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January 2012
3:36 p.m., Jan. 31, 2012--UD alumna Maureen Feeney Roser has been selected as the city of Newark's new planning and development director.
3:36 p.m., Jan. 31, 2012--The New Castle County Science Expo is seeking volunteers to judge middle and high school science projects.
3:26 p.m., Jan. 31, 2012--DENIN's second Research Symposium sought to build bridges between disciplines in pursuing solutions to environmental challenges.
3:10 p.m., Jan. 31, 2012--From exploring the Amazon jungle in Brazil to helping students learn English in Laos, more than 1,000 UD students have been expanding their horizons through study abroad.
11:31 a.m., Jan. 31, 2012--The University of Library Library will host a Student Multimedia Showcase from 3:30-5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 13.
10:05 a.m., Jan. 31, 2012--State botanist Bill McAvoy has updated his book "The Flora of Delaware" and put it online, thanks to help from UD's Andrew Homsey.
2:26 p.m., Jan. 30, 2012--Stock Market Game student participants from across the state shared strategies during a reception at UD.
2:03 p.m., Jan. 30, 2012--UD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources student Shaw Civitarese spent his summer on a farm in Germany.
1:38 p.m., Jan. 30, 2012--Twenty-three UD students received Winter Session Senior Thesis Awards, providing them opportunities for in-depth research.
1:34 p.m., Jan. 30, 2012--UD researchers are leading efforts to develop high efficiency solar cells and advance government policies to improve solar energy technology viability.
11:05 a.m., Feb. 6, 2012--An open hearing for the discussion of the UD budget with President Patrick Harker will be held 3-5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 13, in 130 Smith Hall.
9:22 a.m., Jan. 30, 2012--Donna Jo Napoli of Swarthmore College will discuss humor in American Sign Language during a presentation from 2:30-4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10.
8:43 a.m., Jan. 30, 2012--The University of Delaware Library has announced an exhibition "Celebrating Black Woman in American Culture and History," which will open Feb. 1 and continue through Feb. 29.
1:51 p.m., Jan. 27, 2012--UD's Charles Elson, internationally recognized for his expertise in corporate governance, has been named one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics.
1:31 p.m., Jan. 27, 2012--Maria Palazuelos has been appointed the University of Delaware's new director of research compliance.
10:48 a.m., Jan. 27, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
10:21 a.m., Jan. 27, 2012--Members of UD's Engineers Without Borders student chapter return Sunday from San Marcos, Guatemala, where they constructed a concrete bridge over the Rio Vibora.
10:17 a.m., Jan. 27, 2012--Offshore wind farms could generate more than enough energy to meet Maryland's annual electricity consumption, according to a just-published study by researchers at the University of Delaware.
9:21 a.m., Jan. 27, 2012--The University of Delaware Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education has announced its spring Speaking of Teaching series.
8:53 a.m., Jan. 27, 2012--UD's Xiang Gao has received a visiting professorship from China's Fujian Normal University.
1:48 p.m., Jan. 26, 2012--The College School recently held a science fair to encourage interest in science.
1:38 p.m., Jan. 26, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop entitled "Introduction to Film and Video Collection Resources" on Feb. 8 and Feb. 9.
1:05 p.m., Jan. 26, 2012--The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance will hold its inaugural Global Health Symposium on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Christiana Care Health System's Stanton Campus.
12:55 p.m., Jan. 26, 2012--UD doctoral student Mrinalini Nikrad is a mentor from a distance, keeping in touch with her "little brother" while conducting research in Antarctica.
12:50 p.m., Jan. 26, 2012--The Department of Chemical Engineering recently changed its name to the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering to reflect the department's broadened scope in biomolecular engineering.
12:44 p.m., Jan. 26, 2012--University Museums will re-open for the spring semester on Wednesday, Feb. 1, with two new exhibitions featuring art from the 1960s to the present.
4:16 p.m., Jan. 25, 2012--The University of Amsterdam's Willianne van der Sar is interning at the University of Delaware with one of her idols in the art conservation world: UD's Richard Wolbers. Van der Sar tells UDaily what she is learning on her first trip to Delaware, both about art conservation and the U.S.
3:31 p.m., Jan. 25, 2012--John M. Dawson, director of libraries at UD from 1958 through 1979, died Dec. 6, 2010.
1:51 p.m., Jan. 25, 2012--Three labs in UD's Department of Plant and Soil Sciences conducting genomics research recently identified a novel regulatory network within legumes, including in alfalfa and soybean plants.
10:32 a.m., Jan. 25, 2012--Seven students from the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies are winners of the 2012 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund competition.
2:15 p.m., Jan. 24, 2012--John Frett, director of the University of Delaware Botanic Gardens, and other UD horticulturalists have an appreciation for the understated attractions of the winter landscape.
11:42 a.m., Jan. 24, 2012--UD's Resident Ensemble Players will present Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan" from Jan. 26 through Feb. 12 in the Roselle Center for the Arts.
11:40 a.m., Jan. 24, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will offer Student Multimedia Design Center orientation sessions Feb. 6-14.
9:55 a.m., Feb. 10, 2012--The use of mobile computing devices as assistive technology will be the topic of a Center for Disabilities Studies Lunchtime Learning session on Feb. 15.
9 a.m., Feb. 6, 2012--Environmental writer Terry Tempest Williams will speak as part of the DENIN Dialogue Lecture Series on Feb. 28.
8:39 a.m., Jan. 24, 2012--UD's Ioannis Poulakakis is developing a family of systematic control strategies that generate fast, reliable and efficient running motions on four-legged robots.
1:45 p.m., Jan. 23, 2012--UD's Jack Gelb, Jr., has been named the winner of the 2012 George M. Worrilow Award for his exemplary service to agriculture.
1:14 p.m., Jan. 23, 2012--For those who are interested in entering the financial planning field, an information session will be held on Thursday, Feb. 2, for the University of Delaware's Certificate in Financial Planning.
11:26 a.m., Jan. 23, 2012--More than 100 participants attended the Winter Faculty Institute on Jan. 10. Keynote speaker was Renee Hobbs of the University of Rhode Island.
9:03 a.m., Jan. 23, 2012--Michelle Rodgers has been named associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and director of UD Cooperative Extension.
3:13 p.m., Jan. 20, 2012--A University of Delaware graduate student has produced an exhibition of 19th century household items that opened this month at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
3:02 p.m., Jan. 20, 2012--UD offers a Saturday Morning Math program for elementary school age children, and registration for the next session will begin Jan. 27.
1:06 p.m., Jan. 20, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
10:21 a.m., Jan. 19, 2012--Music students from UD and Orebro University in Sweden learn, study together through international partnership.
9:53 a.m., Jan. 19, 2012--The University of Delaware Library has announced a new exhibition entitled "A State Divided: Delaware During the Civil War," which will be on view Jan. 24 through Dec. 20.
9:48 a.m., Jan. 19, 2012--The College of Arts and Sciences has created a new center to serve as a hub of Area Studies programs and global research.
11:09 a.m., Jan. 18, 2012--Starting in February, the University of Delaware Research Office will offer monthly training programs for departmental research administrators.
11 a.m., Jan. 18, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will be the first academic research library in the U.S. to utilize OCLC WorldShare Management Services.
10:33 a.m., Jan. 18, 2012--UD's Matthew Oliver is among scientists who are tracking penguins on land, under the sea, and even from space to unravel the environmental dynamics in the West Antarctic Peninsula.
10:04 a.m., Jan. 18, 2012--Charles I. Plosser, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, will be among three featured speakers at the 2012 Economic Forecast to be held at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Clayton Hall.
9:29 a.m., Jan. 18, 2012--Scientists from Europe, China, Australia and the U.S. gathered recently at UD's Clayton Hall to map out the future of critical zone science.
9:25 a.m., Jan. 18, 2012--The College School at the University of Delaware will host a Science Fair from 1-2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18.
8:50 a.m., Jan. 18, 2012--CAT Connect, a forum for academic and industry scientists seeking partners to connect with each other, attracted some 80 bioscience researchers, teachers, and business owners to the UD campus.
3:03 p.m., Jan. 17, 2012--Thomas Kaminski, professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, has received the Presidential Award from the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association.
3 p.m., Jan. 17, 2012--The University of Delaware's Division of Professional and Continuing Studies announces that 85 students earned professional development certificates through programs offered in fall 2011.
2:23 p.m., Jan. 17, 2012--A UD study has found that news coverage has shaped perceptions of Republican candidates in Iowa, and could affect South Carolina decisions this week.
11:40 a.m., Jan. 17, 2012--UD's Kyle McCarthy says that in the winter, Delaware's chipmunks, raccoons and skunks go into a semi-hibernation state called torpor. As for "true hibernators," the state has a few creatures that may qualify, such as groundhogs and some species of bats.
11:36 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012--A Feb. 18 Saturday Symposium will honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famed author Charles Dickens.
8:21 a.m., Jan. 17, 2012--The UD Library has announced the exhibition "Dickens at 200: 1812-2012," which will run from Jan. 24 through June 8.
2:50 p.m., Jan. 13, 2012--Leaders of DNREC and DENIN got to know each other better and explored avenues for collaboration at the most recent EcoCafe workshop.
1:13 p.m., Jan. 13, 2012--The University of Delaware and Longwood Gardens have reached a five-year articulation agreement.
11:01 a.m., Jan. 13, 2012--Tai Liu, a historian of 17th century England, died on Oct. 25.
8:35 a.m., Jan. 13, 2012--High school students interested in both science and the ocean can gain hands-on field experience at the University of Delaware's 2012 TIDE Camp.
8:33 a.m., Jan. 13, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will show "J. Saunders Redding: An Exhibition" from Jan. 17 through April 27.
4:07 p.m., Jan. 12, 2012--Pedestrians on the University of Delaware's main campus in Newark can start Googling their routes using Google Maps' Street View feature.
3:33 p.m., Jan. 12, 2012--The Department of Black American Studies has announced its Brown Bag Lecture Series for the spring semester.
9:15 a.m., Jan. 12, 2012--A new water bottle refill station in the Perkins Student Center includes drinking fountains and a bottle refill spout, and promotes sustainable water practices across campus.
5:06 p.m., Jan. 11, 2012--The University of Delaware's Dean's List for fall 2011 has been posted online.
1:25 p.m., Jan. 11, 2012--A paper co-authored by UD's Herbert Tanner has been voted the 2011 Outstanding Paper for the International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics.
8:22 a.m., Jan. 11, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop "Research Funding Online: Introducing COS Pivot" on Thursday, Jan. 26.
5:19 p.m., Jan. 10, 2012--The Blue Hen Leadership Program is offering a three-part series on Leadership and Pop Culture.
3:30 p.m., Jan. 10, 2012--The White House is hosting an event to launch the American Commonwealth Partnership, a yearlong initiative to promote higher education as an agent of democracy.
12:44 p.m., Jan. 10, 2012--Art and finance found common ground through student poster designs to support the University's Keys to Financial Success program.
8:17 a.m., Jan. 10, 2012--The 43rd annual Medical Aspects of Sports seminar will take place at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall on Saturday, Feb. 4.
4:04 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--UD will offer a certificate program information session the evening of Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Doubletree Hotel on North King Street in Wilmington.
3:36 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--The newest members of UD's Class of 2011 were celebrated at Winter Commencement Jan. 8 in a ceremony at the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center.
2:55 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--The complete text of Robert McCracken Peck's UD Winter Commencement address is included.
2:52 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--Less than 1 percent of the U.S. population holds a doctoral degree, and 161 freshly minted UD doctoral recipients are now part of that prestigious group.
2:33 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--University of Delaware researchers have found that whether a group favors assimilation or pluralism depends on whether they are in the minority.
2:19 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--DENIN has selected nine students to serve on the Student Programs Committee, a team charged with facilitating student involvement in the institute's environmental mission.
1:39 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--The Infant Language Project at UD is trying to answer the question "how do children learn language?" and is seeking participants.
1:17 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--The University of Delaware Library has announced the availability of a new database connecting research expertise and funding sources, COS Pivot.
