http://www.udel.edu/research/ The University of Delaware is advancing leading-edge research that solves mysteries, tackles problems, and invents new technologies--all aimed at enhancing our quality of life. UD has distinguished faculty, capable staff, and outstanding students, supported by state-of-the-art facilities. Join us as we explore the latest frontiers in science, engineering, the arts, and humanities. en-us Copyright 2008, The University of Delaware tbryant@udel.edu (Tracey Bryant) db@udel.edu Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:10:10 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/ciotti072308.html Ben Ciotti, a doctoral student in marine studies, has been awarded a Chateaubriand Fellowship from the Office of Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States. Ciotti is one of just 20 graduate students from American universities to be selected for this competitive honor. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:00:30 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/wenner072308.html Megan Wenner, a doctoral student in biomechanics, has received a prestigious, competitive American Heart Association (AHA) fellowship to work on research for her dissertation project. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:52 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/nobel072308.html Three UD doctoral students in economics--Laura Cojocaru, Leo-Rey Gordon and Stela Stefanova--have been selected by the National Science Foundation to be among the 300 students worldwide to attend the third Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences in Germany Aug. 20-23. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:57:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/mepi072308.html Students from the Middle East and North Africa participating in the MEPI Summer Institute for Student Leaders at UD said that what especially impressed them about the University of Delaware were the beauty of its Newark campus and the wide range of ideas expressed by members of the UD and surrounding communities. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:11:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/energy072208.html Several experts on solar hydrogen as a sustainable energy source spoke at the opening session of the Solar Hydrogen Workshop held Monday morning, July 21, at Clayton Hall. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:11:01 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/ms072108.html People with multiple sclerosis are eligible to receive free assessments of their functional abilities through the MS Assessment Program offered by the University of Delaware's physical therapy department in the McKinly Laboratory building on East Delaware Avenue in Newark, Del. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:18:23 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/tunisia072108.html "Coming to a different country on my own and meeting hundreds of new people really puts things in perspective. You mature very fast and learn to cope with things a lot better. Seeing the world is a great thing, and I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity." Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:51:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/analysis071808.html When the Greater Georgetown (Del.) Chamber of Commerce decided to conduct an overall economic survey of the area, they turned to UD's Institute for Public Administration (IPA) for assistance. The result is the Greater Georgetown Area Comprehensive Market Analysis, funded by the chamber of commerce and town, which was officially presented to the Georgetown Town Council at its meeting July 9. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:01:35 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/spssi071808.html Samuel L. Gaertner, University of Delaware professor of psychology, has been named a recipient of an award for distinguished service to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:30:06 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/ford071808.html Rosalie Rolon-Dow, assistant professor of education, has received a prestigious and highly competitive Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship for next year. The fellowship's goal is to increase faculty diversity in academia and to encourage using diversity as a resource for enriching the educational experience of all students. Only 20 are awarded each year, and Stacey Simon, a postdoctoral researcher at UD's Delaware Biotechnology Institute also has received the award. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:30:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/honors071708.html Five members of the faculty in UD's Department of Physical Therapy received major awards during the past year from the American Physical Therapy Association. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:33:40 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/ospreys071708.html The life and journey of ospreys is the feature of the University of Delaware College of Marine and Earth Studies' (CMES') next Ocean Currents Lecture at 7 p.m., Monday, July 28, on the Hugh R. Sharp Campus on Pilottown Road in Lewes. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:47:19 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/lending071708.html In the current economy, lending money--to strangers online--wouldn't seem like a practice the average citizen with a few spare bucks would embrace. Yet a new study co-authored by two UD professors in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has found that peer-to-peer lending--the practice of one individual staking another to a cyberloan--is gaining momentum and perhaps even changing the way traditional financial institutions conduct their business. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:40:23 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/wool071608.html Richard Wool, University of Delaware professor of chemical engineering and director of the Affordable Composites from Renewable Sources (ACRES) research group, has been invited to be a plenary speaker at the green polymers symposium during the eighth World Congress of Chemical Engineering to be held Aug. 23-27, 2009, in Montreal. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:17:12 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/kluge071608.html Two professors in UD's College of Arts and Sciences have been selected as Library of Congress John W. Kluge Fellows for 2008-09. Marcy J. Dinius, assistant professor of English, received the prestigious honor for her research on the role of the daguerreotype in the literature, rhetoric and visual culture of American abolition from 1833-60; and Monica Dominguez Torres, assistant professor of art history, was honored with the fellowship for her research on the production, regulation and consumption of indigenous heraldry in 16th-century Mexico. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:06:33 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/monticello071508.html Many books have been written about the events in the life of Thomas Jefferson, as the author of the Declaration of Independence and a Founding Father and president of the United States, but Kevin J. Hayes has taken a different approach in his book, The Road to Monticello, The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson, published by the Oxford University Press. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:02:16 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/nsf071508.html As a math teacher at Rising Sun High School in Maryland, George Hildebran is still searching for answers to a question that many of his students ask: "Why do we need to know this?" He hopes to come closer to finding those answers this summer as he participates in a six-week summer immersion program at UD called "Nature InSpired Engineering" (NISE). Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:56:46 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/labor071008.html Not every idea ahead of its time manages to get off the ground, so when UD's online Socially Responsible Apparel Business Certificate Program was launched last fall and enthusiastically embraced by fashion students around the globe, it brought a happy conclusion to four years of tenacious planning by the program's director and chief architect, Marsha Dickson. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:12:43 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/simon070908.html Stacey Simon, a postdoctoral researcher working on the National Science Foundation-funded rice epigenome project at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI), was recently awarded a Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship. Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:15:54 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/sects070908.html John Barnshaw, a sociology doctoral student at UD who also works as a projects coordinator at UD's Disaster Research Center, was recently quoted on the Internet science news and blog site LiveScience, where he shared some of his knowledge on emergent religious movements in the wake of the recent news reports about the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) group, led by Warren Jeffs, in Eldorado, Texas. Barnshaw is teaching a sociology course at UD this summer titled "Crowds, Cults and Revolutions" in which he will examine the sociology of religion. UDaily asked Barnshaw to weigh in on how groups such as the FLDS come to be and on what separates them from other, more mainstream religious sects. Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:31:42 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/institute070808.html Eight seniors from universities across the nation and Puerto Rico completed UD's first Arts and Humanities Summer Institute (AHSI) July 2, with presentations about their research and a new awareness of the University of Delaware. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:16:55 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/seminar070808.html UD's Department of Biological Sciences is offering a special seminar on killing cancer stem cells at 11 a.m., Thursday, July 10, in Room 318 Wolf Hall. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:40:47 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/lima070308.html Scientific research is usually conducted in high-tech and climate-controlled laboratories but it also can take place in hot, dusty farm fields. Just ask Emmalea Ernest, who frequently spends her work days in the fields of Sussex County, Del., driven by her quest to build a better lima bean. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:56:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/dbase070208.html The University of Delaware Library announces a new electronic resource, Natural Standard, has been added to the library databases at [www.lib.udel.edu/db]. Natural Standard describes itself as "the authority on integrative medicine." Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:05:29 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/step070208.html It was a leap of faith for the six high school students who took part in the Summer Transition Education Program (STEP), a weeklong, interactive college experience on the UD campus for young adults with disabilities. But, by the time they attended the STEP graduation ceremony, Friday, June 27, at the Total Life House, they all seemed confident that this first step won't be their last. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:54:26 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/nasa070208.html With their unequaled view of the globe's surface, satellites have revolutionized scientists' understanding of the ocean. They have allowed researchers to do things such as map the world's waters and study ocean currents. A new project by the University of Delaware's Matt Oliver could help take the use of satellites to a new level. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:30:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/china070108.html A delegation of University of Delaware faculty and administrators, led by President Patrick Harker, concluded a visit to China this week in Shanghai with meetings at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and East China Normal University (ECNU) and a reception with students and staff from Delaware's Governor's School for Excellence in China, an international program sponsored by the Office of the Governor, in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Education and UD. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:17:35 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/digital070108.html The University of Delaware Library has announced the release of a new digital resource, the Digital Bibliography of Delaware. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:28:56 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/dgs070108.html If you live in the First State, chances are you have benefited from the work of the Delaware Geological Survey (DGS). Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:05:52 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2009/jul/grant070108.html Maciek R. Antoniewicz, UD assistant professor of chemical engineering, was recently honored by the DuPont Co. as one of 17 young professors from universities in the United States, China, Spain and India with the annual DuPont Young Professor Grant for original research. This innovative grant program is designed to provide start-up assistance to promising young and untenured research faculty working in areas aligned with DuPont's strategic business growth. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:05:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/agreements063008.html UD has established the Joint Institute for Coastal Research and Management, a world-class global collaborative research initiative, with China's Xiamen University (XMU). The institute was officially opened on Saturday, June 27, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was witnessed by a UD delegation that is visiting China this week. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:35:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/grant062708.html Hannah Kim, a doctoral candidate in history at UD, has received an Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American United Methodist History Research Grant of $1,000 from the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History. The grants encourage research and writing on topics related to the history of Methodism. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:45:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/wamu062608.html WAMU 88.5-FM in Washington, D.C., will air a feature story about UD entomologists' efforts to control invasive vines at 1 p.m., Friday, June 27. Based at American University, WAMU 88.5 is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington, D.C., area. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:54:09 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/grads062608.html The University of Delaware is an acknowledged leader of study abroad programs and continues to develop new and innovative programs. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:29:39 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/award062608.html When disaster strikes, the first concerns are food, shelter and the necessities of life for individuals and families. But what happens to community organizations, such as domestic violence shelters, which house vulnerable members of society, in the wake of a catastrophe? Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:13:45 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/named062608.html Charles Epifanio and Lee Anderson have been appointed Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professors of Marine Studies, Provost Dan Rich has announced. Both appointments are effective July 1. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:59:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/india062508.html A faculty team in UD's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources has been awarded a $100,000 International Science and Education grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study and develop coursework regarding sustainable watershed management practices in India. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:27:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/reform062508.html Terry Whittaker, assistant provost for student diversity and success and a member of the Delaware State Board of Education, is working with a national panel of education leaders on a set of recommendations on middle school reforms to better prepare students for high school success. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:08:28 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/space062408.html In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, an exhibition titled "United States Space Vehicles" will be on display from Tuesday, June 24-Tuesday, Sept. 9, in the Information Room of the Morris Library. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:44:39 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/clay062408.html There is good news and there are reasons to be concerned about the findings issued by the University of Delaware Water Resources Agency in its latest report card on the state of the watershed of the White Clay Creek National Wild and Scenic River. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:30:28 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/ahla062408.html Fred DeMicco, ARAMARK Professor of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM), has been selected by the Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) as its 2008 recipient of the Lamp of Knowledge for Outstanding United States Educator. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:05:31 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/epps062408.html Thomas H. Epps III, an assistant professor in UD's Department of Chemical Engineering, is among 82 of the nation's brightest young engineers selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 14th annual United States Frontiers of Engineering symposium, set to run this year from Sept. 18-20 in Albuquerque, N.M. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:45:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/garden062308.html This fall, the University of Delaware Botanic Gardens (UDBG) will complete its new lepidoptera garden, which is designed to attract butterflies, moths and their larvae. The plant you might expect to see, buddleja, or butterfly bush, is definitely not on the planting list. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:19:52 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/goya062008.html Janis Tomlinson, director of University Museums, will deliver a lecture on Francisco de Goya later this month at the world-famous Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:53:18 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/honored062008.html Debra Hess Norris, Henry Francis du Pont Chair in Fine Arts and associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious University Products Award for Distinguished Achievement in Conservation. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:23:25 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/green061908.html Delaware Green Lodging, a new program that encourages Delaware hotels to implement pollution prevention practices, was unveiled June 19 during a special ceremony held on Legislative Mall in Dover. The ceremony included recognition for the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware hotel on campus. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:05:46 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/physics061908.html Faculty in the space physics group in the Bartol Research Institute and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UD have been awarded several multi-year grants by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct theoretical and observational research projects. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:16:49 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/wagner061908.html Roger C. Wagner, University of Delaware professor emeritus of biological sciences, has had his three-dimensional modeled images of a glomerulus, one of about two million renal corpuscles typically found within the human kidney, featured on the Apple web site. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:14:10 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/forum061808.html Rachael Hutchinson, UD assistant professor of Japanese in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, received the 2007 Toshiba International Foundation Award on April 11 during the annual British Association for Japanese Studies conference held in Manchester, United Kingdom. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/suapp061808.html The University of Delaware's School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy earned top honors in Planetizen's 2009 Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs, an important resource for students who are considering graduate programs in urban planning. UD ranks first in financial aid and 12th among the best programs with tuition levels between $15,000 and $20,000 per year for non-residents. