Two new grant opportunities demonstrate how Widener’s partnerships with high-profile Philadelphia-area employers benefit students in pursuit of their degrees.
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Widener students have a history of being politically engaged citizens and having exceptional voter turnout.
Engineering majors Sean Crook and Nick Lambert are the latest recipients of the Department of Defense’s SMART scholarship, which puts them on track to join the department’s civilian workforce after graduation where they’ll advance the science and engineering technology behind some of the country’s service branches.
The Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities program, or SURCA, saw a record number of participants this year from across academic disciplines. Included in this group were several students taking part for the first time.
Widener engineering’s annual summer camp provides local students with hands-on experience and an introduction into a potential career.
A $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, one of the largest ever awarded to Widener, is advancing Associate Professor Anita Singh’s research to treat birth-related injuries among newborns and fueling student research experiences.
Widener takes hands-on learning and leadership development very seriously. Just ask senior civil engineering student Willie Mathis III, who spent a day as the university president.
A senior research project led by members of Widener's first robotics engineering class partnered with the U.S. Navy to develop an autonomous underwater vehicle.