A nightly brief
One alert each night: tomorrow's classes, what's due and a heads-up before exams and big papers. Scan a syllabus, paste your Canvas calendar link or type it in.
Gadzook University · free for studentsYour campus town, in one free app.
Tomorrow's classes and what's due, every night. Countdowns to breaks, student deals, home games, concerts and every place within a mile of campus. No sign-up. No ads.
Pick your campus
No download neededOpens in any phone browser
Add it to your home screen and it works like an app, in your school's colors.
3campuses so far
1,280+places near campus
1alert a night, at the time you pick
$0free, no account needed
What's in the app
Built around a student's day
Every campus gets its own page in its school's colors, all inside Gadzook University. Here's what students find.
Countdowns
Days to midterms, fall break, finals and spring break, straight from your school's academic calendar.
Student deals
Local spots post deals for students. Show your student ID, or tap for a one-time code to show at the counter.
Tonight & this week
Concerts, talks, art and home games from campus and town calendars, plus a list of what's free this week.
Game day
Your school's next home games in every sport, with tips for getting there and where to park.
Open now & open late
Late-night food and what's open right now, from posted hours. Cheap eats are one tap away.
Campus mapNew
The campus outlined on the map with its buildings: libraries, dining, the gym, the chapel and residence halls, plus every place nearby.
Directory
Shortcuts for groceries, pharmacy, laundry, printing, haircuts and study spots. Call or get directions in one tap.
Getting around & help
Trains, buses and parking near campus, plus campus safety, the nearest ER and non-emergency police numbers.
See it
Made for your phone
Pick your campus once. Next time, Gadzook University opens straight to it.
The nightly brief
Know tomorrow before you go to bed
One alert each night with tomorrow's classes and what's due, plus a heads-up a few days before exams and big papers.
- 1
Add your classes
Snap a photo of a syllabus, paste your Canvas or Blackboard calendar link, or type them in.
- 2
Pick a time
Any time from 6 PM to midnight. Add one thing happening around town if you like.
- 3
Check it off
Tap the alert to see tomorrow and check things off as you go.
Gadzook UniversityTomorrow: Thu, Oct 8
- 2 classes, first at 9:30 AM
- Due: ECO 100 Problem Set 3
- Heads-up: ECO 100 midterm Sat
- + one thing happening around town
Example alert. No name or account; everything is deleted when the semester ends.
Campuses
3 campuses, more on the way
Tap your school to open its page, then add it to your home screen.
New Jersey
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · within a mile of campus
Open it →Pennsylvania
Cairn University
Langhorne, PA · within 2 miles of campus
Open it →Florida
Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL · within a mile of campus
Open it →Put your campus on your phone
- Tap your school above. Its page opens in your phone's browser.
- On iPhone: in Safari, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen. That's also how the nightly brief reaches an iPhone.
- On other phones: use your browser's menu (⋮) → Add to Home screen.
It's free, it opens like an app, and it shows up as "Gadzook U".
Want Gadzook University at your school?
Students, schools and businesses can all suggest the next campus. Tell us where.
Suggest a campusGadzook University isn't affiliated with or endorsed by these schools unless a school partners with us. School names belong to their schools.
For universities
A direct line to students' phones
For student life, athletics, dining, career services and community relations. Your departments join as school partners.
- Official placementYour departments' deals and events carry a "From the university" badge and come first.
- AnnouncementsPost to the Today screen and reach students who opt in through their nightly alert. For campus news, not emergencies.
- A campus dashboardAnonymous totals by week, month or semester: visits, nightly briefs, deals redeemed and event views. Download it as a spreadsheet.
- Your colorsThe campus page in your school's colors. With a license, your name and logo too.
- No student data, no IT projectNo accounts, names or student records. It runs in any phone browser and reads the calendar feeds you already publish.
Campus dashboard
Example numbers4,120visits, last 30 days
612nightly briefs set up
188deals redeemed
2,950event views
Anonymous daily totals only. Export as CSV.
For local businesses
Free for businesses near campus
Reach students in the app they open every day. No fees, no contracts.
- Claim your free pageFind your business in the directory and tap "Claim this page". Any email works.
- Post student deals and eventsA finals-week special, a late-night deal, a game-day event. Change it whenever you like.
- One-time codes you can countStudents show a code and you redeem it on your phone. Your staff get their own login.
- Team up with a neighborPartner deals let two local businesses share one offer and send customers to each other.
- Get featured by being activeThe Today screen spotlights the businesses that post and redeem the most. It's earned, never bought.
Example deal
🎓 Student deal · show your student ID
20% off any late-night order
Your favorite spot near campus
Sun–Thu after 9 PM, through finals week
Your one-time codeGU-4P8XK
Show this at the counter. One use per code.
About us
Made by Gadzook Labs
Gadzook Labs makes free local guides that make towns stronger. Gadzook University brings that to college towns: students find more to do, schools reach students where they already look, and local businesses get seen.
Live data comes from the National Weather Service and the EPA UV Index. Places come from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps. Events come from each school's and town's public calendars, linked back to the source.
Visit gadzooklabs.com