A startup company founded by two robotics experts at the University of Michigan is attempting to break into the recently expanding arena of robot delivery with a new delivery robot concept. Refraction has launched its autonomous delivery robot, the REV-1, and is delivering food orders from four independent restaurants within in a 2.5-mile radius of Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan.

Lehigh University recently released a new campus mobile app designed to keep the campus community informed about events, activities and safety information. The Lehigh University Mobile App is a collaborative effort between the university and Ellucian, and is the first step in a larger rollout of new features designed to help the Lehigh community better navigate life on campus.

Allegion’s Jeff Koziol speaks with campus clients about how to know if mobile is the right solution for your campus, and when a campus should consider the transition. Hear from the University of San Francisco, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Vermont as they each share their experiences, the value they expect to receive from the move to mobile credentials, and advice they have for their peers.

A recent announcement from North Carolina’s State Board of Elections reported that student credentials from all UNC campuses would be eligible forms of voter identification for state elections. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has now weighed in on the inclusion of the UNC One Card in the initiative.

The University of Texas at Dallas has reached an agreement with Starship Technologies that will see the company’s delivery robots deployed on the Dallas campus. The university’s food service provider, Chartwells, partnered with Starship Technologies to bring 30 delivery robots to the UT Dallas campus with the program officially launching on December 3.

The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) has announced that Wendy McCrory from North Dakota State University will join the Association’s Board of Directors following an election held earlier this month.

In Part 2 of a contribution to NACCU’s “It’s all about the Data” video series, Emily Messa, Associate VP for Administration at the University of Houston, discusses ways to implement policy and privacy in campus card data analytics. Messa discusses the potential impact of external regulations, and the importance of proactive conversations around internal policies and procedures.