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:15:10 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/cdc061808.html Tracy Mann, communications manager in UD's Center for Disabilities Studies, has been awarded a year-long fellowship that will take her to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, where she will conduct field work and research in the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:10:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/acres061708.html University of Delaware research on the use of green composite materials being conducted by the Affordable Composites from Renewable Sources (ACRES) group, under the direction of Richard Wool, professor of chemical engineering, will be featured at 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, on the Sundance Channel. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:27:42 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/fashion061708.html Sustainability and the footprint of the fashion industry on the environment are issues affecting all levels of the fashion industry from design and raw materials to manufacturing, distribution and consumer buying, according to Janet Hethorn, professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:45:01 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/history061708.html Abigail Harting, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Finalist. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:41:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/iodine061708.html When human cells are attacked by free radicals, the antioxidant vitamins and minerals in the food we've eaten come to our defense. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:38:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/sea061608.html Delaware's many coastal resources--treasures such as world-class beaches and communities rich with maritime heritage--face pressure from influences such as increasing human populations in coastal areas. Delaware Sea Grant and its many partners are working to confront those challenges. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:25:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/aacc061608.html Babatunde Ogunnaike, the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been awarded the 2008 American Automatic Control Council's Control Engineering Practice Award. The award, which includes a certificate and honorarium, will be presented during the 2008 AACC conference from June 11-13 in Seattle. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:23:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/pbl061308.html Ideas ranged from the practical (switching from disposable plastic water bottles to durable steel cups) to the fanciful (turning the campus Green into a community vegetable garden) at a morning workshop held Thursday, June 12, at Gore Hall, as six experts from the University and beyond weighed in on efforts to boost environmental stewardship on campus. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:29:49 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/cited061308.html An article published by three researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering has made the Scopus "TopCited" list. Published in Composites Science and Technology, "Nanocomposites in Context" was authored by Chunyi Li, associate scientist; Erik Thostenson, research assistant professor; and Tsu-Wei Chou, Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:23:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/sea061308.html The second installment of the 2008 University of Delaware College of Marine and Earth Studies (CMES) Ocean Currents Lecture Series will highlight the world of rescue and response for stranded sea mammals and turtles. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:39:20 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/initiative061208.html Staff members from UD's Southern Delaware Professional Development Center (SDPDC) recently participated in a workshop designed to help high school teachers in the Lake Forest School District review classroom management and curriculum mapping skills. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:43:33 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/ocean061208.html The University of Delaware has received $400,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to continue development of an ocean observing system for the Mid-Atlantic region, spanning the waters from Cape Hatteras, N.C., to Cape Cod, Mass., and out to the continental shelf. Nearly 25 percent of the U.S. population lives along the Mid-Atlantic coast. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:54:39 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/federal061208.html The UD Research Office will offer a training session on the legal and financial framework that guides the University's polices and procedures for managing the funding received from sponsors of research from 8 a.m.-noon, Wednesday, July 9, in C125 Clayton Hall. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:20:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/fellows061108.html Over the past year, nine UD doctoral students participating in the Delaware Graduate Teaching Fellows Program in K-12 Education (GK-12) spent two-days a week in science classrooms at Howard and Delcastle vocational technical high schools using their knowledge and imaginations to make science more relevant to high school kids. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:56:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/wise061108.html A dinner honoring Paul Wise, the founder of UD's Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM) was held April 26 at the Trabant University Center and yielded donations of more than $200,000 for an endowed scholarship in his name for HRIM students. The event also marked the opening of HRIM's 20th anniversary celebration. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:58:01 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/cisneros061008.html Henry Cisneros, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the Clinton Administration, told those attending UD's Louis L. Redding Symposium on "Affordable Housing and the Mortgage Meltdown" held June 6 in the Clayton Hall Conference Center that "we take for granted what our homes are." Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:02:20 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/pfaelzer060608.html The 2008 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in the nonfiction category has been presented to Jean Pfaelzer, University of Delaware professor of English, for her much-acclaimed work Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans. Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:03:56 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/dbi060608.html Shannon Modla, a research associate in the Delaware Biotechnology Institute's Bio-Imaging Center, recently was honored with the Microscopy Society of America's Professional Technical Staff Award for her study of viruses in marine ecosystems using a scanning electron microscope. Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:18:10 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/wra060508.html Donning three-dimensional glasses, young students in New Castle County schools this spring went on a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) aerial map "trip" to learn about water resources in northern Delaware. They looked at streams, rivers and bays and learned about watersheds, water conservation, and pollution and its causes. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:18:08 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/compliance060408.html A recent conference on Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance in Hospitality, held in May at Clayton Hall, made it clear that compliance with PCI data security remains a significant issue for hospitality informational technology professionals. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:17:14 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/center060408.html The University of Delaware has opened a new Center for Public Horticulture. The interdisciplinary center, which was officially opened during a ceremony on the Newark campus on Wednesday, June 4, was created to address the needs in the field of public horticulture, including training for existing professionals, research on issues in public horticulture, leadership, unity and collaboration. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:52:43 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/digital060408.html Lester Ray, a development executive with Apple Inc., hosted the afternoon session of UD's Summer Faculty Institute on Tuesday, June 3, in Gore Hall, during which he addressed the frequent divide between technologically savvy college students and traditional lecture hall teaching practices. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:03:02 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jun/tcm060208.html eter X Feng, UD associate professor of English and women's studies, will be hosting a film series, "Race and Hollywood: Asian Images in Film," on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) every Tuesday and Thursday night in June. Feng will be giving introductions with TCM's host, Robert Osborne. About 40 movies are scheduled to be shown in the series, running about eight hours each show night. Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:28:53 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/hooding053108.html More than 200 doctoral degree candidates, plus family members, University associates and friends packed Mitchell Hall Friday afternoon, May 30, for a hooding ceremony honoring the degree candidates from UD's seven colleges. Sat, 31 May 2008 16:41:35 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/minni053008.html Nicole Minni, policy specialist II in the Water Resources Agency (WRA) of UD's Institute for Public Administration, received the 2008 Geographic Community Service Award at the annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Conference in April in Dover. The award honors the memory of the late Vern Svatos, an early leader in GIS in Delaware, who served as UD GIS coordinator Fri, 30 May 2008 15:38:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/nigeria053008.html Two University of Delaware professors will teach courses at the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Abuja, Nigeria, this summer. Fri, 30 May 2008 15:15:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/tide053008.html Spending time at the beach this summer might not sound like a particularly educational experience for high schoolers, but for students accepted to a new University of Delaware College of Marine and Earth Studies (CMES) program, it's likely to be both enlightening and fun. Fri, 30 May 2008 15:14:04 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/consumer053008.html Participants age 24 and older are currently being sought for consumer behavior research being conducted by Kent Messer, assistant professor, and John Bernard, associate professor, both in UD's Department of Food & Resource Economics. Fri, 30 May 2008 10:35:30 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/laird052808.html Nicole Walsh, a first-year master's degree student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2008 George W. Laird Merit Fellowship. The objective of the fellowship is to "encourage the recipient to become engaged in a broadening intellectual pursuit which may or may not be of direct application to the recipient's chosen field of study." Wed, 28 May 2008 17:14:13 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/bishop052708.html John Bishop, professor of individual and family studies and coordinator of graduate programs in UD's Department of Individual and Family Studies, has been awarded the American College Personnel Association's (ACPA) Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services' Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award. Bishop also was named a 2008 ACPA Foundation Diamond Honoree. Tue, 27 May 2008 15:42:15 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/cisneros052708.html Henry Cisneros, former secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will be the featured speaker at UD's Louis L. Redding Symposium on "Home Ownership and the Mortgage Meltdown," slated for Friday afternoon, June 6, in the Clayton Hall Conference Center. Tue, 27 May 2008 15:35:31 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/award052708.html As a youngster, Millicent Sullivan had a fascination with shapes and loved building things with Tinker Toys. Today, Sullivan, UD's latest recipient of the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award, is applying her knowledge and talents to an area critical to human health--she's building new materials for delivering healing drugs and gene therapies to diseased and damaged cells in the human body. Tue, 27 May 2008 13:28:37 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/cruise052308.html Colin Cruise, the first Pre-Raphaelite Studies Fellow, sponsored by the UD Library and Delaware Art Museum, will give a lecture, "Pre-Raphaelite Drawing: Contexts and Controversies," at 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 27, at the Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Del. Fri, 23 May 2008 14:48:59 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/talk052208.html Hugh Herr, director of the Biomechatronics Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, will give the keynote speech at UD's fifth annual Center for Biomedical Engineering Research Symposium at 2:15 p.m., Friday, May 23, in Room 106 of the Center for Composite Materials. Thu, 22 May 2008 15:27:02 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/award052108.html Maitreya Natu, who received his doctorate in computer and information sciences in December, received the Best Dissertation Research Award for 2007 at the International Symposium on Network Operations and Management, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). The symposium was held in