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2012 News Stories

In Memory of "Whitey" (Patrick J. White) 1953-2012
Honors Spotlight: Postcard from an Honors Student Abroad (Cameron Miller)
UD named 'best value college' (UD Honors Program)
Academic adventures: UD students 'Dare to explore' through study abroad (Brian Christiansen, Audrey Guyer, Hilary Kerchner, Evan Kimpel, Kelly Kimpton, Johnny Klodnicki, Max Levites, Allison McCague, Ben Natrin, Grace Oldfield, Brooke Petruzzelli, Chelsea Rodowicz, Paige Valeski, and Mark Wisniewski)
Fashion honors: Seven students from Fashion and Apparel Studies receive prestigious awards [Christine Howard (also a Dean's Scholar), Stacey Lipschitz, Emma Sidoriak and Michelle Ma]
UD winter session exposes students to new techniques (Katie Kleinot)

2011 News Stories

Making learning fun, accessible (Bryan Mey)
Coincidental meeting: UD Fulbright Scholar discovers how one bus ride can shrink the world (Kim Stevenson '11 BAAS)
Top Honors 327 Honors students were recognized at the Annual General Honors Award Ceremony.
Lucky eleven (Alex Vratsanos)
Lerner College students visit Wall Street, meet with alumni (Ron Akke)
University Honors African American, Latino Students of Distinction (Randall Bailey, Ashley Debnam, Mary Sedrak, Evan Acuna, Ellen Baca, Courtney Ferreira, Brielle Gerry, Brian Gonzalez, Joseph Iannacci, Jennifer Leal, Michelle Ma, Angelica Montes, Ricardo Nieves, Marcela Omans, Brenda Palomo, Daniel Reyes, Nathaniel Taylor and Molly Torres)
Women of Promise: Office of Equity and Inclusion hosts annual Women of Promise dinner (Randall Bailey, Emily Bange, Nicole Brummer, Shantel Campbell, Brittany Drazich, Jennifer Ferris, Christine Flynn, Rebecca Guterman, Meredith Keane, Margaret Kiernan Lee, Angelica Montes, Kammas Murphy, Allison Murray, Ellen Nigro, Adrienne O'Leary, Gina Paladinetti, Anna Wagner, Melody Yoo)
See Sea Turtles (Stephanie Principati)
UD student published in national magazine (Jock Gilchrist)
Shad restoration (Kayla Iuliano)
HSMAI Foundation Announces Recipients Of Scholarship Program (Carley Beckner)
Wildly popular major: Biomedical engineering enrollment maxed out in second year (Anne Sanger)
White House summer (Sean Bunoski)
Deltones take on Hollywood (Avi Amon, Alyssa DiNardo)
Whig staff bids fond farewell to summer intern (Reity O'Brien)
Autism Delaware honors (Anne Yuskevich)
Recent grad wins national Phi Kappa Phi fellowship (Kimberly L. Stevenson)
Autism Delaware honors (Anne Yuskevich)
Jefferson Award (Sarah LaFave, Elizabeth Bonomo, Jennifer McCord)
National recognition (Kim Stevenson)
Students sweep SAMPE (Sarah Friedrich, Zachary Melrose)
Delaware people: From a painful loss, a movement is born (Sarah LaFave)
Delaware's Karen Mandrachia Earns Spot on Capital One/CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic Track Team (Karen Mandrachia)
UD students Gilpatrick, Kim selected for prestigious national program (Timothy Gilpatrick)
Outstanding seniors: Alumni Association honors top senior man, woman (Sarah LaFave)
Eco-attire wins design award: UD students honored for eco-friendly clothing, footwear (Paula Bonanno, Jillian Kramer, Stacey Lipschitz)
Fellowships in the fast lane – Students win prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (Amy Chevalier, Mark Weidman, Sean Hunt)
Tradition of achievement – Students take honors at chemists convention (Valerie Shurtleff, James White, Sean Hunt and Timothy Gilpatrick)
Six Fashion and Apparel Studies students receive prestigious national award (Jenna Shaw, Heather Starner, Stacey Lipschitz)
UD Physical Therapy Clinic recognized by Army officer (Andrew Lynch)
UD students hopeful finalists in Owens Corning Composite Challenge (John Gangloff, '05)
Delaware students issue challenge to save paper (Suchit Tuli, Nikhil Sitaram)
Engineers Without Borders to be featured on WDEL Jan. 16 (Kelley Pyle, Dhara Amin, Sean Banker, Dan Ruhlman)