12:52 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012--According to UD associate professor Chris Williams, winter can be the best time to see the elusive owl in Delaware, which is home to four resident species and four migrant species.
11:36 a.m., Jan. 9, 2012--The UD Research Office wants to alert the research community of several changes to federal regulations affecting extramural research grants in the new year.
2:12 p.m., Jan. 6, 2012--As the new legislative session kicks off, four of last year's 12 UD Legislative Fellows are gaining their initial post-graduate experience working for the General Assembly.
12:48 p.m., Jan. 6, 2012--The Delaware Environmental Institute Research Symposium will introduce new faculty and focus on building a University-wide, interdisciplinary research community.
11:37 a.m., Jan. 6, 2012--A grant writing workshop for biomedical researchers will be held at the University of Delaware on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in 116 Gore Hall.
10:07 a.m., Jan. 6, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
8:13 a.m., Jan. 6, 2012--UD's Career and Life Studies Certificate program is accepting applications, with an open house scheduled Jan. 12.
3:59 p.m., Jan. 5, 2012--UD's Winter Commencement ceremony on Jan. 8 will be webcast live for those who are unable to attend.
3:52 p.m., Jan. 5, 2012--Monetary awards and scholarship nominations are currently open for University of Delaware students involved in the field of human development.
3:16 p.m., Jan. 5, 2012--A UD communication professor identifies different reasons college students watch "The Daily Show" and "Colbert Report."
3 p.m., Jan. 5, 2012--Scientists in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment are working to assist fishermen in better understanding the movements of butterfish.
1:29 p.m., Jan. 5, 2012--The UD Laboratory Preschool is currently accepting applications for its 2012-13 full-day inclusive kindergarten, with an open house scheduled Jan. 11.
11:59 a.m., Jan. 5, 2012--UD's School of Education will hold an open house for those interested in pursuing a part-time graduate program in education on Thursday evening, Jan. 19.
11:22 a.m., Jan. 5, 2012--UD Information Technologies will present short informational webcasts at noon Fridays, beginning Jan. 6.
9:29 a.m., Jan. 5, 2012--College of Agriculture and Natural Resources senior Gabrielle Rubino spent her summer as an intern at the Philadelphia Zoo.
8:50 a.m., Jan. 5, 2012--A new exhibition, "Edith Wharton: Celebrating 150 Years," is on view through Jan. 31 at the Morris Library.
10:53 a.m., Jan. 3, 2012--Deborah Allen, UD associate professor of biology, has been appointed director of the Center for Educational Effectiveness.
10:20 a.m., Jan. 3, 2012--UD's Dan Rich has been honored by Children and Families First of Delaware for advocacy in early childhood education.
10:06 a.m., Jan. 3, 2012--The University of Delaware is ranked in the top 25 of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's list of best values in public universities.
9:31 a.m., Jan. 3, 2012--UD Parking and Transportation Services is making some changes to its shuttle bus schedule and visitor parking rates in an effort to maintain a high level of customer service while being cost effective.
8:48 a.m., Jan. 3, 2012--UD's computer based testing center has temporarily moved to 850 Library Avenue, Suite 104, while Alison Hall undergoes renovations.
7:58 a.m., Feb. 13, 2012--UD's Latin American and Iberian Studies Program has announced that it will hold its inaugural "tertulia" series in Spanish and Portuguese.
February 2012
2:43 p.m., Feb. 29, 2012--Darrin Pochan, professor of materials science and engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
12:45 p.m., Feb. 29, 2012--Ann C. Mule, formerly of Sunoco, has been appointed the new associate director of UD's John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance
10:40 a.m., Feb. 29, 2012--Stanford's Michael Bratman will deliver the David Norton Memorial Lecture on Thursday evening, March 15, at Clayton Hall.
9:02 a.m., Feb. 29, 2012--The Confucius Institute at UD will offer a class in Chinese folk dance, open to all UD students, on Mondays starting March 5 and continuing through May 7.
4 p.m., Feb. 28, 2012--Bestselling author Jennet Conant will be the guest speaker at the 2012 annual dinner of the University of Delaware Library Associates on Wednesday, April 18.
2:45 p.m., Feb. 28, 2012--Widener's Linda Ammons called for a commitment to education and justice during UD's Louis L. Redding Lecture.
1:51 p.m., Feb. 28, 2012--Nominations for UD's Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring awards are due by March 1.
11:05 a.m., Feb. 28, 2012--Master Gardeners are offering a variety of programs to assist the public with vegetable gardens.
9:46 a.m., Feb. 28, 2012--UD's Colette Gaiter will showcase work that incorporates photographs from trips to Cuba in an exhibition March 2-30 in Wilmington.
8:32 a.m., Feb. 28, 2012--UD's Margaret L. Andersen has been presented the Eastern Sociological Society Merit Award.
8:29 a.m., Feb. 28, 2012--UD's Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education will continue its spring Speaking of Teaching series with a presentation by Janice Selekman on Friday, March 9.
3:44 p.m., Feb. 27, 2012--The School of Nursing invites nominations for its annual alumni award, which recognizes extraordinary nurse alumni who have excelled professionally, demonstrated a commitment to excellence in nursing, and made contributions to the community.
1:47 p.m., Feb. 27, 2012--UD's Chin-Pao Huang will receive the Gordon Maskew Fair Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
10:12 a.m., Feb. 27, 2012--Holly Michael, assistant professor of geological sciences in UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award.
9:07 a.m., Feb. 27, 2012--Graphic design and art have the power to advance the ideas of social movements and enact political change, according to a University of Delaware professor.
2:02 p.m., Feb. 24, 2012--"Moscow Nights," a collaborate event that will feature Russian musical compositions and poetry, will be held at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 3, in Gore Recital Hall.
1:38 p.m., Feb. 24, 2012--Jianguo Chen, director of the Confucius Institute at UD, shares how the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is traditionally celebrated.
1:15 p.m., Feb. 24, 2012--"Experience Opportunity," a new video available for viewing on UD's YouTube site, showcases graduate professional programs.
11:56 a.m., Feb. 24, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
10:24 a.m., Feb. 24, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop titled "Shooting Video" on Wednesday, March 28.
10:17 a.m., Feb. 24, 2012--A specialist in public opinion in Latin America, UD's Julio Carrion frequently presents his research in Central and South America. But recently he was selected to deliver a course in Spain.
10:11 a.m., Feb. 24, 2012--Casey Irwin, University of Delaware doctoral student in special education, has received national recognition in her academic community.
8:25 a.m., Feb. 24, 2012--The Center for Science, Ethics, and Public Policy brings its Science Café program back to Newark this spring for more informal discussions among academic scholars and community members.
4:01 p.m., Feb. 23, 2012--UD's Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has announced a 2012 research seminar series, featuring business faculty and researchers from across the country.
3:44 p.m., Feb. 23, 2012--Dana Priest, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner with the Washington Post, opened UD's Global Agenda series by discussing America's "military intelligence complex."
1:42 p.m., Feb. 23, 2012--A roundtable discussion on Occupy Wall Street and issues in higher education will be held Friday afternoon, March 2, in Memorial Hall.
1:37 p.m., Feb. 23, 2012--UD junior Elena Delle Donne has been named the Capital One National Academic All-American of the Year.
1:18 p.m., Feb. 23, 2012--"Food for Thought," a series sponsored by the Food and Gardening Policy Committee, will open March 1 and continue into May.
10:35 a.m., Feb. 23, 2012--UD researchers are leveraging nanotechnology expertise toward development of 3D carbon nanotube architectures as collaborators on $7.5 million MURI grant.
10:34 a.m., Feb. 23, 2012--The University Library will host the exhibition "Women's Education -- Women's Empowerment" as part of Women's History Month.
1:24 p.m., Feb. 22, 2012--UD Trustee and alumnus Scott A. Green has been named executive director of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
11:03 a.m., Feb. 22, 2012--David A. Bader of Georgia Tech will discuss "Opportunities and Challenges in Massive Data-Intensive Computing" at UD on May 3.
9:43 a.m., Feb. 22, 2012--UD's School of Public Policy and Administration will mark its 50-year anniversary with a conference for University students on careers in public policy on March 19.
9:30 a.m., Feb. 22, 2012--Several spots are still open in the Peru study abroad program set for this summer. The program's two courses will expose students to health care issues affecting women, infants and children.
9:24 a.m., Feb. 22, 2012--The University of Delaware Library presented the Student Multimedia Showcase on Feb. 13 and presentations can now be seen online.
4:16 p.m., Feb. 21, 2012--Engineering majors dominated UD basketball in the early 1960s and 50 years later, the alums remain involved through a scholarship.
3:29 p.m., Feb. 21, 2012--The University of Delaware will mark National TRIO Day on Saturday, Feb. 25.
3:18 p.m., Feb. 21, 2012--UD's School of Public Policy and Administration kicks off its 11th annual speaker series with lecture by U.S. Rep. John Carney, a UD alumnus.
2:51 p.m., Feb. 21, 2012--The University of Delaware will offer a lecture series on race, ethnicity and culture on Wednesday afternoons.
12:51 p.m., Feb. 21, 2012--UD's K. Eric Wommack is conducting research as part of a $25 million U.S. Department of Agriculture study aimed at protecting the nation's food supply.
11:27 a.m., March 8, 2012--The Center for Disabilities Studies will hold a Lunchtime Learning session on high-risk behaviors of students with and without disabilities on March 13.
11:04 a.m., Feb. 21, 2012--Linda Ammons of the Widener University School of Law will deliver the annual Louis L. Redding Lecture on Monday, Feb. 27, in the Roselle Center for the Arts.
8:50 a.m., Feb. 21, 2012--New Music Delaware will present a selection of vocal and chamber works at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, in the Gore Recital Hall.
8:26 a.m., Feb. 21, 2012--UD hosted a press conference last week at which Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden discussed the Stewards of Children program, which is aimed at training adults to recognize and report child abuse.
7:46 a.m., Feb. 21, 2012--Dancing, singing and cultural performances will be featured at a Chinese New Year celebration on Friday evening, Feb. 24.
1:40 p.m., Feb. 20, 2012--A UD professor's book suggests the civil rights policies that were designed to empower the black community may have actually weakened the population's social and political cohesiveness.
12:56 p.m., Feb. 20, 2012--University IT has announced that the test scoring scanning process has been streamlined to be more efficient, convenient and green.
11:40 a.m., Feb. 20, 2012--According to a 2012 report by the National Science Board, Delaware scientists and engineers top the nation in the publication of research in scholarly journals, a key measure of productivity.
8:50 a.m., Feb. 20, 2012--Oceanographer Matthew J. Oliver, assistant professor in the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, has been named a Sloan Research Fellow.
1:42 p.m., Feb. 17, 2012--Anna D'Alessio, a junior engineering student at UD, will present her research at the CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering.
1:29 p.m., Feb. 17, 2012--Four UD faculty members have received prestigious Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship grant awards.
10 a.m., Feb. 17, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
9:57 a.m., Feb. 17, 2012--The 26th annual Women's History Month film series, "Women's History, Women's Lives," will be held Feb. 21 through March 20.
9:26 a.m., Feb. 17, 2012--The UD Department of Music will offer a three-part concert series, "Brahms and Friends," with the first to be held at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Roselle Center for the Arts.
8:45 a.m., Feb. 17, 2012--Experts shared their views during the 2012 Economic Forecast held Tuesday in the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall.
1:07 p.m., Feb. 16, 2012--Students in UD's new dance minor will perform pieces choreographed by UD faculty and guest artists on March 2 and 3.
11:37 a.m., Feb. 16, 2012--"Jews and Diversity" is the topic of a spring lecture series sponsored by the Frank and Yetta Chaiken Center for Jewish Studies at UD.
10:22 a.m., Feb. 16, 2012--UD's Professional Theatre Training Program was featured by broadwayworld.com, one of the premier theatre blogs in the country.
8:46 a.m., Feb. 16, 2012--A new Winter Session program in Washington, D.C., gives UD students an opportunity to live and work in the nation's capital.
7:49 a.m., Feb. 16, 2012--The University of Delaware Alumni Association has implemented several changes to the Alumni Enrichment Awards program.
