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.

The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) is now inviting those within the industry to submit their nominations for the Association’s 2020 Awards. Nominations can be submitted by campuses or by vendors who would like to nominate their clients to be recognized for their recent achievements, with awards presented at the 27th Annual Conference held in Austin, Texas on April 19-22.

The University of Iowa is issuing temporary student ID cards for the purpose of voter identification at state voting booths. The temporary card features an expiration date needed to meet voter identification requirements in the state, and mimics the same aesthetic of the standard University of Iowa One Card.

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.

Pointman USA, Pointman Corp, Pointman Technologies Inc, and its parent Company TIT Eng. Co LTD. has decided to cease operations in the Americas. The decision will see the company’s Camarillo, Calif. headquarters close its doors for the foreseeable future.

In this installment of NACCU’s It’s All About the Data video series, hear from Nirmal Palliyaguru, Director of the ACCESS Card Office at Santa Clara University, as he discusses some of the early applications of campus card data analytics as a means to  help students succeed. In the video, hear specific examples of how Santa Clara has been able to use card system data analytics both at a high level and a more granular level to solve some common problems that students can face.

The bill in North Carolina that would make university student ID cards a valid form of voter identification is still stirring student voters. The latest university to grapple with the new campus card regulations is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where university officials are working to meet the card issuance requirements by the new November 15 deadline.