about a new pathway to a master's degree!

A photograph of Professor Bergmann in front of the owl statue near Robinson Square. Professor Bergmann is an old man with tanned skin, a mostly white beard, and mostly white, short hair. He is wearing a red sweater with a white color and blue and yellow stripes. It's sunny out, and the trees are bare and have no leaves.

Prof. Bergmann and Robinson's History

There’s someone within the little slice of campus called Robinson Hall who lived through a simpler era of Rowan. 

New Jersey program points toward bright future in science

Mary Okolla, cybersecurity major, named NJ Governor’s STEM Scholar

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Notes on the Department from Dr. VH

Learn more about the department's past, present, and future with Dr. VH!

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Rowan CS Visits Microsoft

Rowan CS students visited Microsoft's New York headquarters! They enjoyed a day full of networking, learning, and exploring.

A photograph of Nick Lotierzo tutoring a student. Both men are seated at a blonde wooden table in the CS drop-in tutoring room. There is a blackboard with various equations behind them, as well as brown, felt chairs lined up in a row against the beige wall. Nick is a young white man, wearing a long sleeved gray shirt pushed up to his elbows. He has brown hair swept to either side of his face. He has a thin brown beard. He’s pointing with a pencil at a tablet screen. The tablet is blue, with an electronic pen resting on top. The tutee is another white young man, with a partial beard and dirty blonde hair. He is wearing a gray AC/DC sweatshirt. He is looking to where Nick is pointing. On the table, you can see the top quarter of his silver laptop.

Student Spotlight: Nick Lotierzo

Lotierzo was a longtime drop-in tutor for the department, and his experience helping fellow students helped him land a full-time job.

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Sihan Yu

To make sure our department continues to stride towards R1 status, we’ve been bringing aboard new, talented faculty each semester.

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Student Spotlight: Miles Voenell

Miles Voenell—he’s crushing calculations, and crushing the competition on the track!

The Future of Cybersecurity at Rowan

Cybersecurity is growing rapidly at Rowan, with Cybersecruity club hitting competition after competition, and enrollment in the M.S in Cyber skyrocketing!

Tech Connect 2024

Making connections—casual conversation with an industry professional—can be daunting. That’s where last week’s Tech Connect came in!

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. André Gomes

To keep up with the university’s rapid expansion, the department has continued to bring on new faculty—including a new assistant professor, Dr. Gomes!

Rowan Students Recreate Robinson in VR

Masters students Anthony Marinelli and Mary Moor experience that computer science can take you anywhere with their senior project—recreating Rowan in virtual reality!

Rowan Student Places in International Graphics Competition

Anush Aryal, a graphic designer and current co-committee head of the ACM Graphics committee, won an honorable mention at SIGGRAPH!