Research & Innovation

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.

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Insider Access

Our professors are respected leaders in their fields, sitting on industry boards, publishing research, and setting standards for professional practice. They are working on the leading edge of shifts and evolutions that will determine the future of your profession.

Which means you won't be on the sidelines. Because they are your mentors, research partners, career guides, and personal advisors, you will know what they know. You'll become an expert on what's next.

This is true across all departments, from engineering to nursing to English to psychology. As our professors make their impact, they pass the related benefits and opportunities along to you.

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Recent Research & Innovation News

A student gives a presentation on a stage in front of a crowd. You see the back of the heads of members of the crowd, and the student is speaking and showing a presentation on a screen.

Widener’s Expanded AI Week Sparks Conversation Across Campus

Building on the success of last year’s AI Day, Widener expanded the 2026 program to a week-long concept, continuing the conversation around AI on campus and across the globe.

Four SBA students, a faculty member and a CO-OP supervisor standing together, posed during Honors Week

Honors Week Opens Doors for Students to Showcase Work, Build Skills and Imagine What’s Next

Widener’s Honors Week gives students opportunities to present research publicly, build professional skills, gain confidence and open doors to future academic and career experiences.

A young engineering student sits at work station in an engineering lab surrounded by equipment and machinery.

New Engineering Makerspace Sparks Manufacturing Innovation, Collaboration, and Research at Widener

Nearly $550,000 in grant funding to School of Engineering delivers industry-level technology to a reimagined makerspace and machine shop, and positions Widener as a regional hub for rapid manufacturing, applied research and workforce development.

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Performing Gameday Satisfaction Market Research for the Philadelphia Union was unforgettable. We got an in-depth look at fan, stadium worker, and media reporter insights on the Philadelphia Union, Subaru Park, and loyal fanbase. The energy was palpable.

Ahmad Kamara

Class of 2024

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I loved having the opportunity to do research, but also having the opportunity to research with a large medical device company—that’s something you don’t see quite often.

Shaylyn Westmoreland

Class of 2023 and 2024

Graduate | Biomedical Engineering

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My time at Widener was my very first interaction with chemical engineering and the medical side of things. I really like this and want to look into whether I can get a job in the future in this area.

Daniël van der Spoel

Class of 2024

Undergraduate | Computer Science

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Before my summer research experience exploring hypersonic vehicles for space missions, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. My research project opened me up to aerospace engineering.

Vinny Csercsevits

Class of 2025

Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering

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Speaking at TEDx has given me confidence to speak on large-scale social issues. I am thrilled I was able to bring awareness to human trafficking, and will devote my nursing practice to creating positive change that empowers survivors.

Natalie Sassi

Class of 2023

Undergraduate | Nursing

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