> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://fsc.stevens.edu/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Summer 2021 Newsletter - URL: https://fsc.stevens.edu/september-2021-newsletter/ - Published: 2021-10-05T21:40:23.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-16T22:34:56.000Z - Author: Avani Chheta - Tags: Newsletter, #Import 2024-05-30 10:26, #Import 2025-11-08 22:14 ![](https://fsc.stevens.edu/content/images/2024/11/image-65.png) **Word from the Director** ![](https://fsc.stevens.edu/content/images/2024/11/image-66.png) Dr. Ionut Florescu, Director of Hanlon Labs, shares updates for September 2021 with fellow students and colleagues. [Read More!](https://fsc.stevens.edu/september-2021-updates-from-dr-ionut-florescu/) **New Workstations** ![](https://fsc.stevens.edu/content/images/2024/11/image-67.png) Starting in January 2022, the Hanlon Lab will have new workstations with 34 inch curved conferencing monitors. These workstations are a great addition to the computing capacity of the Hanlon Lab, especially for students. These machines come with **Intel i9-11900 CPU** and **nVidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU**. This configuration is perfect for developing deep learning projects. Due to current supply chain delay, this is almost every machine learning developer's dream now - **not many people have 30 of them in one room**. The computers have already been deployed in the lab, and the monitors will be available in the Spring 2022 semester. [Read More!](https://fsc.stevens.edu/new-workstations/) ***Stevens Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to Establish the First-Ever NSF-Backed FinTech Research Center*** ![](https://fsc.stevens.edu/content/images/2024/11/image-71.png) Stevens Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been awarded the **FIRST-EVER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION** grant to create an **industry-university** cooperative research center devoted specifically to financial technology and science. The Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies, or CRAFT, led by **Steve Yang** and **George Calhoun** at the School of Business at Stevens and **Aparna Gupta** at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, underscores the emerging and yet unknown challenges facing the high-tech financial services industry. [Read More!](https://www.stevens.edu/news/stevens-institute-technology-and-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute-establish-first-ever-nsf-backed?ref=fsc.stevens.edu) **Maitri Manojkumar Appointed Head of Stevens Student Managed Investment Fund (SSMIF)** ![](https://fsc.stevens.edu/content/images/2024/11/image-72.png) Maitri Manojkumar is now the current Head and Co-Head of Operations of the **SSMIF**. She previously held the position of Junior Portfolio Manager, completing research dealing with ESGrand its effect on the volatility of a portfolio. From 2018 to 2020, she has spent her summers interning at **ViacomCBS**, where she was a Global Business Operations intern and is currently interning at the **Nielsen Corporation** as a product management intern. She was a former Global Investment Banking advisee at **RBC Capital Markets**, which gave her the confidence to confidently pursue a career in investment banking or a closely related field. She has spent most of her life in central New Jersey and is looking forward to graduating in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Finance and a minor in marketing. [Read More!](https://fsc.stevens.edu/maitri-manojkumar/) **Get Featured in Our Upcoming Newsletter** For submission of news or event information to be featured in our upcoming newsletter, please reach out to us at [fscadmin@stevens.edu](mailto:fscadmin@stevens.edu). [**Hanlon Financial Systems Center**](https://fsc.stevens.edu/) **|** [**Stevens Institute of Technology**](https://www.stevens.edu/?ref=fsc.stevens.edu) **STA Y CONNECTED** [![Facebook](https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CPE/SocialIcons/circles/circleColor_Facebook_v4.png)](https://www.facebook.com/hanlonlabs/) [![X](https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CPE/SocialIcons/circles/circleColor_X_v1.png)](https://twitter.com/HanlonLab?ref=fsc.stevens.edu) [![Instagram](https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CPE/SocialIcons/circles/circleColor_Instagram_v4.png)](https://www.instagram.com/hanlonlab?ref=fsc.stevens.edu) [![Linkedin](https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CPE/SocialIcons/circles/circleColor_LinkedIn_v4.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/65841709?ref=fsc.stevens.edu) [![Youtube](https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CPE/SocialIcons/circles/circleColor_YouTube_v4.png)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoO4aY5mmQyf2FE-SK8YHGQ?ref=fsc.stevens.edu) [![TikTok](https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CPE/SocialIcons/circles/circleColor_TikTok_v4.png)](https://www.tiktok.com/@hanlonlab?ref=fsc.stevens.edu)