Mobile food ordering on campus
How universities are extending reach of dining services
Engaging the on-the-go, on-demand generation
Why 66% of students are eating off campus, and how to reach them
15 Nov, 2019U. of Houston first Texas campus to deploy Starship delivery robots
Starship Technologies’ march on college campuses continues this week, with the addition of the University of Houston to the company’s autonomous robot delivery service. The Starship robots will now deliver food and drinks from participating merchants to students on the Houston campus.
08 Nov, 2019U. of Wisconsin-Madison adds Starship robot delivery
Starship Technologies has added another university to its growing list of campus clients, with the announcement that the University of Wisconsin-Madison will deploy the company’s robot delivery system on campus. UW-Madison will deploy a fleet of 30 Starship food delivery robots this week, and will open the delivery service to its 66,000 students faculty and staff from a roster of university-run, on-campus dining locations.
31 Oct, 2019CBORD partners with Swipe Out Hunger to support meal donations
Students can use GET CBORD Student app to donate unused meal swipes to peers
CBORD has announced a partnership with Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit organization working to end college student hunger. The pairing will offer students on CBORD campuses the option to donate meal swipes via the GET CBORD Student mobile app.
23 Oct, 2019Campus card tech highlights from CBORD User Group Conference 2019
CR80News was onsite at the 40th annual CBORD User Group Conference (UGC 2019) this week. There were many highlights, great educational sessions, and a packed technology exhibit hall. Here are a few of the highlights from the event hall floor.
23 Oct, 2019Robot delivery at Purdue: Two months later
It’s been roughly two months since Starship Technologies and its band of roving, autonomous delivery robots arrived on the Purdue University campus. The excitement and intrigue of the initiative has settled, so what does the day-to-day operation look like?
18 Oct, 2019Binghamton to use OZZI reusable containers campus wide
Binghamton University has set an end-of-life date for its single use to-go containers on campus, with a planned implementation of the OZZI system in January. The move to OZZI’s reusable container system is driven by the university’s desire to boost its sustainability efforts and will provide every student on a campus board plan with a free buy-in to the program.
11 Oct, 2019North Georgia offers mobile ordering via Transact
The University of North Georgia has launched mobile ordering from Transact, giving students the option to place food and drink orders from their smartphone and skip the line at pickup. Transact Mobile Ordering will enable UNG students to place orders at the Dahlonega campus’ Starbucks, Twisted Taco, and Einstein Bros. Bagels with additional campus food retailers to be added soon.
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