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A robotics engineering team from Widener University's School of Engineering competed in RoboSub 2024 this summer in Irvine, California. RoboSub is an international competition that invites high school and college participants to tackle simplified versions of challenges facing the underwater maritime industry. As the team's first time participating the Robosub competition, they qualified for the semifinals and built one of the lightest subs in the competition. The team of undergraduate and graduate students, with guidance from one faculty advisor and one industry advisor, competed using an autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, that they built during the 2023-2024 academic year. The AUV was equipped with an underwater gripper and a vectorized thruster configuration, which enabled the vehicle to change its angle of thrust and movement. Multiple onboard sensors were integrated to the AUV to support navigation, underwater objects detection and recognition, and acoustic signal acquisition. Additionally, two onboard microprocessors were used to process sensor data, fuse information from different sensors, and make AUV operation decisions. The team developed software to implement all data processing and decision-making tasks using Robot Operating System and Python.

Widener University congratulates student winners of its Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium.

Widener University announces students named to the fall 2023 dean's list.

Widener University announces students named to spring 2024 dean's list. The dean's list recognizes full-time students who earned a grade point average of 3.50 and above for the semester.

Widener University has announced the students who earned Dean's List honors for the spring 2023 semester.

Widener University celebrated the achievements of 1,186 Chester-campus graduates in five joyful ceremonies held on Memorial Field between Tuesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 16. Graduates from the School of Business, School of Nursing, School of Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, and Center for Graduate and Continuing Studies individually crossed the stage and were congratulated by President Stacey Robertson as they received a symbolic representation of their degrees.

Widener University, in partnership with WCAU-TV NBC10 and Telemundo62, is proud to recognize the 137 winners of the Widener University High School Leadership Awards for 2024. Over more than a decade, the university has recognized more than 1,300 students from high schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware who demonstrated leadership within their communities.

Widener University recently inducted 32 undergraduate students to its prestigious university ambassador program. The inductees bring to 71 the total number of students who assist the university as ambassadors, championing Widener's values and legacy and communicating university hospitality to a variety of constituents.

Widener University celebrated the achievements of 1,375 Chester-campus graduates in five joyful ceremonies held on Memorial Field between Tuesday, May 9 and Thursday, May 11. Graduates from the School of Business, School of Nursing, School of Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, and Center for Graduate and Continuing Studies individually crossed the stage and were congratulated by President Stacey Robertson as they received a symbolic representation of their degrees.

A group of Widener University students and faculty recently traveled to New Hampshire to experience the state's unique primary election.

Widener civil engineering students traveled to Florida over spring break as part of their senior project.

A group of biomedical engineering students placed third in a national collegiate research competition hosted by the the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C). The research aimed to develop a pulse oximeter for nursing simulation mannequins to be used by Widener nursing students. The team, along with faculty advisor Ria Mazumder, interim chair of biomedical engineering and associate teaching professor, was one of six teams chosen to present their research at the conference's Undergraduate Design Project Competition in Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Widener University junior Juliette DiFlumeri was selected to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Program for Educating Radiation Scientists (SUPERS) hosted by the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania.

Widener University was pleased to welcome eight students in the 2022 freshmen class who have enrolled at the university as Apogee Scholars. The fall semester began at Widener on Aug. 22. Apogee Scholars are recognized by the university as possessing significant potential for leadership that elicits positive change. The students were all recipients of Widener High School Leadership Awards, which comes with a $20,000 scholarship, awarded over four years, to attend Widener.

Widener University Center for Education students have created a mini library to provide Chester residents with easy, free access to new books. The Little Free Library - erected on the corner of Melrose Ave. and E. 17th St. - officially opened on Saturday, Jan. 23.

The Widener University Band is proud to announce four students performed in the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Intercollegiate Marching Band (IMB). They joined nearly 1,500 nominated performers from 200 bands in 45 states and Puerto Rico, all working together to produce a virtual college marching band show.

Widener University was pleased to welcome 15 students in the 2020 freshmen class who have enrolled at the university as Apogee Scholars.

The Widener University Robotics Team hosted a VEX U Robotics competition on January 17-19. The event welcomed collegiate robotics teams from Rutgers University, College of Southern Maryland, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to compete against one another to qualify for a seat at the coveted VEX U Robotics World Tournament. Widener's team placed first in the competition and received the prestigious Excellence Award. The win was the second consecutive victory for the team after previously securing a spot to this year's Robotics World Tournament at an earlier competition hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The team will move on to compete against 1,200 of the best student-led teams from around the world to earn the title of robotics world champion this April in Louisville, Kentucky.

Widener University students traveled to Costa Rica for a winter break trip from Dec. 29 - Jan. 7. Led by Professors Stephen Madigosky and Beatriz Urraca, the students learned about coffee production and the culture of Costa Rica.