2010 News Stories

4.0 Students defy stereotypes (Christina Saadeh, Kameron Conforti, Stephanie Doran)
Ceremony recognizes General Honors Award recipients
New alternative spring break to engage students in helping others(Jenn Bucsak)
Journey of discovery leads UD alum to Burundi health clinic (Eva Koehler)
Electrical engineering alumnus a finalist in national competition (Matthew Churgin)
Four new Buxbaum Scholars named (Brittany Drazich and Marissa Merson)
New York City alums gather at Gotham Hall (Christopher Lang)
Arnold named director of Honors Program (Michael Arnold)
Honors Program holds recognition ceremony for Honors Degree candidates
Four students recognized with high index awards (Jessica Marshall, Shannon Marshall, Dustin Engelhardt, Faith Woodworth)
Student leaders recognized with YoUDee Awards (Alyssa Benedetto, Kelli Shermeyer, Chris Lang)
UD musicians tackle classical-rock hybrid (Chris Gage) [The News Journal, May 14, 2010, page B5]
Lang, Cavanaugh win Taylor and Warner awards as outstanding seniors (Christopher Lang; Alyson Cavanaugh)
Oral Communication Fellows ease public speaking fears (Michael Vaccaro, Jennifer Devaney, Stanley Herrmann, Cara Rose Touretzky, Dariusz Murakowski)
Two UD undergraduate researchers win awards at national meeting (Laura Sloofman, Amy Styer)
UD Undergraduate Research Program to mark 30th anniversary (Charles Bergquist, Joseph Salvatore)
Six new Plastino Scholars to pursue varied off-campus learning experiences (Liza Melms, Rina Binder-McLeod, Mary McCartin, Monica Trobagis, Laura Schwartz, Rita Chang)
Unique collaboration helps educate future healthcare professionals (Zachary Jackson)
Students navigate path to career success at recent conference (Gealina Dun)
Alum Leonard Stark nominated to U.S. District Court (Leonard Stark)
Three med tech students win scholarships (Alaa Mahmoud)
Honors Director Alan Fox offers teaching workshop on how to engage the best students
Haiti benefit concert raises more than $7,000 (Rita Chang, Marc Guzman and Daniel Schroeder)
March 20: DelAc concert to highlight the rising popularity of a cappella music at UD (Zach Schoepflin)
Model United Nations at UD recognized at Harvard conference (Lucas Warford)
UD student documentary receives top honors (Laura Dattaro)
Electrical engineering student wins national award (Jill Desmond)
Civil engineering students help restore wetland in Mississippi (Nathan Mayercsik, Chance Malkin)
UD's Heather Lehman prepares to compete for Miss America (Heather Lehman)
Education is transformational, Jill Biden tells UD graduates (Kaitlyn Thompson)

