University of Delaware Office of Public Relations The Messenger Vol. 5, No. 2/1996 UD Web site cited among the best The University of Delaware's World Wide Web site has been named one of PC Computing magazine's "Best 1,001 Internet Sites." Under a category of U.S. universities and schools, UD is one of only 16 institutions, including Boston, Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State and Stanford universities and the universities of Notre Dame, Southern California, Virginia and California at Berkeley. For the magazine's December issue, the editors "spent weeks combing the Web to find the 1,001 hottest, most informative sites and grouped them into more than 100 popular-interest categories for easy reference," listing "all the best Web addresses." PC Computing magazine's "best" rating is only one of several positive reviews of the UD site by outside businesses and on-line directories, including Magellan and Starting Point Choice. The College of Agricultural Sciences Aginfo site has also received a Best of Planet award by the 2ask on-line service. The University, which has had a site on the World Wide Web since the summer of 1994, recently redesigned its home page and premiered it in October. Each month, the UD home page receives more than 40,000 visits. The University's site opens on a color montage of the campus in three seasons, overprinted with the interlocking University logo. Below this illustration, five boxes provide immediate access to widely used features, including a search engine for all the pages on the UD Web; campus directories, including phone and fax numbers and e-mail and v-mail addresses; help; a listing of new UD Web pages; and information on the Internet. Next, the page is divided into four main sections: the Blue Hen Welcome Center, including Admissions and Conference Centers; Learning and Research, including Colleges, Libraries and the Honors Program; Campus Life, including Athletics, Faculty and Staff, Bookstore and UD News; and Offices and Services, including Career Services, Technology and the Student Services Building. Links within each of these blocks connect the user to additional pages with more specific information. To view the UD Web pages, go to: http://www.udel.edu/