7:48 a.m., Feb. 16, 2012--UD's Department of Political Science and International Relations will sponsor a spring colloquium, "Tensions in Global Governance," from Feb. 24 through April 20.
1:32 p.m., Feb. 15, 2012--Black History Month: February and Beyond activities is being marked at UD with a variety of activities.
8:56 a.m., Feb. 15, 2012--Dana Priest of the Washington Post will open the spring Global Agenda series on Feb. 22, discussing the "Military Intelligence Complex."
8:56 a.m., Feb. 15, 2012--UD faculty artist Anne Sullivan will perform music for harp on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
8:01 a.m., Feb. 27, 2012--UD's Computer Based Testing Center will hold an open house on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
7:55 a.m., Feb. 15, 2012--An open hearing to discuss proposed revisions to promotions and tenure standards in the University of Delaware Faculty Handbook will be held Monday, Feb. 20.
3:15 p.m., Feb. 14, 2012--UD President Patrick Harker discussed budgetary challenges during an open meeting held Monday, Feb. 13, in Smith Hall.
1:45 p.m., Feb. 14, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop on "Understanding Multimedia File Formats" on Thursday, March 15.
1:34 p.m., Feb. 14, 2012--UD's Department of Music has announced discounted tickets for two spring study trips to the internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Opera.
12:58 p.m., Feb. 14, 2012--University of Delaware alumnus Steven Leath has been named the 15th president of Iowa State University.
12:05 p.m., Feb. 14, 2012--UD's College of Engineering invites the campus community to join in celebrating National Engineers Week, Feb. 19-25.
11:55 a.m., Feb. 14, 2012--The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will hold a special "Bring a Friend" open house week with discounted registration fees Feb. 20-24.
8:28 a.m., Feb. 14, 2012--The Delaware Invasive Species Council has developed a list of the "most wanted" invasive species.
7:59 a.m., Feb. 14, 2012--UD will host the First International Symposium on Nanomedicine in Drug Delivery and Cancer Diagnosis from Aug. 16-17 at Clayton Hall.
3:08 p.m., Feb. 13, 2012--Prof. David M. Stone has joined the board of a leading center for the study of the arts and humanities in Rome.
3:06 p.m., Feb. 13, 2012--David Nash, founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health, will hold an information session at the University of Delaware on Wednesday, Feb. 29.
12:50 p.m., Feb. 13, 2012--The Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center is sponsoring a diverse group of projects, from environmental humanities to fashion history.
12:48 p.m., Feb. 13, 2012--The 2011-12 art history lecture series opens its spring semester with a Feb. 16 talk on the Iraq Museum.
11:22 a.m., Feb. 13, 2012--UD's Xiang Gao has been presented an alumni award by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
9:50 a.m., Feb. 13, 2012--UD's new Center for the Study of Diversity will offer a spring lecture series, opening Feb. 15 and continuing through April 4.
3:12 p.m., Feb. 10, 2012--The School of Nursing at the University of Delaware has announced dates and speakers for its spring lecture series.
10:18 a.m., Feb. 10, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
10:13 a.m., Feb. 10, 2012--Nabil Elalem, a 2008 International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program graduate, has been named president of the Libyan National Olympic Committee.
10:06 a.m., Feb. 10, 2012--The Delaware Sea Grant College Program is seeking public feedback as part of a new cycle of strategic planning.
8:48 a.m., Feb. 10, 2012--UD's Center for Global and Area Studies has kicked off its spring speaker series, "The Future Imagined: A Global Perspective."
8:22 a.m., Feb. 10, 2012--Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, William L. Friend Chair of Chemical Engineering and interim dean of the College of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
12:43 p.m., Feb. 9, 2012--Yushan Yan will deliver his inaugural lecture as Distinguished Professor of Engineering on Wednesday, March 7.
11:38 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012--UD's Chris Williams says that the Great Backyard Bird Count is a citizen-scientist effort that provides useful data for ornithologists. However, this winter birds are not as abundant at backyard feeders.
11 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012--The Faculty Senate voted to increase Winter Session class meeting times by 15 minutes, beginning in 2013.
9:43 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012--Information Technologies now offers University of Delaware researchers a streamlined way to log in to National Science Foundation's Research.gov site.
9:08 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012--University of Delaware faculty, staff, and students who disclosed inventions during 2011 were honored at a recent reception.
9:06 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012--The UD Engineering, Science and Technology Career Fair will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Bob Carpenter Center.
7:54 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012--UD students can apply through March 9 for a $500 award from the Newark branch of the American Association of University Women.
2:38 p.m., Feb. 8, 2012--President Barack Obama recently welcomed national BioGENEius winners, including Delaware native Priyen Patel, to the White House.
1:26 p.m., Feb. 8, 2012--David Meyer, a UD associate professor of art, is exhibiting sculptures made from baking flour, aluminum and other materials at a gallery in Reston, Va.
1:09 p.m., Feb. 8, 2012--A UD graduate has combined her military background and her love of animals as a veterinarian in the U.S. Army.
11:47 a.m., Feb. 8, 2012--UD has been selected as one of 75 "best value" public colleges in a new book published by The Princeton Review.
10:58 a.m., Feb. 8, 2012--From Chinese language to calligraphy to kung fu, the Confucius Institute at UD is offering a variety of spring semester classes to the campus community.
9:56 a.m., Feb. 8, 2012--Information Technologies invites the campus community to tune in for a live LearnIT Express webcast "To Click or Not to Click" at noon, Friday, Feb. 10.
8:22 a.m., Feb. 8, 2012--The Nurse Managed Health Center at the University of Delaware recently conducted physical exams and fitness testing for the entire UD police force.
8:20 a.m., Feb. 8, 2012--The Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics is seeking nominations for the prestigious Alumni Awards of Excellence.
8:16 a.m., Feb. 8, 2012--Writer Tom Horton will address the third Delaware Association for Environmental Education conference on Feb. 25 in Lewes, Del.
9:21 a.m., Feb. 7, 2012--The 12th annual Festival of Words for teens will be held Saturday, March 10, in UD's Willard Hall Education Building.
8:41 a.m., Feb. 7, 2012--The Master Players Concert Series will present "6ixwire United -- A Crossover Jazz Concert" at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17, and Saturday, Feb. 18, in Mitchell Hall.
7:57 a.m., Feb. 7, 2012--Auburn Heights Preserve and other small museums in the region will benefit from a new project directed by UD's Museum Studies Program.
3:31 p.m., Feb. 6, 2012--The 3rd annual Sunday Evening Book Club, featuring several distinguished health care authors, will be held at Thomas Jefferson University on Sunday, Feb. 26.
3:18 p.m., Feb. 6, 2012--UD's English Language Institute is now enrolling students in its nine-week, semi-intensive evening class program.
1:31 p.m., Feb. 6, 2012--A workshop on community and school gardens will be held Saturday, March 3, in UD's Townsend Hall.
1:22 p.m., Feb. 6, 2012--Activities concerning the powerful March 1962 storm that pummeled the Delaware coast will be held March 7 in Rehoboth Beach.
1:20 p.m., Feb. 6, 2012--Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Cooperative Extension Scholars Student Intern Program.
11:29 a.m., Feb. 6, 2012--UD will hold an open house for the Accelerated Nursing Program on Monday, Feb. 13, from 4-7 p.m., in 103 and 105 McDowell Hall.
11:25 a.m., Feb. 6, 2012--Lyons Companies and UD's Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship will hold a 2012 Economic Forecast session Feb. 14.
8:09 a.m., Feb. 6, 2012--"Spies, Lies and Sneaky Guys: Espionage and Intelligence in the Digital Age" is the theme of the spring Global Agenda speaker series, which will open Feb. 22 and continue through May 2.
10:34 a.m., Feb. 3, 2012--Henry William "Bill" Crittenden, 95, died on Jan. 30 in Indianapolis.
9:50 a.m., Feb. 3, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
9:36 a.m., Feb. 3, 2012--The ITUE Speaking of Teaching series will open Friday, Feb. 10, with a presentation by James Magee.
9:34 a.m., Feb. 3, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present four workshops on RefWorks during the spring semester.
8:03 a.m., Feb. 3, 2012--Almost 200 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers attended UD's annual Responsible Conduct of Research training.
3:30 p.m., Feb. 2, 2012--UD's Mellon Fellow in Conservation Education teaches, lectures and works on projects around the world.
3:18 p.m., Feb. 2, 2012--The UD Sustainability Task Force is looking for volunteers to help plan the Regional Institute on Sustainability to be held this fall.
1:06 p.m., Feb. 2, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present four "iMovie 2011: The Essentials" workshops this month.
8:51 a.m., Feb. 2, 2012--The Procurement Technical Assistance Center of Delaware helps small businesses in the state compete successfully for federal contracts.
1:21 p.m., Feb. 1, 2012--K-12 teachers and principals are invited to attend the Delaware Teachers Institute open house on Monday, Feb. 13.
1:01 p.m., Feb. 1, 2012--The Department of Energy has awarded UD $1.3 million for continued catalysis research using facilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
12:10 p.m., Feb. 1, 2012--UD is offering a 10-month master's in teaching degree program for students in the STEM fields.
11:22 a.m., Feb. 1, 2012--The University Library will present a workshop titled "Choosing the Right Tools for the Job" on Feb. 15 and 16.
8:22 a.m., Feb. 13, 2012--The Department of Women's Studies has announced the spring 2012 Gender in International Films series.
March 2012
11:45 a.m., March 30, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
9:33 a.m., March 30, 2012--Two researchers in the lab of UD's Harsh Bais have received travel grants from the American Society of Plant Biologists to present their research at the annual meeting.
11:33 a.m., March 29, 2012--UD's S. Ismat Shah has received the Society of Vacuum Coaters 2012 Mentor Award for his work in education.
3:58 p.m., March 28, 2012--In a new UD anthropology course, "Muslim Delaware," students learn from and interact with the men, women and children who practice Islam in the state.
3:49 p.m., March 28, 2012--UD's Entrepreneurial Studies Program has announced the pilot launch of UDSeed, which supports a wide range of projects on campus.
11:52 a.m., March 28, 2012--UD alumni in Philadelphia are invited to a private tour of the exhibition "Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit" on April 11 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
9:35 a.m., March 28, 2012--Enrique Iglesia will deliver the Kurt Wohl Memorial Lecture on Friday, April 13, at the University of Delaware.
7:53 a.m., March 28, 2012--UD grad student Raakel Toppila is studying the Georgia oak to understand how botanic gardens and other natural areas will be able to better protect and revitalize this species.
7:51 a.m., April 30, 2012--U.S. Sen. Tom Carper will speak May 1 as part of an annual lecture series sponsored by UD's School of Public Policy and Administration.
2:20 p.m., March 27, 2012--"Delaware Salutes YouTube" is an eight-minute musical created by Prof. Joyce Hill Stoner and filmed in Wilmington with plenty of UD connections.
2:02 p.m., March 27, 2012--UD's John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate governance will host panel discussions on April 12 and on May 8 in Alfred Lerner Hall.
11:38 a.m., March 27, 2012--Maria Telkes, a University of Delaware scientist known as the "Sun Queen" for her pioneering solar energy research, will be posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame this May.
8:50 a.m., March 27, 2012--Rick Darke, a UD alumnus and landscape consultant, will speak on "Design for the Nature of Today's Garden" on April 10 in Townsend Hall.
3:13 p.m., March 26, 2012--More than 50 athletic training students at the University of Delaware turned out on Thursday, March 22, for a talk by Shone Gipson, assistant athletic trainer for the NFL's Buffalo Bills.
11:16 a.m., April 4, 2012--UD's Department of Black American Studies present "Beyond Black and White: African Americans and Native Americans in the Age of Jim Crow" on Tuesday, April 10.
10:58 a.m., March 26, 2012--Peter Williams, UD professor of fine arts and visual communication, has been awarded a Wynn Newhouse Award for his work.
10:16 a.m., March 26, 2012--Students are utilizing the University of Delaware Library's collection of thousands of science fiction magazines from the early 20th century for their English course.
9:04 a.m., April 10, 2012--The University of Delaware's Office of Human Resources will be sponsoring "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" on Friday, April 27.
