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New Sport and Event Management Major is “Huge for Students”

The Widener University School of Business Administration launches a new major in sport and event management to give students the opportunity to work one-on-one with industry leaders from major Philadelphia sports teams and event venues.

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Joining Forces to Reach New Findings

A mentoring relationship between a nursing faculty member and her doctoral student – now an alumna – developed into a professional collaboration that is producing applicable research to returning service members.

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Turning Co-Op into Career

Each year Widener students field full-time job offers from their co-op employers - in many cases months ahead of graduation.

Sophomore Taylor Kohnow visits an off-site location to test run autonomous drones during her co-op at Exyn Technologies

Mapping the Future of Robotics Engineering

Robotics engineering students are gaining an early introduction to the cutting-edge and diverse robotics industry through co-ops that offer hands-on, real-world experience.

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Widener Receives $1.35 Million for Opioid Treatment Training

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Sanjay Nath, associate professor of graduate clinical psychology, a three-year, $1.35 million grant to launch an integrated care treatment program for individuals who battle Opioid Use Disorder and Substance Use Disorders.

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A Patient-Centered Approach to Cancer Care

A Widener student-faculty research team is investigating alternative drugs for cancer immunotherapy treatments that are both physically and financially easier for patients to withstand.

Museum curator, Widener professor and student view natural history collections

Creating a National Model for Research

Associate Professor Janice Krumm and the Delaware Museum of Natural History secured a one-year grant for approximately $75,000 from the National Science Foundation to create a national network to support research courses that connect students with digitized natural history collections.