It’s indisputable that mobile apps are redefining the way students interact with the college campus. With more utilities being added seemingly by the day, a recent in the University of Arizona’s student publication, The Daily Wildcat, listed seven mobile applications that are must-haves for first-year students.

Food insecurity is a growing issue for students across the country, leading to meal-donation programs popping up on campuses across the country. But the University of California, Merced’s iCare meal donation program has set the bar particularly high both in terms of the service it provides and how the system has been implemented.

The University of Memphis announced its partnership with new food-service provider, Chartwells last month. University President, David Rudd has since revealed some of the new additions that Memphis students can expect from the new partnership. In a series of tweets, Rudd posted some of the plans for Memphis’ new campus dining options, including an overhaul […]

The Georgia Institute of Technology has chosen food-service provider, Aramark, as its new on-campus dining services partner effective July 1. The decision follows an open Request for Proposal (RFP) process and an internal review process that included feedback from students, faculty and staff.

One of the more “sci-fi” innovations to arrive on college campuses recently are autonomous delivery robots. With a few universities now deploying fleets of small, un-manned delivery units, this seemingly niche service could be gaining a little more traction. The latest university that’s considering delivery robots is Cornell University with an implementation of the Kiwibot system.

Virginia Commonwealth University has been actively engaged with on-campus food trucks for some time now, and the university recently hosted the second installment of its flagship food truck event. VCUDine’s second Food Truck Festival took place earlier this week, and was open exclusively to students with a university meal plan.

American University has issued a Request For Proposal for a new food-service provider, along with an estimated timeline for the selection process to come. American opened the bidding for a new provider earlier this month, and current vendor Aramark will be among the proposals considered.

The companies behind the innovative robot deliveries at George Mason University have rolled their solution onto a new campus. Students at Northern Arizona University can now order food for robotic delivery after NAU deployed a fleet of more than 30 autonomous robots.

Ohio University’s meal swipe donation initiative will return after a successful pilot phase last year. The donation program enables students to give up to three meal swipes to fellow students experiencing food scarcity. Last semester, the meal swipe donation program brought in some 500 meals for Ohio University students in need.

Following a new mandatory meal plan for incoming students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the university’s dining services has seen a significant bump in student spend to the tune of $500,000 more than the year before. The new plan has helped to financially stabilize the university’s dining program, which had started to see a decline in sales in recent years.