3:25 p.m., March 23, 2012--Ji Kyung Park, UD assistant professor of marketing, was recently presented the C.W. Park Young Contributor Award for 2012.
10:54 a.m., March 23, 2012--UD's Meredith K. Ray will speak on "Secret Renaissance: The Alchemical Experiments of Caterina Sforza," at noon, Thursday, April 5, in the Morris Library.
9:51 a.m., March 23, 2012--Three teams have advanced to the finals of the alumni, faculty and staff track of Hen Hatch, UD's premier business startup funding competition.
9:35 a.m., March 23, 2012--John Gearhart of the University of Pennsylvania will deliver the Arnold M. Clark Memorial Lecture on April 18.
8:33 a.m., March 23, 2012--A CIS professor and students have taught Haitian women and children using XO laptops while senior Eric McGinnis created an English to Creole translator.
4:02 p.m., March 22, 2012--The latest edition of the 'At Sea' e-newsletter is now available.
3:50 p.m., March 22, 2012--Robert Grenier, former head of the CIA Counterterrorism Center, talked about the role of technology and human intelligence in espionage during Wednesday's Global Agenda.
3:37 p.m., March 22, 2012--Delaware Gov. Jack Markell discussed the importance of public service in an SPPA speaker series presentation.
3:21 p.m., March 22, 2012--UD's School of Public Policy and Administration celebrated its 50-year anniversary with a conference on careers in public service.
3:19 p.m., March 22, 2012--SPPA celebrated its 50-year anniversary with a career conference and a reception for alumni and community partners.
1:58 p.m., March 22, 2012--Physicists at UD are exploring the use of graphene as a way to implement faster and lower-cost DNA sequencing that could lead to advances in personalized medicine.
1:41 p.m., March 22, 2012--The Institute for Global Studies hosted a luncheon to thank those who helped facilitate, and those who participated in, study abroad programs.
1:37 p.m., March 22, 2012--UD's Richard Wool will discuss sustainability, jobs and opportunities through green chemistry as the keynote speaker for the 16th annual Green Chemistry and Engineering conference in Washington, D.C., June 18-20.
11:58 a.m., March 22, 2012--The Blue Hen Investment Club manages a portion of the University of Delaware's endowment.
11:11 a.m., April 11, 2012--Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr., a UD alumnus, will speak as part of the School of Public Policy and Administration's annual lecture series.
10:56 a.m., March 22, 2012--A University of Delaware oceanographer has stumbled upon an unusual aid for studying local waterways: radioactive iodine.
10:55 a.m., March 22, 2012--The UD Center for Global Area Studies will host a discussion about the "Great Recession" of 2008-09, addressing why some countries have recovered while others continue to struggle.
3:42 p.m., March 21, 2012--U.S. Sen. Chris Coons will speak as part of annual lecture series sponsored by UD's School of Public Policy and Administration.
11:21 a.m., March 21, 2012--The University of Delaware Library has announced a new exhibition, "Enjoy Magic with Warner Perry," which will be on view through April.
11:06 a.m., March 21, 2012--The Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has named the winners of this year's Carol A. Ammon MBA Case Competition.
10 a.m., March 21, 2012--The University of Delaware's Office of Equity and Inclusion has announced the spring deadlines for upcoming awards.
9:59 a.m., March 21, 2012--Students who will soon graduate from the UD Associate in Arts Program visited the main campus in Newark through the Majors and Minors on Main event held March 16.
9:51 a.m., March 21, 2012--UD's Career Services Center and the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce have signed a memorandum to form a partnership.
8:46 a.m., March 21, 2012--Teach in Delaware Day and ProjectSearch provide career opportunities for UD seniors and alumni interested in the field of education.
8:03 a.m., March 21, 2012--UD to be featured in Campus Technology webinar on the use of i>clickers on campus.
4:16 p.m., March 20, 2012--UD has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, as nearly 12,000 UD students put their education in action helping communities last year.
3:38 p.m., March 20, 2012--J. Stuart Hunter will deliver a talk as part of the W.L. Gore Lecture Series in Management Science at noon, Tuesday, April 10.
3:13 p.m., March 20, 2012--The journal Complex Variables and Elliptic Equations recently dedicated an issue to Robert Gilbert, Unidel Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences.
2:05 p.m., March 20, 2012--The University of Delaware Library announces "J.M.G. Le Clezio," an exhibition in honor of a visit by the Nobel laureate to UD scheduled May 10-11.
2:02 p.m., March 20, 2012--UDaily has been upgraded for use by a growing number of mobile devices.
1:33 p.m., March 20, 2012--UD's Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration has issued a new report about ocean use, addressing viable places to locate offshore wind farms.
11:22 a.m., March 20, 2012--University of Delaware Alternative Breaks will be running five alternative spring break trips from March 24-30, sending approximately 125 students out for service trips in its second year.
8:59 a.m., March 20, 2012--South African native Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo recently returned to UD, his alma mater. He is executive director of the University of Pretoria and chair of the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection.
8:56 a.m., March 20, 2012--Daniel Bottomley, a UD doctoral candidate, is conversant in the language of Indonesia, and soon his language skills will become even better, thanks to a scholarship from the U.S. State Department.
2:44 p.m., March 19, 2012--The status of coastal groundwater resources will be the focus of a seminar on Wednesday, April 4, at UD's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes.
2:08 p.m., March 19, 2012--Christina School District has appointed UD alumnus Freeman Williams as district superintendent, effective July 1.
1:34 p.m., March 19, 2012--Three faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences -- Rudolph Matthee, Maria Aristigueta and James Magee -- have been appointed named professors.
1:23 p.m., March 19, 2012--The Delaware SBIR Gateway Program is helping small companies improve their odds of winning awards from the federal SBIR/STTR grant program.
12:09 p.m., March 19, 2012--"Farm to Table: Issues and Challenges in Food Marketing" will be the subject of an agricultural issues forum to be held Thursday evening, March 22, at the Trabant University Center.
11:34 a.m., March 19, 2012--The University of Delaware Library has announced the opening of a new digital collection, the Oral History Collection of the Chrysler Corporation's Newark Assembly Plant.
11:33 a.m., March 19, 2012--The Food and Garden Policy Committee will host "Community Supported Agriculture: Healthy, Sustainable Food Options in Delaware" from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 22.
10:06 a.m., March 19, 2012--Prof. Joel Sugano of Brazil's University Federal de Lavras spoke recently to representatives of UD's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
9:40 a.m., March 19, 2012--J. Kanan Sawyer will speak on "Casing the Competition: Succeeding in the New Interviewing Environment" at 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, in 120 Smith Hall.
8:58 a.m., March 19, 2012--UD students are collecting old or broken cell phones as part of a project to raise awareness of domestic violence.
7:56 a.m., April 26, 2012--The Delaware Rehabilitation Institute will host a Design and Rehabilitation Conference at the University of Delaware on May 1.
3:01 p.m., March 16, 2012--UD and Peking University will launch an exchange program in engineering, expanding the world view of students and providing opportunities for faculty collaboration.
2:48 p.m., March 16, 2012--The Department of Physics and Astronomy has honored two graduate teaching assistants for outstanding work.
2:33 p.m., March 16, 2012--The online version of 'The Chronicle of Higher Education' is now available on a University-wide basis including remote access.
11:39 a.m., March 16, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
10:58 a.m., March 16, 2012--Robert Grenier, who served 27 years in the CIA, will discuss human intelligence as the Global Agenda series continues at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, in Mitchell Hall.
10:41 a.m., March 16, 2012--The UD Library participated in "The Great Library Roadshow," in which librarians take to the road in search of library innovation.
9:40 a.m., March 16, 2012--UD's George Luther has been named a 2012 American Geophysical Union Fellow for his pioneering research.
9:03 a.m., March 16, 2012--UD's Kristi Kiick was recently inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She will highlight her group's research in a keynote address at the World Biomaterials Congress.
8:24 a.m., March 16, 2012--The UD Symphony Orchestra will perform Monday, March 19, and will feature winners of the 2011-12 Concerto Competition.
8:22 a.m., March 16, 2012--The UD Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday, March 18, at the Puglisi Orchestra Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts.
3:53 p.m., March 15, 2012--Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and CIA, spoke Wednesday about the complexity of signals intelligence.
2:29 p.m., March 15, 2012--Save the date for Ag Day, the annual College of Agriculture and Natural Resources event, which will be held Saturday, April 28.
1:37 p.m., March 15, 2012--Oxford's Sudhir Hazareesingh will deliver the Bosley-Warnock Lecture, discussing Charles de Gaulle, on Thursday evening, April 19.
11:52 a.m., March 15, 2012--Graduate students from Portugal spent time at UD to participate in a microstructure and trading program designed to offer training in market structures, Bloomberg usage and more.
10:41 a.m., March 15, 2012--UD alumna Susan Bunting, superintendent of the Indian River School District, was one of the four finalists for this year's National Superintendent of the Year award.
9:49 a.m., March 15, 2012--UD alumnus Brian Fahey, who is enrolled in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, served as a member of the 2011 Newbery Medal committee.
9:45 a.m., March 15, 2012--Photographer John Weiss shared his international experiences at the recent UD Association of Retired Faculty luncheon.
2:10 p.m., March 14, 2012--The UD K-12 Engineering program invites children grades 3-6 to learn more about careers and concepts in engineering during a spring break camp scheduled April 9-13.
1:37 p.m., March 14, 2012--The UD Master Players Concert Series will continue with a presentation of Franz Schubert's "Winterreise: A Vocal and Piano Recital" at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 22.
11:06 a.m., March 14, 2012--UD alumnus Zaiqi Pan has received a prestigious DuPont science award.
10:30 a.m., March 14, 2012--A UD MBA roundtable panel discussed the challenges of marketing in the beverage service industry.
9:58 a.m., March 14, 2012--Registration is now open for the 2012 UD Research Administrator Conference set for Thursday, April 5, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Newark, Del.
9:49 a.m., March 14, 2012--Undergraduate students in the Lerner College took third place in the regional case competition presented by APICS.
9:12 a.m., March 14, 2012--Author Warren Coats will deliver the annual Hutchinson Lecture on Tuesday evening, April 17, in UD's Purnell Hall.
8:27 a.m., March 14, 2012--Student finalists have been named for Hen Hatch, UD's premier business startup funding competition.
7:59 a.m., March 14, 2012--Communication instructor Carolyn White Bartoo utilizes Skype in the classroom to allow her public relations and advertising students to communicate with professionals.
2:05 p.m., March 13, 2012--More than 100 flags in the Trabant University Center and Perkins Student Center symbolize the home countries of UD students.
12:39 p.m., March 13, 2012--UD researchers are studying algae to determine if the species can neutralize harmful smokestack emissions – and also serve as a source of eco-friendly biofuel.
12:36 p.m., March 13, 2012--A March 14 Green Liaison lunchtime lecture will consider how to live a sustainable life.
12:23 p.m., March 13, 2012--The Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy will host a talk by research ethics expert Nicholas Steneck on Wednesday, March 14.
10:08 a.m., March 13, 2012--A Blue and Gold Administrative Essentials certificate course is being offered to UD supervisors, managers, administrators and employees.
1:31 p.m., March 12, 2012--UD engineers showcased research at Boeing Philadelphia during the 2012 National Engineers Week celebration.
10:40 a.m., March 12, 2012--UD will host an engineering leadership workshop as part of the American Society for Engineering Education's annual spring meeting on April 19 at Clayton Hall.
10:28 a.m., March 12, 2012--The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance has issued a request for proposals for education pilot grants. The deadline is May 1.
9:50 a.m., March 12, 2012--A novel computational framework developed at UD may help researchers search for a new class of catalysts for biofuel production.
3:16 p.m., March 8, 2012--The Environmental Humanities Working Group will sponsor a talk and movie about plastic on April 18, kicking off Earth Week activities.
2:57 p.m., March 8, 2012--Email with subject "Your Webmail Account is on Restriction" is fraudulent.
2:50 p.m., March 8, 2012--"Apprentice" winner and entrepreneur Randal Pinkett spoke at the University of Delaware.
