This video and article details how an occupational therapy student-faculty team improved daily living for a woman in Bucks County with multiple sclerosis by creating an adaptive robotic arm reacher. The occupation therapy team, Monique Chabot, then an associate professor, Marie Alvarado '24, and Chris Girardo '24, are featured in the interview.
In this episode, Greg Potter interviews Widener professors Dr. Brian Larson and Dr. Amin Keramati and marketing student Ben Miller '25 on their research project at the Philadelphia Union. The researchers discuss collecting data on sports fan experience and how interest in the project is spreading internationally, including Barcelona and the Netherlands. They explore the benefits of using human-centric marketing, artificial intelligence, and facial recognition to improve the fan experience while increasing profits and efficiency.
Widener University and the August Wilhelm Scheer Institute for Digital Technology in Germany hosted the first Scheer-Widener Innovation Sprint. Tony Wheeler, dean of the School of Business Administration, graduate nursing student Kadyija Lawrence ’16, ‘24, and management major Nick Aristone ’26 are quoted about their experience.
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Undergraduate students are featured for having winning projects at the 2023 SURCA Symposium.
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Research being conducted by Anita Singh, adjunct associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Zaph Joseph '23 is featured. Singh and Joseph are working to study, diagnose, and treat neonatal brachial plexus palsy, a childbirth injury that occurs in one to four out of every 1,000 births worldwide.
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As part of Widener Week on Inside Higher Ed's Academic Minute, Dawn Gulick, professor of physical therapy, shared about a mask that allows athletes to safely train during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Po-Yen Wang, an assistant teaching professor in engineering, worked alongside a University of Delaware professor to patent a novel membrane that can selectively filter perchlorate, a natural and man-made chemical, from drinking water.
Erin Hipple, a doctoral candidate in the Center for Social Work Education, provides expert insight into research that she co-authored, which examined the relationship between gender stereotypes and Halloween costumes. This article also appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The Success Lab in Quick Center has been designated a SAP Next-Gen Lab for design thinking and analytics.
A photo gallery of the Alan J. Criswell Robotics Engineering Laboratory opening.