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$1.3 Million Grant Awarded to Widener Human Sexuality PhD Student

The Center for Human Sexuality Studies offers the support and flexibility to help students advance in their careers, like Arial Moore who's nonprofit Safe Havynn Education Center received a $1.3 million federal grant to expand teen sexual wellness programming.

Two students and an alumnus walk together past a Wawa sign at company headquarters

Gottahava Wawa… in Your Business Class

This semester, Wawa is embedded as a case study in an introductory management course, with company executives, including Widener alumni, speaking to students and offering advice. It’s just one of several connections between the university and the convenience store chain.

A photo of the patient beds assembled in the Liacouras Center as part of the COVID surge unit.

Operation COVID

Widener nursing faculty and alumni deployed to the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia to lead the city’s emergency action plan against the COVID-19 pandemic.