Teaching and assessment are getting a fresh look to aid UD students’ comprehension.

UD’s problem-based learning studios seamlessly combine classrooms and wet labs for first-year life sciences students.

As vice president of institutional equity and chief diversity officer, Fatimah Conley brings a passionate vision and deep knowledge to this university-wide priority. 

UD is working with more than 80 institutions in the Universities Studying Slavery consortium.

Graduates stay connected with each other for camaraderie and to offer mentorship to today’s students.

The new Latinx Space for Enrichment and Research (LASER) at Delaware initiative sends peer mentors to local high schools to encourage and guide students to pursue a college education. 

Thanks to an outpouring of generosity and support from the UD global community, a hub of Jewish student life near campus will be rebuilt bigger and better than ever.

Schlumberger Fellowship encourages women to pursue STEM careers and aids postgraduate studies in top research centers around the world.

Bebe Coker, a lifelong activist and advocate for equality, received the University’s Medal of Distinction. 

Healthcare students learn to identify and respond to dynamic situations that present challenging social justice issues.

The peer educator program trains and connects students with each other to deliver an authentic message of diversity and inclusion.

Opal Lee, who advocated successfully for the national holiday visited campus to receive the Women of Power and Purpose Award.  

The new Interfaith Meditation and Prayer Room in Trabant University Center promotes understanding across multiple faith traditions.  

Spearheaded by students and supported by the Honors College, the new People of All Colors and Communities Together (PACCT) develops strategies for nurturing an antiracist culture on campus and beyond.   

The Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate program covers a dozen academic departments to give doctoral students a comprehensive understanding of brain function, psychology, mathematical modeling, engineering, rehabilitation and more.

The Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub is leveraging UD’s extensive scholarship, research and community engagement in this critical topic to advance public understanding and sustainable solutions.

The Ithaca Initiative will bring together students and faculty from a variety of fields to develop public policy solutions and help promote a healthier vision of democracy.

The new Institute for Engineering Driven Health brings an interdisciplinary approach to meet the challenges of developing life-saving medicines and treatments.

Daylong discussions covered transatlantic partnerships, the role of higher education, climate change, biopharmaceuticals, supply chains and more. 

Cultivating a sense of a “Global We” will help shape the next generation of international education at UD, guided by an intensive and comprehensive two-year study. 

A research project in Cambodia and an English teaching assistantship in Taiwan present the next global frontiers for these UD students.

Fifteen women who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover are now continuing their studies in Newark, thanks to a nationwide effort coordinated by UD’s English Language Institute. 

Doctoral student Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun’s passion for space exploration — and its potential to help solve some of Earth’s biggest challenges — led him to start a successful company and earned him a spot as one of the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30.

Baseline assessments help track and understand potential injuries later, leading to better return-to-play decisions.   

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals received $153 million in new federal funding, including support for coronavirus research. 

UD is a key partner in the I-Corps Northeast Hub, created to amplify the impact of federally-funded research and expand diversity in entrepreneurship.

Musical entrepreneurs learn teamwork, leadreship and other skills through an expanded graduate performance program in UD's School of Music. 

A research-based framework can help educators create a classroom environment of empathy, respect and intellectual bravery that leads to productive dialogue on delicate subjects.

A superstrong, ultra-lightweight  and virtually indestructible material invented at UD could enable major advances in a wide variety of applications.

Students learned to capture and curate oral histories by interviewing senior members of the Jewish population in Wilmington.

A new partnership with Waters Corp. will focus on analytical solutions to multiple challenges in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

An NIH grant will help advance research into movement issues in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ultimately redefining ASD to cover motor problems.

Moving people, buildings and infrastructure away from vulnerable areas offers a long-range option to cope with the rising sea levels and flooding that come with a warming planet.

The Theory of Organizational Paradox embraces contradictory ideas by applying “both/and” thinking to create new management opportunities.

Workers and the critical services they provide have been hammered by the pandemic, UD research found, prompting serious questions about how to prevent burnout in the future.

A $2 million NIH grant will help drive better understanding of cytochrome c biogenesis, which could become a future target for new antimicrobial medicines. 

The $18.9 million project’s co-principal investigator will study how underground organisms and ecosystems respond to environmental change.

Understanding the stress-related interactions of the NKX3.1 gene and the mitochondria could help doctors provide a more precise preventative approach for patients.

Some enzymes erase critical chemical groups on mRNA molecules, leading to cancer progression and tumor growth. A $2 million NIH grant will help explore why.

A statistical analysis tool developed at UD 50 years ago is proving instrumental in understanding massive data sets with otherwise-unwieldy correlated variables.

Members of the Fightin’ Blue Hen Marching Band joined the escort of President Joe Biden, UD Class of 1965, from the inauguration ceremony to the White House while playing “Blue Hen Cadence, a piece composed by the band’s assistant director. 

Delaware First aims to raise $1 billion to redefine student success through experiential learning across disciplines and invent tomorrow by driving solutions to grand challenges.

The global analysis by Clarivate noted UD’s influential faculty whose scholarship ranks in the top 1% in citations over the past decade.

Forbes magazine ranked the University based on an employee survey about safety, compensation, advancement opportunities and other workplace factors.

Yan Jin combines excellence in teaching, research, leadership and service to receive the Francis Alison Award.

Tiffany Barber and Curtis Johnson received this year’s Gerard J. Mangone Young Scholars Award, presented by past recipients of UD’s highest faculty honor.

Thomas H. Epps, III, and Kelvin Lee cited for innovations that have made “a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.”

Three professional societies — focusing on physics, chemistry and chemical engineering — recognized the contributions of Arthi Jayaraman, who also secured NSF funding for a new interdisciplinary research traineeship.

Roberta Golinkoff has made groundbreaking advances in the study of how infants and young children learn to speak, read and reason.

The hard work and vision of a doctoral student, a farm manager and a professor earned them recognition by UD’s Sustainability Council in 2021. 

Justin P. Klein’s background will strengthen one of the nation’s top corporate-governance research and advocacy organizations.

UD alumnus and entrepreneur Rob Siegfried shared his insights with students in this year’s Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership Lecture Series. 

Gregory E. Hicks has been named a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, recognizing his work in addressing the needs of older adults with chronic pain.

Women’s basketball coach shares a personal message of finding strength and resilience in the face of hardships on and off the court.

The Ammon Pinizzotto Biopharmaceutical Innovation Center officially opened as the home of UD’s extensive and growing resources in this emerging field.

The redesigned and remodeled facility promotes more teamwork, problem-based learning and interdisciplinary discovery.

Nursing students can practice patient care on actors wearing technology developed at UD in the modern center, which just received international accreditation.