
A Win-Win: Widener Football Holds Campus Bone Marrow Registry Drive
Since 2019, the team has been holding this potentially lifesaving drive, which has signed up hundreds for the registry and led to one match.

Since 2019, the team has been holding this potentially lifesaving drive, which has signed up hundreds for the registry and led to one match.

Widener employees who show they care through their interactions with students and visitors make Widener feel like a second home.

In 1972, the school transitioned from a military college to a civilian one and took on the name Widener. Though not universally embraced, the move set the school on a new path of growth and innovation grounded in its roots.

In 1972, as the school transitioned away from a military college, two varsity women’s sports debuted – field hockey and basketball – paving the way for many more to come.

As Widener prepares to celebrate student-led scholarship during the annual Student Projects Day, read how a group of civil engineering students is working to address a major metropolitan concern while gaining industry insights and hands-on experiences.

Students in different majors presented their research during Honors Week 2022, including a junior nursing student who raised awareness about human trafficking, and how nurses can help.

Robotics engineering sophomore Alex Kristeller became the first Pride field athlete to win a national title, clinching the NCAA Division III championship in weight throw.

In the NanoBio Lab, Professor Sachin Patil and his team of student-researchers are producing findings that advance treatments against some of the most devastating illnesses, from Alzheimer’s disease to cancer.

Widener values student voices and creates ways for them to contribute ideas and feedback about their education. A new Student Advisory Board is the latest example.

Impacted by lost high school experiences and the ongoing uncertainties of life in a pandemic, a group of first- and second-year Widener students have stepped up, and stepped in, to campus leadership roles.