2:20 p.m., March 8, 2012--Department name changes and new graduate programs were approved at the March 5 meeting of the Faculty Senate.
12:48 p.m., March 8, 2012--A February seminar for superintendents and executive leaders addressed successful school construction projects.
12:43 p.m., March 8, 2012--UD alumnus J. Erik Fyrwald will deliver the Jack A. Gerster Memorial Lecture at 10 a.m., Friday, March 23, in 102 Colburn Laboratory.
11:07 a.m., March 8, 2012--UD researchers are exploring "boundary extension" with the latest discoveries part of an international collaboration.
8:37 a.m., March 8, 2012--Elizabeth Dyer Excellence in Teaching Awards have been presented to graduate teaching assistants Samantha Brannick, Jia-Ming Lin and Christopher Suiter.
7:59 a.m., March 8, 2012--Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious National Institutes of Health MERIT Award for her research on ACL rehabilitation.
3:13 p.m., March 7, 2012--Six students from the Brazilian government's Science Without Borders Program will study at UD in a wide range of fields.
2:15 p.m., March 7, 2012--The 2012 UD Research Administrator Conference will be held Thursday, April 5, at the Embassy Suites.
1:19 p.m., March 6, 2012--Art conservation students are reaching out to the campus, helping preserve treasures and outlining significant UD sites on an electronic map.
11:22 a.m., March 6, 2012--The Delaware EPSCoR program has awarded seven seed grants to University of Delaware faculty whose projects address current environmental issues within the state.
9:52 a.m., March 6, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present two workshops on genealogy during the 2012 spring semester.
8:57 a.m., March 6, 2012--The Teacher Education Accreditation Council has recognized UD's Frank B. Murray with the presentation of a Festscrift.
8:40 a.m., March 6, 2012--UD graduate students are preparing strategic recommendations for Dogfish Head as part of the Carol A. Ammon MBA Case Competition.
8:19 a.m., March 6, 2012--A UD history professor has received an award for her research on the intersections of religion and sexuality in American history.
8:17 a.m., March 6, 2012--Spring blooms are two weeks early this year, estimates UD's Sue Barton. Find out what's blooming at the UD Botanic Gardens and other area gardens now, and in the weeks ahead.
8:08 a.m., March 6, 2012--Membership in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education entitles the UD community access to resources and benefits.
3:21 p.m., March 5, 2012--The Delaware Engineering Society has named UD alumni Guy F. Marcozzi and Jason N. Hastings its 2012 Engineer and Young Engineer of the Year.
2:11 p.m., March 5, 2012--The presentation "Everyone Leads – A Conversation with Author Paul Schmitz" will be held Tuesday, March 13, and will focus on the Public Allies program and leadership.
12:47 p.m., March 5, 2012--The 10th annual Material Culture Symposium on Saturday, April 14, will feature presentations by 12 emerging scholars.
10:57 a.m., March 5, 2012--UD will host a mini-conference on intentional agency, free will and neuroscience on Saturday, March 17.
9:04 a.m., March 5, 2012--Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and NSA, will speak on "Electronic Underworld" as the Global Agenda series continues March 14.
9:01 a.m., March 5, 2012--UD researchers are using "crowdsourcing," in which volunteers can assist with scientific research, as part of a sea scallop survey in the mid-Atlantic.
3:30 p.m., March 2, 2012--IT reports that changes to Google's privacy policies do not affect UD student, faculty and staff accounts within Google Apps for Education.
11:42 a.m., March 2, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
9:42 a.m., March 2, 2012--"Projects in Progress," an opportunity to meet faculty members whose research and teaching activities have been supported through the Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center, will be held March 13 in Gore Recital Hall.
8:52 a.m., March 2, 2012--Mechanical engineering professor discusses value of technology in the classroom, citing the UD Capture service.
8:49 a.m., March 2, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will present two workshops on research funding during the spring semester.
8:48 a.m., March 2, 2012--The UD Chamber Orchestra, with John David Smith on horn, will perform Friday night, March 9, in the Gore Recital Hall.
4:06 p.m., March 1, 2012--UD students are invited to the 2012 Multi-Ethnic Career Development Conference and Diversity Career Fair, scheduled March 10 at Clayton Hall.
3:40 p.m., March 1, 2012--Mary Watson, UD assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been selected for a highly competitive NSF Career Award to support her research on constructing synthetic organic molecules.
1:13 p.m., March 1, 2012--In the past decade, UD students have won more than double the number of awards received by any other university at a national biology and biochemistry conference.
12:09 p.m., March 1, 2012--Kathleen Kerr, director of the University of Delaware's Office of Residence Life, has been elected vice president of the American College Personnel Association.
11:25 a.m., March 1, 2012--The new Delaware Health Sciences Alliance website offers resources for researchers, clinicians, students and the community to learn about health care education, research, and services that impact Delaware residents.
11:10 a.m., March 1, 2012--A sculpture commemorating the Rev. Francis Alison, founder of the 18th century academy that became the University of Delaware, will be installed on campus as a focal point of Mentors' Circle.
10:47 a.m., March 1, 2012--Host Merchant Services CEO Lou Honick will address a Free Lunch Friday program at 12:30 p.m., Friday, March 2, at UD's Venture Development Center.
8:46 a.m., March 1, 2012--University of Delaware professors are working with St. Edmond's Academy in Wilmington as it introduces Apple iPads into its classrooms.
8:20 a.m., March 1, 2012--UD, in partnership with the state Department of Insurance, is offering a Captive Insurance Risk Management Certificate program.
8:13 a.m., March 7, 2012--The documentary "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time" will be screened Wednesday evening, March 14, in Kirkbride Hall.
April 2012
5:31 p.m., April 30, 2012--Bloom Energy broke ground for its new Delaware manufacturing center on the University of Delaware's Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus during ceremonies on Monday.
3:28 p.m., April 30, 2012--UD Board of Trustees will meet on Tuesday, May 8.
2:25 p.m., April 30, 2012--The College of Health Sciences will hold its second annual gala on Friday, May 11, from 6-10 p.m., at UD's new Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus.
1:24 p.m., April 30, 2012--Doctoral students Isabelle Havet and Anne Peng have won U.S. Student Fulbright Awards to study abroad during the 2012–2013 academic year.
11:56 a.m., April 30, 2012--UD's Southern Delaware Professional Development Center offers support to schools throughout Kent and Sussex counties.
11:35 a.m., April 30, 2012--UD hosted the Delaware Personal Finance Challenge, with competition featuring high school students from throughout the state.
11 a.m., April 30, 2012--The exhibition "Through the Years: The University of Delaware through Yearbooks" will be on display at the Morris Library from Tuesday, May 8, through Monday, July 2.
10:56 a.m., April 30, 2012--The Food and Garden Policy Committee will host a free workshop, "The Benefits of Eating Fresh, Raw Foods," from 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday, May 3, in 104 Willard Hall Education Building.
10:22 a.m., April 30, 2012--University of Delaware researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a cheaper, non-petroleum method to make plastics from biomass.
10:04 a.m., April 30, 2012--Noted orthopedic research expert Darryl D'Lima delivers keynote at UD's ninth annual biomechanics research symposium held April 23.
8:15 a.m., April 30, 2012--UD international organizations will sponsor a business meeting and social on Thursday, May 10, to discuss issues related to campus internationalization.
12 p.m., April 27, 2012--On April 17-18, over 600 education students and alumni visited UD's job fair with the hope of getting a start on their teaching career.
11:24 a.m., April 27, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will host the May exhibition "The War of 1812: America's Forgotten War."
11:21 a.m., April 27, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
11:18 a.m., April 27, 2012--Experts to discuss executive compensation May 8.
11:12 a.m., April 27, 2012--Sidneyeve Matrix will present a keynote address and workshop at UD's Summer Faculty Institute.
10:36 a.m., April 27, 2012--Dinner honors past and present recipients of the Plastino Scholars award.
3 p.m., April 26, 2012--The University Museums has received a grant from The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to support publication of a catalogue to accompany an upcoming exhibition of works by American photographer Gertrude Käsebier.
3 p.m., April 26, 2012--The Geis Student Research on Women Conference will be held Saturday, April 28, in UD's Perkins Student Center.
2:38 p.m., April 26, 2012--Intelligence expert Matthew M. Aid will discuss "The Future of Intelligence and Espionage" on Wednesday evening, May 2, in UD's Mitchell Hall.
2:14 p.m., April 26, 2012--UD faculty and students are invited to attend a conference on "Investigating and Prosecuting Hate Crimes," being presented by the U.S. Attorney's Office April 27 at Delaware State University in Dover.
1:28 p.m., April 26, 2012--University of Delaware student Taria Pritchett was recognized by the AAUW for her academic success and leadership.
1:12 p.m., April 26, 2012--Michelle Francis, a UD senior working to uncover how snake venom inhibits melanoma cells, was among 90 scholars who presented their research on April 20.
12 p.m., April 26, 2012--UD's Karl Booksh is developing national initiatives to include more students with disabilities in STEM majors and careers.
11:13 a.m., April 26, 2012--Hal White will deliver the University of Delaware Library Associates Faculty Lecture, "Dragons and Damsels of Delmarva," on Tuesday, May 15.
3:44 p.m., April 25, 2012--The fifth annual President's Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship was held Thursday, April 19, on UD's Newark campus.
3:41 p.m., April 25, 2012--Final presentations by both tracks of the Hen Hatch startup funding competition were held at the annual President's Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
3:35 p.m., April 25, 2012--The Yale University Library will host an exhibition on the "Vista Sans Wood Type Project," initiated by UD's Ashley John Pigford and artist Tricia Treacy, from April 30 through Aug. 17.
2:24 p.m., April 25, 2012--A three-day summer workshop will focus on ways to help students become better writers.
12:14 p.m., April 25, 2012--Acclaimed Israeli director Rami Kimchi will present his film "Father Language" on Thursday evening, May 3, in Kirkbride Hall.
10:20 a.m., April 25, 2012--UD undergraduate Danielle McKenna recently presented a paper on her cancer research at the annual meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
9:48 a.m., April 25, 2012--The University of Delaware Library has announced a new service of wireless printing in the Morris Library for the campus community.
8:39 a.m., April 25, 2012--DENIN's Student Programs Committee is raising awareness of the environmental, economic and health consequences of drinking bottled water.
8:14 a.m., April 25, 2012--More than 60 candidates for the Degree with Distinction and Honors Degree with Distinction will present their research at the Senior Thesis Symposium, Saturday, May 5, at UD.
3:04 p.m., April 24, 2012--Two boot camp sessions will be offered this summer for doctoral students who are writing their dissertation or have found their writing progress stalled.
2:52 p.m., April 24, 2012--A UD delegation visited Brazil's University Federal de Lavras during spring break, strengthening academic and cultural bonds between the two institutions.
2:12 p.m., April 24, 2012--UD had winners in many categories across the print, broadcast and social media in the 2011 Delaware Press Association communications contest.
12:09 p.m., April 24, 2012--Engineering researchers continue to blaze a trail of innovation in emerging technologies, with four faculty members recently publishing articles and commentaries.
11:40 a.m., April 24, 2012--Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to the United States, and U.S. Sen. Chris Coons will lead a discussion of U.S.-India relations on Tuesday, May 1, at 12:30 p.m., in the Trabant University Center Theatre.
9:03 a.m., April 24, 2012--UD professors Kristi Kiick and Xinqiao Jia believe the insect protein resilin may be the key to unlocking the regenerative powers of vocal fold tissue. The pair is developing new materials, modeled after the insect protein resilin, which may be useful in treating vocal fold disorders.
8:38 a.m., April 24, 2012--There's something for almost everyone at Ag Day -- pony rides, farm tours, the UD Botanic Gardens plant sale and a chance to see an open beehive and learn how to do the "waggle dance."
8 a.m., April 24, 2012--Bruno Thibault, a professor of French, attended the induction ceremony of author Danièle Sallenave into l'Académie française, a literary institution dating back to the 17th century.
7:56 a.m., April 24, 2012--UD's Willett Kempton and Cristina Archer have co-authored a study using weather patterns to place offshore wind farms.