2009 News Stories

UD's Model United Nations organization races to prominence (Luke Warford, Carys Golesworthy, Keith Feinberg, Max Kramer, Emily Manz)
Chemical engineering student volunteers at Indian orphanage (Robby Pagels)
History internships provide students with exciting, hands-on look at the past (Rachel Laufer)
Three students receive Chinese Embassy Scholarships (Thien-Chan Vu, Ryan Lovdahl)
UD undergrads get hooked on fish research (Kevin Crum, Brittany Schieler)
Record 334 students receive General Honors Award
UD Students tour CIA headquarters (Kristen Skopowski)
UD Collegiate Figure Skating Team wins Cornell competition (Rachel Diehm, Krista Brockway)
Delaware's Gage wins Wheel of Fortune College Week episode (Chris Gage)
Gage to appear Nov. 11 on Wheel of Fortune (Chris Gage)
Honors Student Tara Rhoades organizes Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (Tara Rhodes)
GrassBranches student network accepts applications to meet with Colin Powell (Gina Siddiqui, Gaelina Dun, Patrick O’Gorman)
Medical technology student recipient of Washington G-2 Scholarship (Erica Godwin)
Hospitality Humanitarian Society picks apples for Food Bank (Karen Rhea)
Play-Doh and Power Rangers highlight icebreaker event (Brittany Zane, Gealina Dun, & Chris Kerwien)
Students create majors tailored to individual goals (Rita Chang)
Historic bill lets electric car owners sell back to the grid (Sarah O'Neill)
Honors Students in Research (Bill Rivers, Marco Bedolla, Megan Fisher)
Outstanding Latina students to be honored by WPVI-TV (Angelica Maria Montes)
University junior faces the inferno (Eric Bugglin-Borer)
Delaware's Helmeid addresses World Conference on Higher Education (Emily Helmeid)
UD students present work at leading security conference (Josh Marks)
UD Service Learning Scholars gain experience while giving back (Lyssa Morris, Kaleigh Schwalbe)
McNair program salutes scholars past and present (Manuel Rafael Diaz Jimenez)
Students present their findings at summer symposium (Kevin Crum, Steven Foltz, Michael Napolitano, Rebecca Brown, Sharon Weaver)
Students showcase arts, humanities, social science research (Karen Hauge, Helen Wolf, Michael Nigro, Eric Daino, Molly Yborra, Douglas Shapiro)
UD cyclists impress college counselors (and vice versa) (Avi Amon, Erica Vacaro)
Nearly 340 attend UD Alumni Day at Dewey Beach (Lalena Luna, Burt Hutchison)
Blue Hen set to swim English Channel (Bryan Townsend)
His personal goal: A selfless journey (Bryan Townsend)
Undergrads gain valuable experience at composites center (Jeff Knopf, Munetaka Kubota)
UD bio major receives prestigious Nemours research scholarship (Kim Stevenson)
UD's Engineers Without Borders wins Clinton Global Initiative award (Sara O'Neill, Alyssa Serra, Taylor King, Kelley Pyle, Catherine Collison, and Cara Watson)
Student leaders honored at sixth annual gala (Tiffany Huseman, Scott Ohlmacher, Michele Ingari)
Six receive 2009 Fulbright Scholarships (Megan Fisher, Gus Mercante, Megan Oberst, Susanna Wingard)
Music fraternity sings National Anthem at Camden Yards (Chris Gage, Jason Angelo)
UD alum Batykefer addresses Senior Thesis Symposium (Erinn Batykefer)
UD's Ashley Doyle presented Nikki Woolf Award (Ashley Doyle)
UD undergrad presents her cancer research on Capitol Hill (Kathryn Teixeira)
Plastino Scholars share global research experiences (Laura Schwartz, Rita Chang, Amy Weniger, Gina Siddiqui, Victoria Clark and Joshua Kling)
Two University of Delaware students win Goldwater scholarships (Marco Bedolla)
UD team takes top honors in math modeling contest (Jeff Bosco, Frank Shen)
Undergrad wins prestigious DOE fellowship (Zachary Ulissi)
WVUD Radiothon celebrates 40 years on air (Mike Nigro, Scott Ohlmacher, and Adam Moskovitz)
Athletic training students attend national leadership program (Meredith Link)
Anthropology student travels to Cameroon with EWB (Alyssa Serra)
Undergrad researcher investigates biomechanics of baby-carrying (Evanna Singh)
2009 Legislative Fellows will witness historic session (Nicole Gentile)
YoUDee, dance team win national titles (Brendan Coughlan, Danielle Napolione, Nicole Gentile)
Mechanical engineering seniors deliver final design presentations (Ronit Lilu)
Alumna Batykefer, award winning poet, discusses her work (Erinn Batykefer)

News of Distinction:

From Delaware to Dubai: An Honors Experience

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Students in Professor Ralph Begleiter's Global Agenda course traveled to Dubai to broaden their Honors experience.Read More

Washington Fellows

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Junior Honors Program student, Lauren Pitruzzello, spent Winter Session living and working on Capitol Hill.Read More