Clarkson University 2017 President's Report

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2017 Highlights $16.1Million

Total Research Dollars in

2017

Top 25

STEM Colleges

in the Country – Forbes magazine

Top 25

Entrepreneurial Program in the Country – Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review

Best Colleges for Veterans

U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges 2017

Cybersecurity | STEM Education | Military Friendly | Entreprene Biometrics Award

Stephanie Schuckers, Paynter-Krigman Endowed Professor in Engineering Science, has been selected by the Security Industry Association and SecureIDNews as a 2017 Women in Biometrics Award winner. Schuckers is the director of the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), an NSF Industry/ University Cooperative Research Center, and founder of NexID. Her research focuses on processing and interpreting signals that arise from the human body.

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Nicole Snow ’04 Owner and founder, Darn Good Yarn

• 2017 Inc. 5000 Inc. Magazine ranks Darn Good Yarn in the top 600 of the 5,000 fastest-growing, small- to medium-sized companies in the U.S.

$217.7

In 2008, Clarkson alumna Nicole Snow ’04 launched Darn Good Yarn, an importer, wholesaler and retailer of responsibly sourced and recycled silk and fiber. The company provides employment for 300 women in India and Nepal.

million TOTAL RESEARCH DOLLARS

2003-2017


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