2:31 p.m., April 23, 2012--The University of Delaware's Sandeep Patel has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for a project that includes developing a course at Newark High School.
11:53 a.m., April 23, 2012--UD College of Engineering students James Bailey and Matthew Dove claimed the prestigious Mohr's Circle Award at a national geotechnical engineering competition.
10:11 a.m., April 23, 2012--Peter Tessier of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will deliver the Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture at 10 a.m., Friday, May 4, in 102 Colburn Laboratory.
9:46 a.m., April 23, 2012--The results of the fifth annual Blue Hen Poll will be announced at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 3, at the Trabant University Center.
9:07 a.m., April 23, 2012--UD's Karen Edwards has been named 2012 Outstanding Health Professional by the Eastern District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Health, Recreation and Dance.
9:06 a.m., April 23, 2012--UD's Food and Garden Policy Committee will offer a free workshop on "WWOOFing" at 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 25.
8:27 a.m., April 23, 2012--In preparation Ag Day on Saturday, parking and traffic flow may be restricted on south campus beginning on Wednesday, April 25.
4:46 p.m., April 20, 2012--A free, public lecture on 'Culture and Politics in South' will be presented April 26 in Arsht Hall on the Wilmington Campus.
4:08 p.m., April 20, 2012--Warren Coats, author and former International Monetary Fund executive, delivered the annual Hutchinson Lecture in macroeconomics on April 17.
11:39 a.m., April 20, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
11:28 a.m., April 20, 2012--A panel of experts hosted by the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance gathered last Thursday to discuss issues surrounding dual class stock.
10:58 a.m., April 20, 2012--Stephen Dexter named a NACE International fellow for his work in corrosion.
10:22 a.m., April 20, 2012--The "Director's Delights" Spring Series at UD's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is examining selected artworks from the Delaware Art Museum.
9:43 a.m., April 20, 2012--Delaware-based companies attend April 11 networking event hosted by UD, State of Delaware and World Trade Center.
9:01 a.m., April 20, 2012--Brain science research was the theme of Thursday morning meeting at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.
4:14 p.m., April 19, 2012--UD Information Technologies reminds departments about central virtualization services, an effective way to save money and protect the environment year-round.
3:31 p.m., April 19, 2012--Every spring, wildlife rehabilitators care for baby animals that wouldn't have needed help if humans hadn't "rescued" them.
1:31 p.m., May 10, 2012--The Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events is accepting funding requests through May 1.
12:42 p.m., April 19, 2012--Kent S. Price, associate professor emeritus, died April 16.
11:53 a.m., April 19, 2012--Human rights activist Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will speak April 24 at UD.
9:58 a.m., April 19, 2012--Seven UD students, from the Undergraduate Research Program and the McNair Scholars Program, presented their work at the Colonial Academic Alliance conference on April 13-15.
9:32 a.m., April 19, 2012--The Delaware INBRE program has awarded eight biomedical research grants to scientists throughout the state.
9:29 a.m., April 19, 2012--Research administrators from Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey will convene at UD to discuss topics critical to sponsored programs and clinical research.
9:26 a.m., April 19, 2012--The award-winning documentary "Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and the Search for Identity" will be shown at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 26, in 130 Smith Hall.
9:05 a.m., April 19, 2012--Joseph J. Feeley III, a UD exercise science major, died on Feb. 27, after fighting a rare bone cancer for 2 1/2 years.
3:04 p.m., April 18, 2012--The public is invited to attend the Scholars Poster Session, featuring student research projects from the past summer, on Friday, April 20.
2 p.m., April 18, 2012--IceCube, an international collaboration involving University of Delaware scientists, is shedding new light on cosmic ray production thanks to a massive detector at the South Pole.
1:02 p.m., April 18, 2012--The documentary film "An Evolving Legacy: Delaware's Coastal Zone Act," produced by a supplemental faculty member with the assistance of UD students, will be shown at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 22, on WHYY-TV.
12:16 p.m., April 18, 2012--UD will host a colloquium on the artist Henry Ossawa Tanner on Wednesday, May 16, in Gore Hall.
10:54 a.m., April 18, 2012--The REP will stage "The Skin of Our Teeth" from April 19-May 5 in the Thompson Theatre.
9:08 a.m., April 18, 2012--The current edition of the University of Delaware Messenger magazine is now available online.
8:26 a.m., April 18, 2012--UD's Abraham Lenhoff will present "The Colburn Papers" during an inaugural lecture at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, in 116 Gore Hall.
4:28 p.m., April 17, 2012--Two UD students took top honors in the Inorganic Division at the 76th Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention.
3:26 p.m., April 17, 2012--Statistician and Princeton University professor J. Stuart Hunter delivered the second annual presentation in the W.L. Gore Lecture Series in Management Science on April 10.
1:57 p.m., April 17, 2012--The Delaware Biotechnology Institute and the Delaware Economic Development Office have announced eight research projects through the Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology.
1:26 p.m., April 17, 2012--University of Delaware researchers have identified a protein that regulates the creation of fat cells.
1:15 p.m., April 17, 2012--One of the world's preeminent experts on water issues will discuss the global water crisis at the second annual John R. Mather Visiting Scholars Lecture on Thursday evening, May 3.
11:55 a.m., April 17, 2012--Taria Pritchett, a senior English education major at UD, was selected as a TRIO Achiever at the Mid-Eastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel annual conference.
9:02 a.m., April 17, 2012--Five UD students participated in a wedding gown design contest sponsored by the publication Philadelphia Wedding.
8:54 a.m., April 17, 2012--The UD Symphonic Band will perform Tuesday evening, April 24, in Puglisi Orchestra Hall.
8:48 a.m., April 17, 2012--UD dedicated the new brick learning wall, located near the bookstore, during a ceremony April 13.
1:01 p.m., April 16, 2012--UD's Hilary Kerchner has been awarded an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
12:53 p.m., April 16, 2012--The Food and Garden Policy Committee will host a free workshop, "Food Cooperatives and Sustainable Healthy Food Options for Students and Higher Education Community Members," from 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday, April 19.
12:02 p.m., April 16, 2012--DASL's Development Coach Project helps principals navigate the teacher appraisal system.
10:20 a.m., April 16, 2012--Katherine Boo, author of the 2012 UD common reader "Beautiful Forevers," will visit camus this fall.
9:09 a.m., April 16, 2012--Alexandra Bayles, a junior studying chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Joseph Morris, a biological sciences major, received honorable mention.
1:01 p.m., April 13, 2012--A chemical reaction reported by University of Delaware assistant professor Donald Watson and his laboratory group has set the chemistry world abuzz for its creativity and potential utility.
9:57 a.m., April 13, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
9:43 a.m., April 13, 2012--UD's Undergraduate Research Program has announced a variety of events that highlight work by students.
9:19 a.m., April 13, 2012--Dr. Samuel Gwinn, who directed UD Cooperative Extension for 22 years, died April 10.
3:20 p.m., April 12, 2012--James E. Newton, UD professor emeritus of Black American Studies, has been named winner of the James H. Gilliam, Sr., Chairman's Award by the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League.
2:03 p.m., May 2, 2012--Training on "Conducting Safe and Accessible Focus Groups" to be offered May 9 at UD's Center for Disabilities Studies.
1:56 p.m., April 12, 2012--Delaware First Media, Delaware State University and the University of Delaware have announced a historic collaboration to launch WDDE-FM 91.1 Dover.
1:50 p.m., April 12, 2012--Melissa Hathaway, former senior director for cyberspace in the National Security Council, spoke about the threats of the Internet to personal and national security during a UD Global Agenda presentation.
1:39 p.m., April 12, 2012--Stephen Mulligan, a UD senior, has co-authored a paper in the Journal of Materials Chemistry that investigates the beneficial effects of nitrogen gas flow on solar cells.
12:27 p.m., April 12, 2012--James Brophy, UD professor of history, has been awarded a summer research fellowship to study archives in Germany for a book project about democratic publishers there.
12:17 p.m., April 12, 2012--Earth Week activities on the UD campus begin with a day devoted to the issue of plastic, featuring an author's talk and a documentary film.
11:23 a.m., April 12, 2012--UD's Charles (Buz) Swanik, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physiology, has been named a fellow of the National Athletic Trainers Association.
9:25 a.m., May 14, 2012--UD's English Language Institute is now enrolling students in its nine-week, semi-intensive evening class program, which will be held May 23 to July 30.
8:41 a.m., April 12, 2012--Faculty in the University of Delaware's School of Nursing are using UD Capture, the classroom recording system.
8:08 a.m., April 12, 2012--One quarter of apparel makers are flouting a law requiring them to disclose their efforts to combat human trafficking, a University of Delaware study found.
3:15 p.m., April 11, 2012--The 2012 University of Delaware President's Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be held April 19.
2:05 p.m., April 11, 2012--Two Nobel Laureates in Literature will be coming to UD in 2012, sponsored by a University project to encourage cultural studies through visits from world-renowned authors.
1:36 p.m., April 11, 2012--Faculty and students are invited to take part in the first TEDx event at UD, to be held from noon to 3:30 p.m., Sunday, April 15, in 115 Purnell Hall.
10:12 a.m., April 11, 2012--To improve cultural diversity in educating future nurses, a new set of scenarios has been introduced to the University of Delaware's Healthcare Theatre program through a collaboration with medical anthropologist Melissa Melby.
2:12 p.m., April 10, 2012--Jon DeVault, who helped found the industrial consortium at UD's Center for Composite Materials, is the 2012 recipient of the Jud Hall Composites Manufacturing Award.
11:24 a.m., April 10, 2012--Cultural anthropologist Bruce La Brack will present a lecture and hold workshops April 19-20 in keeping with UD's Diversity Initiative and to further the mission of the Women in Engineering program.
9 a.m., April 10, 2012--The University of Delaware will host its ninth consecutive program through the U.S. State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative this summer.
8:31 a.m., April 10, 2012--University of Delaware students returned from a week of service ready to spread the word about the alternative break movement.
4:03 p.m., April 9, 2012--UD President Patrick Harker joined Delaware State President Harry L. Williams and Delaware Tech President Orlando J. George, Jr., to mark Higher Education Day in Dover.
3:42 p.m., April 9, 2012--Executives encouraged students to believe in the power of possibility during a recent Hospitality and Entrepreneurship Summit held at UD.
3:03 p.m., April 9, 2012--British journalist Christopher de Bellaigue will present "The Struggle for Iran: Muhammad Mossadegh and the Anglo-American Coup" on Thursday, May 17, at 6 p.m. in 103 Gore Hall.
1:51 p.m., April 9, 2012--UD's NOTU5 graduate woodwind quintet will perform a free concert at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, April 15, in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.
1:46 p.m., April 9, 2012--UD's Food and Garden Policy Committee will host a free gardening workshop, "How to Farm and Garden Organically," on Thursday, April 12.
11:12 a.m., April 9, 2012--Insects have emerged or arrived in Delaware about two weeks early, thanks to mild spring temperatures. But Brian Kunkel, Cooperative Extension entomologist, says it's too soon to tell what impact, if any, this will have on insect populations later this summer.
10:09 a.m., April 27, 2012--On April 30, the UD Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy will hold its official inaugural event, a daylong symposium featuring several well-known experts in applied ethics and public policy.
8:50 a.m., April 9, 2012--UD's Daniel Grove and Hannah Shearer won the Danish Institute for Study Abroad Award for "stepping out of the box" and building leadership through a variety of cultural immersion activities.
1:59 p.m., April 6, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
1:57 p.m., April 6, 2012--UD's College of Arts and Sciences has selected 10 Dean's Doctoral Student Summer Scholars recipients, who will receive support for their research and writing this summer.
10:55 a.m., April 6, 2012--Anthony Kossiakoff of the University of Chicago will present the sixth annual John C. Wriston Memorial Lecture on April 30.
8:49 a.m., April 6, 2012--The College of Education and Human Development has launched a new website, reconfigured to better represent the integrated services provided by the college.
8:45 a.m., April 6, 2012--Cybersecurity expert Melissa Hathaway will be featured in the Global Agenda speaker series on Wednesday evening, April 11, in Mitchell Hall.
