Research Projects Shape Students’ Futures
Hands-on research opportunities at Widener give students the chance to explore their interests, build a foundation of experience, and hone skills for their future professions.
Research & Innovation
Here, you'll have direct access to emerging ideas, innovations, scholarship, and research that are shaping the fields you're preparing to enter. The result: an inside perspective on your future profession.
Recent Research & Innovation News
Futurist Brings Students, Faculty and Staff Together to Rethink Higher Education
The Widener community connected virtually with Bryan Alexander, an award-winning, internationally known futurist, researcher and writer who works in the field of higher education's future, for the highly anticipated annual Beideman Visiting Scholar lecture.
Environmental Science/Biology Professor Named Sarnoski Fellow to Support Faculty-Student Research
Professor Stephen R. Madigosky has been named the university’s fifth Cynthia H. Sarnoski Endowed Science Faculty Fellow to support his faculty-student research on how flightless animals move through the Amazon rainforest’s upper canopy.
Pride Perspectives
Collaborative research and scholarship with faculty creates opportunities for Widener students to inform the future of the fields they are preparing to enter.
I’ve never felt unsure about what the next steps of dental school were. I always had professors guiding me along my way.
Zan Usmani
Zan's Story
Whether presenting results or making recommendations, with my experience at Widener, I can speak the language. I don't think I would be as effective at what I do now without that experience.
Jeanne McCarthy
Jeanne's Story
Working on different projects at Widener taught me how to think on my feet. It taught me how to not leap before I think, but to leap while also thinking.
Abhay Aradhya
Abhay's Story
Widener gives me access to so many great opportunities I wouldn't have had elsewhere. These experiences and opportunities give me a great competitive advantage heading into the workforce.
Evan Davis
Evan's Story
As I embark on a career as a human rights lawyer, these experiences have taught me everyone has a story, and you need to ask people about theirs to really begin to know and understand them.
Rebecca Westrom
Rebecca's Story
Widener has exposed me to opportunities that forever shaped my life. Now, as a well-traveled entrepreneur with a young but growing business, I am excited to see how Widener University is still preparing graduates toward a path of excellence.