<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/december/gingerbread-challenge.html" dsn="news"><title>SLU SSE Students Build, Test Gingerbread Houses</title><description>Teams of students, faculty and staff in Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering recently put their engineering skills to work for a December Innovation Challenge, building gingerbread houses designed to stand up during a weight-loading competition.</description><image>/news/img/gingerbread-2.jpg</image><date>12/05/2025</date><tags><tag>School of Science and Engineering</tag><tag>newsfeed-science-and-engineering</tag></tags></item>