1:42 p.m., April 5, 2012--Registration is now open for the 2012 Summer Faculty Institute, which will feature a keynote presentation by Sidneyeve Matrix of Queen's University in Canada.
11:32 a.m., April 5, 2012--Toby Jurovics of the Joslyn Art Museum will deliver the William I. Homer Lecture at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 5, in 127 Memorial Hall.
10:11 a.m., April 5, 2012--UD microbiologist David W. Smith has collected another award for his creation and operation of Retrosheet, a detailed historical record of major league baseball games.
9:09 a.m., April 5, 2012--UD junior Elena Delle Donne has been named CAA scholar-athlete of the year in women's basketball. The early childhood education major has a 3.6 GPA.
8:59 a.m., April 5, 2012--UD's David W. Colby and a team of researchers have developed a novel way to detect the misfolded protein, huntingtin, more sensitively than traditional methods. If successful, the technique may push promising therapies for Huntington's disease to clinical trial faster.
1:42 p.m., April 4, 2012--A study co-authored by UD's Melissa Melby finds that soy may offer an alternative to hormone therapy for hot flashes in menopause.
1:29 p.m., April 4, 2012--UD historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar is among the experts who provide commentary in "Fever: 1793," a documentary that airs April 4 at 7:30 p.m. on WPVI-TV, Channel 6, Philadelphia.
11:50 a.m., April 4, 2012--UD will open Earth Week activities on April 18, with a talk by author Susan Freinkel.
11:37 a.m., April 4, 2012--A College of Arts and Sciences delegation traveled to China recently to discuss environmental and other issues with their counterparts at three major universities.
10:15 a.m., May 14, 2012--The Infant Language Project at UD is trying to answer the question "how do children learn language?" and invites those who are interested to join in.
9:24 a.m., April 4, 2012--The ITUE Speaking of Teaching series will continue Friday, April 13, with a multidisciplinary presentation, "Silos, Bridges and Designing Stew."
9:11 a.m., April 4, 2012--UD's Rudolph Matthee will give a lecture and hold a book signing at the Library of Congress this week, focused on his new book on Persian history.
9:02 a.m., April 19, 2012--UD's Center for Disabilities Studies will hold an April 24 Lunchtime Learning session on Applied Behavior Analysis.
4:35 p.m., April 3, 2012--The University of Delaware's Global magazine is now available in print and online, including for the iPad.
4:22 p.m., April 3, 2012--Two UD faculty members are listed among the country's best undergraduate teachers in 'The Best 300 Professors.'
1:56 p.m., April 3, 2012--The University of Delaware will host the Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium on May 14 in the Trabant University Center.
1:25 p.m., April 3, 2012--The Delaware Urban Farm Coalition is helping to promote interest in local foods, including baked kale chips.
12:06 p.m., April 3, 2012--UD senior Sarah Hann is working to create new materials for targeted drug delivery, research that earned a travel award to present her work at the American Chemical Society's spring meeting.
9:56 a.m., April 3, 2012--Doctoral student Tim O'Neill is preparing to make a second trip to Madagascar to document and analyze a dialect spoken on the island's northeast coast.
9:18 a.m., April 3, 2012--UD doctoral student Erik Koepf has developed a novel solar reactor to produce hydrogen from sunlight and zinc oxide, and will test the reactor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
4:10 p.m., April 2, 2012--UD will hold the annual Kente Stole Ceremony on Friday, May 25, in Clayton Hall.
3:30 p.m., April 2, 2012--Three finalists in the search for a new dean of UD's College of Agricultural and Natural Resources will visit in April.
2:17 p.m., April 2, 2012--A photograph by UD's Nancy Breslin, taken with a toy camera, is one of 10 finalists for a Smithsonian magazine contest.
1:47 p.m., April 2, 2012--UD's William Browning has received a lifetime honor as a fellow of United States Institute of Theatre Technology.
1:08 p.m., April 2, 2012--The Department of Music's "Brahms and Friends" will continue with a performance at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 3, in the Gore Recital Hall.
12:31 p.m., April 2, 2012--The 2011-12 Master Players Concert Series will culminate with a theatrical multimedia production and symposium on China's Qing Dynasty.
12:01 p.m., April 2, 2012--Lawrence H. Cohen, professor of psychology at UD, died April 1.
10:54 a.m., April 2, 2012--A new web tool, seafoodhealthfacts.org, can provide users individualized guidance on seafood consumption.
10:38 a.m., April 2, 2012--Five academic programs have won instructional grants to promote a broad expansion of undergraduate research and scholarship.
10:25 a.m., April 9, 2012--The Department of Medical Technology will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, in 305 Willard Hall Education Building.
10:22 a.m., April 2, 2012--The Department of Food and Resource Economics hosted an Environmental Career Morning event on March 17.
10:19 a.m., April 2, 2012--The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Graduate and Professional Education announce a special travel fellowship to the 2012 Lilly Conference.
8:54 a.m., April 2, 2012--The University of Delaware Career Services Center has announced the launch of a new and improved website.
8:52 a.m., April 2, 2012--Beginning in early May, UD grad students will have a new preeminent governance organization, the Graduate Student Government.
8:49 a.m., April 2, 2012--Allan M. Zarembski will discuss railway risk management techniques at this year's Kerr Lecture to be held Thursday afternoon, May 3.
8:17 a.m., April 2, 2012--The CIA's Eric C. Anderson will speak on "Red Cell!" as the University of Delaware's Global Agenda series continues at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, in Mitchell Hall.
May 2012
2:22 p.m., May 25, 2012--The University of Delaware Library will exhibit the Kelmscott Caucer on June 1-2, during Alumni Weekend.
1:14 p.m., May 25, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
9:30 a.m., May 25, 2012--Erin Bange, a biological sciences major at UD, is one of 56 recipients of a Phi Kappa Phi fellowship.
9:26 a.m., May 25, 2012--A UD doctoral student in historic preservation has received the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
3:46 p.m., May 24, 2012--Undergraduates presented their research findings during the Department of Psychology's annual Poster Day.
3:29 p.m., May 24, 2012--Environmental studies and science majors experienced Chesapeake Bay management through the eyes of farmers, fishermen, policy makers and other stakeholders.
2 p.m., May 24, 2012--Female high school and undergraduate students attended a program in Spencer Lab where they assumed the roles of engineers and orthopedic surgeons.
12:01 p.m., May 24, 2012--Nancy Brickhouse, UD deputy provost, will serve as interim provost for the 2012-13 academic year, while a national search for a new provost is conducted.
11:53 a.m., May 24, 2012--UD's 163rd Commencement ceremony will be webcast live, as will the doctoral hooding ceremony and some college convocations.
10:43 a.m., May 24, 2012--UD's Guang Gao has been selected to join TERAFLUX, a European consortium of worldwide experts in data flow for high-performance computing.
10:19 a.m., May 24, 2012--Doctoral student Michael Taylor has received the 2012 Hackley Award for research excellence.
2:43 p.m., May 23, 2012--A research group that included UD's Kyle McCarthy obtained images of a rarity -- the Sumatran striped rabbit.
2:01 p.m., May 23, 2012--The Delaware Space Grant Consortium held its annual research symposium April 27 on the UD campus.
10:33 a.m., May 23, 2012--The Assistive Technology Resource Center improves access to technology for students, faculty and staff with and without disabilities.
9:48 a.m., May 23, 2012--Christopher A. Schuetz, a research assistant professor in UD's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded a 2012 Air Force Young Investigator grant from the Department of Defense.
8:32 a.m., May 23, 2012--The Black Graduate Student Association will host a graduate luncheon from 1-5 p.m., Friday, May 25, in 219 Trabant University Center.
2:48 p.m., May 22, 2012--An advanced DNA sequencing machine helps UD researchers obtain important information in study of genetics.
2:27 p.m., May 22, 2012--UD will host a town hall to discuss the progress and future plans for the STAR Campus on Tuesday afternoon, May 29.
2:12 p.m., May 22, 2012--Delaware Technical and Community College's Georgetown campus has honored a member of the University of Delaware Board of Trustees for her efforts as a teacher of English as a Second Language.
7:58 a.m., May 22, 2012--UD Cooperative Extension Agent Carrie Murphy shares tips on frugal gardening.
7:45 a.m., May 22, 2012--The operations management area in UD's Department of Business Administration was recognized with the APICS company of the year award for leadership in the field.
4:03 p.m., May 21, 2012--A new program to train members of the UD community in the prevention of child sexual abuse is being offered this spring and summer.
3:23 p.m., May 21, 2012--UD's Stanley Sandler will receive the American Society of Engineering Education's CACHE Award for excellence in computing in chemical engineering education this June.
2:28 p.m., May 21, 2012--The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Delaware in Wilmington will offer a morning lecture series June 4-8.
10:26 a.m., May 21, 2012--Some 200 academic and clinical researchers turned out for the 4th annual Research Symposium of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance on Friday, May 11.
9:45 a.m., May 21, 2012--The University of Delaware's 2012 Summer Faculty Institute will be held over four days, May 29-June 1, in Gore Hall.
4:13 p.m., May 18, 2012--The sixth class of Alumni Undergraduate Research Fellows has been announced.
3:02 p.m., May 18, 2012--University of Delaware Information Technologies has published its May Activity Report.
1:57 p.m., May 18, 2012--The public can tour UD's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes for free throughout the summer for a behind-the-scenes look at marine science.
1:48 p.m., May 18, 2012--The College of Education and Human Development held two ceremonies to recognize students and faculty who have excelled in their scholarly pursuits.
12:18 p.m., May 18, 2012--The College of Arts and Sciences recognized alumni and faculty and celebrated success stories of the past year at its annual spring event.
11:53 a.m., May 18, 2012--UD Provost Tom Apple has been named chancellor of the University of Hawai'I at Manoa.
11 a.m., May 18, 2012--UD's Center for Community Research and Service helps Wilmington neighborhood celebrate neighborhood transformation through Blueprint Communities revitalization plan
10:36 a.m., May 18, 2012--UD has named its farm in Georgetown the Thurman G. Adams Agriculture Research Farm in honor of the late state legislator.
8:27 a.m., May 18, 2012--UD's Division of Professional and Continuing Studies offers an Employee Development Roundtable program.
8:03 a.m., May 18, 2012--Jessica Chopyk, a junior biological sciences major at the University of Delaware, has won a $5,000 American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
4:26 p.m., May 17, 2012--The recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, UD alumna Liza Melms will teach in Turkey for the 2012–2013 academic year.
4:16 p.m., May 17, 2012--Almost 300 people attended the Disaster Preparedness for Long-Term Care Facilities Conference at the University of Delaware on May 15-16.
2:38 p.m., May 17, 2012--The University of Delaware Library is a member of two partnerships that enable access to more than 120 research library collections.
10:43 a.m., May 17, 2012--The Office of Equity and Inclusion has announced the winners of the annual Diversity Awards. This year, five honorees were chosen in three award categories.
9:54 a.m., May 17, 2012--The Celebration of Scholarship event gives undergraduate scholarship recipients and supporters the opportunity to mingle.
9:07 a.m., May 17, 2012--Joshua Zide, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UD, has received a U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research grant to attempt the growth of nanomaterials by combining inert gas condensation and liquid beam epitaxy.
3:09 p.m., May 16, 2012--Food and resource economics students spent the spring semester conducting surveys and analyzing data on two projects, one on a student's proposed food truck business and the second on general campus awareness of alternative energy sources.
2:43 p.m., May 16, 2012--Prof. Karen Rosenberg, who studies the evolution of birthing, will head the leading professional organization for physical anthropologists.
9:47 a.m., May 16, 2012--UD Information Technologies is offering new Bring Your Own Data workshops through its LearnIT@UD program. The first will be held May 23.
3:49 p.m., May 15, 2012--The NUCLEUS academic support network celebrated its students at the conclusion of a year of program growth.
2:22 p.m., May 15, 2012--Eleanor Craig, associate professor of economics in the Lerner College, completed five decades of teaching on May 15.
1:43 p.m., May 15, 2012--University of Delaware marine science majors gained field experience as freshmen with horseshoe crab research.
1:19 p.m., May 15, 2012--UD's two government relations offices have new websites to connect the campus with Dover and Washington, D.C.
11:32 a.m., May 15, 2012--Physicists from UD and the University of Silesia have validated a new method for predicting the interaction energy of large molecules, such as biomolecules used in drug development.
9:32 a.m., May 15, 2012--Kelsey Prima, a graduating senior at UD, will teach English in Austria for the 2012–2013 school year, thanks to an assistantship from the Austrian Ministry of Education.
9:21 a.m., May 15, 2012--UD Library has announced that the exhibition "Virginia Spencer Carr, 1929-2012," on the literary biographer, will be on view through June 18.
8:22 a.m., May 15, 2012--Two University of Delaware professors have restored Newark's International Style Carswell House to its original condition.
8:03 a.m., May 15, 2012--UD Cooperative Extension and several partners have created Livable Lawns, a program that helps homeowners find the best ways to maintain their yards while protecting local watersheds.
3:46 p.m., May 14, 2012--Deborah Friedel and Robbi Alexander, both Ph.D. students in nursing science at UD, have received support for their doctoral work through an institutional grant from the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence.
3:39 p.m., May 14, 2012--Nominations are being accepted for UD Sustainability Task Force working group chairs and members for the 2012-13 academic year.
2:41 p.m., May 14, 2012--The University of Delaware Library thanked its many library student assistants at the Library Student Assistant Appreciation Reception on Thursday, April 26.
2:19 p.m., May 14, 2012--Alumni Weekend event will feature top national political analysts assessing the presidential and congressional campaigns.
11:41 a.m., May 14, 2012--UD President Patrick Harker discussed the "State of the University" during a meeting of the University of Delaware Association of Retired Faculty.
11:35 a.m., May 14, 2012--Craig Ferrere, recent UD grad and Edgar Woolard Fellow in the Weinberg Center, presented his research on executive compensation models to a panel of corporate executives and governance experts.
10:08 a.m., May 14, 2012--Zachary Melrose, a UD doctoral student in mechanical engineering, has been awarded a prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
9:43 a.m., May 14, 2012--Ten University of Delaware doctoral students have won competitive travel grants to attend the annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning in Bethesda, Md., May 31 – June 3.
8:25 a.m., May 14, 2012--A preeminent expert on water issues discussed the global water crisis at the second annual John R. Mather Visiting Scholars Lecture on May 3.
12:57 p.m., May 11, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
11 a.m., May 11, 2012--The University of Delaware's professional theatre ensemble is planning to continue full seasons of productions.
2:48 p.m., May 10, 2012--A summer institute, set for July 23–27 at UD, is designed to help prepare doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars for academic careers.
2:32 p.m., May 10, 2012--T3D, a nanotechnology-based targeted drug delivery system with UD ties, participated in the 2012 Rice Business Plan Competition.
1:21 p.m., May 10, 2012--Late night campus study locations available for use by University of Delaware students before and during spring semester final exams have been announced.
11:40 a.m., May 10, 2012--UD's Faculty Senate elected new officers, approved instruction period time modifications and presented the 2012 Faculty Senate Excellence Awards during its May 7 meeting.
9:43 a.m., May 10, 2012--UD's Early Learning Center has been recognized by the First Lady's Let's Move! Child Care initiative for its exceptional efforts to promote young children's health and prevent childhood obesity.
8:52 a.m., May 10, 2012--Jay Squalli, a 2004 graduate of the University of Delaware, recently co-authored the Middle East edition of "Principles of Economics," one of the best-selling textbooks in the field of economics.
8:18 a.m., May 10, 2012--The North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium held its annual meeting recently at the University of Delaware.
5:10 p.m., May 9, 2012--Progress on UD diversity initiatives, a preview of the Class of 2016 and a look at campus construction were discussed by President Patrick Harker at the Board of Trustees meeting.
4:11 p.m., May 9, 2012--UD Board of Trustees approved promotions of 43 faculty members at its spring meeting May 8.
3:34 p.m., May 9, 2012--Robert Pagels and Gealina Dun have been selected as the recipients of the Alexander J. Taylor Sr. and Emalea Pusey Warner awards, respectively, as the outstanding man and woman of UD's 2012 graduating class.
1:11 p.m., May 9, 2012--Deb Jaisi, UD assistant professor, has won the Ralph E. Powe Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities for his research to seek out the sources of a nutrient so excessive it has become a pollutant in the Chesapeake Bay - phosphorus.
1:09 p.m., May 9, 2012--On May 7, the National Teacher of the Year spoke to UD education students, followed by the University Council on Teacher Education professional education awards ceremony.
12:45 p.m., May 9, 2012--Graduate students in UD's Center for Historic Architecture and Design will present their project research on May 23 at Buena Vista in New Castle, Del.
12:09 p.m., May 9, 2012--Seven members of the UD faculty have been recognized for outstanding work in teaching and advising, and three graduate teaching assistants have received awards for excellence in teaching.
10:20 a.m., May 9, 2012--UD's Earth Week was deemed a success and the Sustainability Task Force is seeking suggestions for the 2013 event.
10:13 a.m., May 9, 2012--A new public sculpture pays tribute to the University of Delaware's history, faculty and values.
9:25 a.m., May 9, 2012--Junior Nicole Vassallo and Kelly Cobb, an instructor in fashion and apparel studies, are designing three garment prototypes for children with fidgeting as a result of types of ADHD.
7:58 a.m., May 9, 2012--Avron Abraham, associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, has received the Outstanding Kinesiology Professional Award from the University of Connecticut.
1:28 p.m., May 8, 2012--The Department of Psychology will hold its annual Poster Day on May 16, showcasing student research.
1:22 p.m., May 8, 2012--The University of Delaware Opera Theatre's Opera on the Edge program will continue with a presentation of Puccini's three one-act operas, "Il Trittico," on May 11 and May 13.
1:01 p.m., May 8, 2012--The new issue of UD's Professional Education News is available online now, and showcases UD programs that partner across departments and colleges to offer interdisciplinary graduate education that is greater than the sum of its parts.
11:33 a.m., May 8, 2012--The latest graduates of the International Coaching Enrichment Certification Program, a collaboration of UD, the U.S. and International Olympic Committees, include 28 coaches from 5 continents, 28 countries and 10 sports.
11:22 a.m., May 8, 2012--Two UD scholars will participate in the interdisciplinary conference "Who Owns the Legacy of Oscar Wilde?" at Drew University in Madison, N.J., on June 1-2.
11:17 a.m., May 8, 2012--UD K-12 Engineering videos illustrated the world of engineering for fans at a Blue Rocks game April 29 during Science Day at the ballpark.
8:35 a.m., May 8, 2012--Hua (Nancy) He, a UD doctoral student in chemistry, has won both the Skinner Award and the Trofimenko Prize.
8:24 a.m., May 8, 2012--UD's Janine Sherrier is examining the relationships between legumes and beneficial microbes as part of a $6.8 million National Science Foundation grant.
8:21 a.m., May 8, 2012--A UD professor attended a six-day summit in Salzburg, Austria, designed to improve health care around the world through increased quality improvement.
4:03 p.m., May 7, 2012--Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao visited the University of Delaware for a discussion of India-U.S. relations with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, students and faculty.
3:26 p.m., May 7, 2012--As the keynote speaker at the UD Graduate Student Forum, Roger Craig, alumnus and "Jeopardy!" champ, offered three take-away messages on leadership and innovation.
2:03 p.m., May 7, 2012--Graduate students completing UD's master of fine arts degree program will hold a thesis exhibition at the Crane Arts Building in Philadelphia from May 10 through June 17.
1:36 p.m., May 7, 2012--The newly relocated Assistive Technology Resource Center will acquaint visitors with its array of equipment and services at a May 16 open house.
9:56 a.m., May 7, 2012--UD's Professional Theatre Training Program is listed among the top 25 drama schools in the English speaking world in The Hollywood Reporter.
9:56 a.m., May 7, 2012--UD's Model United Nations team recently won third place as a delegation at New York University's Model United Nations Conference.
9:42 a.m., May 7, 2012--Best practices in sustainability programming for UD students will be the focus of a talk on May 9 in the Gallery at the Perkins Student Center.
8:16 a.m., May 7, 2012--The Department of Black American Studies spring brown bag lecture series will conclude Monday, May 14, with a presentation by H. Ray Jones Avery on Wilmington's Kuumba Academy.
2:38 p.m., May 4, 2012--Sociology professor Joel Best has been selected to receive UD's highest faculty honor, the Francis Alison Award.
2 p.m., May 4, 2012--Seven projects have received funding from the President's Diversity Initiative.
11:04 a.m., May 4, 2012--Results from the annual Blue Hen Poll indicate that most undergrads are satisfied with UD and would recommend it to a friend or colleague.
10:30 a.m., May 4, 2012--Life science researchers are invited to attend the Core Facilities Open House, Thursday, May 10, at Nemours/A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children, to learn about life science equipment and services available through INBRE institutions.
10:14 a.m., May 4, 2012--UD's Center for Composite Materials has received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a rapid prototyping process to manufacture orthoses for injured soldiers.
8:44 a.m., May 4, 2012--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
12:42 p.m., May 3, 2012--UD students received numerous awards at the annual conference of the Experimental Biology Meeting, held this year in San Diego.
12:15 p.m., May 3, 2012--The 2012 Ocean Currents Lecture Series kicks off on May 24 with Jonathan Cohen discussing the unusual vision of sea animals.
11:32 a.m., May 3, 2012--Jillian Trabulsi is part of a team that recently received a $2 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the impact of diet composition during infancy on energy balance, satiety and growth.
10:48 a.m., May 3, 2012--UD's Institute of Undergraduate Education will conclude its spring Speaking of Teaching series May 11 with a talk by Peter Rees.
9:45 a.m., May 3, 2012--The nephew of playwright Thornton Wilder participated in discussions before and after a recent performance of his uncle's play 'The Skin of Our Teeth' at UD.
5:56 p.m., May 2, 2012--Eight UD doctoral students have won competitive research travel grants that will take them to locales ranging from North Dakota to Nigeria in the coming months.
3:37 p.m., May 2, 2012--UD students collaborated with students from the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School for a recent performance of 'The Magical Land of Oz.'
2:39 p.m., May 2, 2012--'Foundations for our Future' gives leadership donors an insider's look at UD's future plans for growth.
2:13 p.m., May 2, 2012--UD's acid rain monitoring station in Lewes, one of the oldest in the country, documents impact of 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.
1:58 p.m., May 2, 2012--A team led by UD's Ulhas Naik, director of the Delaware Cardiovascular Research Center, has discovered that the protein JAM-A keeps blood clots--the direct cause of heart attacks and strokes--in check.
12:11 p.m., May 2, 2012--Thomas Pauly's new book tells the personal stories of five early athletes who helped change sports in America.
11:14 a.m., May 2, 2012--Ten UD students and recent alumni have won the prestigious Graduate Research Program Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
11 a.m., May 2, 2012--UD faculty, students and staff presented hands-on activities at a national festival aimed at re-invigorating public interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
9:37 a.m., May 2, 2012--On April 27, the Delaware Neuroscience Retreat brought together researchers and clinicians for a series of rapid-fire talks to highlight research and promote collaboration.
1:17 p.m., May 1, 2012--A large crowd made tracks to Ag Day 2012, which featured entertainment, demonstrations and a birthday party for the UDairy Creamery.
10 a.m., May 1, 2012--Researchers have found that small particles of plastic are churned further underwater by wind than previously estimated.
9:43 a.m., May 1, 2012--The UD Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday evening, May 6, in the Puglisi Orchestra Hall, with a special guest appearance by retired professor Robert Streckfuss.
8:01 a.m., May 1, 2012--French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a Nobel laureate in literature, will speak at the University as part of the Transnational Encounters series.
7:58 a.m., May 1, 2012--UD's Christopher Meehan will investigate promising geothermal energy solutions as a Fulbright Scholar in Finland.
7:49 a.m., May 1, 2012--A mathematics journal has dedicated a special issue to UD's George Hsiao and his contributions to the field.
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