April in Salvador, Brazil. Wed, 21 May 2008 10:25:07 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/japan051908.html Jochen Lauterbach, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, will represent the United States on a scientific panel focusing on the impact of catalysis on energy and the environment at the G8 Summit, July 7-9, in Toyako, Japan. Mon, 19 May 2008 14:44:52 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/nucleus051608.html Cy Wilkins, CHS '06, learned about the NUCLEUS program as a freshman in 2002 when the program awarded him a scholarship to participate in UD's Summer Enrichment Program. By the time he reached his sophomore year, he needed no encouragement to stay in NUCLEUS. "I met a lot of NUCLEUS members who gave me advice and showed me the perks of being a part of the program. So, I was more than eager to join when classes started in the fall." Fri, 16 May 2008 14:30:18 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/huang051608.html Chin-Pao (C.P.) Huang, Donald C. Phillips Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named the 2008 recipient of the Francis Alison Award, the University's highest faculty honor. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1978 to recognize the scholarship, professional achievements, and dedication of the UD faculty, the award consists of a $10,000 prize and confers membership in the Alison Society. Fri, 16 May 2008 13:47:09 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/type051608.html Thomas Melvin, associate librarian in the reference department of the UD library, will give a brown-bag lecture on "Inventing Linotype: The Early Patents of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company" at noon, Tuesday, May 20, in the Class of 1941 Lecture Room in Morris Library. Fri, 16 May 2008 13:38:18 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/currents051408.html Are you curious about issues that affect the marine environment? Then you're invited to join the College of Marine and Earth Studies (CMES) this summer for the annual Ocean Currents Public Lecture Series at the University of Delaware's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, Del. Wed, 14 May 2008 15:49:44 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/videos051308.html Podcasts of the two keynote addresses from the first-ever University of Delaware Forum are now available for download. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:56:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/pika051308.html Joseph Pika, professor of political science and international relations, has been named the James R. Soles Professor, effective July 1, Provost Dan Rich has announced. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:39:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/math051208.html A team of three UD students took top honors and another team of two UD students placed at the meritorious level in this year's Contest in Mathematical Modeling, the premiere international mathematical modeling contest sponsored by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP). Mon, 12 May 2008 17:17:47 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/closing051108.html UD President Patrick Harker previewed his blueprint for the future of the University during the closing keynote speech of the first-ever University of Delaware Forum, "Charting Our Path to Prominence," held Saturday, May 10, in Newark. Sun, 11 May 2008 17:42:14 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/energy051108.html Every day at the gas pump, in the grocery store, and at home, Americans are being hit with the higher cost of energy. If only there were a "silver bullet" solution to our energy needs. Sun, 11 May 2008 16:32:45 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/results050908.html The results of the first-ever Blue Hen Poll, which were released on May 6, show that an overwhelming majority of University of Delaware students are satisfied or extremely satisfied with the University and that they were likely to recommend it to a friend or associate as a place to attend college. Fri, 9 May 2008 16:26:10 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/global050808.html John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Co. and adviser to the American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy, addressed the dangers of the "paralysis of partisanship" in dealing with energy issues before a full house in Mitchell Hall Wednesday evening, May 7. Thu, 8 May 2008 16:28:12 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/energy050708.html Lawrence Agbemabiese, a former UD professor who currently manages the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Rural Energy Enterprise Development (REED) and Rural Energy End-User Finance Programs in five African countries, as well as in Yunan Province, China, will give a talk on "Enabling Sustainable Energy Paradigms and Regimes in Africa: Some Experiences, Lessons and Growth Strategies" at noon, Thursday, May 8, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center. Wed, 7 May 2008 17:01:42 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/research050708.html More than 200 UD undergraduates, faculty members, administrators and guests recognized senior thesis candidates at the plenary session of the 25th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held Saturday morning, May 3, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center. Wed, 7 May 2008 16:38:16 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/changes050608.html The University's Office of Research and Graduate Studies will be reorganized in keeping with the recommendation of the Strategic Planning Committee, Provost Dan Rich announced today. Tue, 6 May 2008 18:11:55 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/geochemistry050608.html Donald L. Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair of Plant and Soil Sciences and the director of the Center for Critical Zone Research at UD, has been elected a geochemistry fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association for Geochemistry. This significant honor is awarded to less than one percent of the membership of the combined societies each year. Tue, 6 May 2008 16:15:15 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/jordan050608.html UD's Women's Studies Program lecture series, "Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Culture," continues at 12:20 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, in 116 Gore Hall with "Before Obama: Barbara Jordan and the Politics of Racial Transcendence," a lecture by Mary Ellen Curtin, a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Tue, 6 May 2008 14:45:15 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/shell050608.html John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Co. and adviser to the American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy, will talk about, "Achieving Energy Security Through Sound Public Policy" at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, in Mitchell Hall. Tue, 6 May 2008 11:05:47 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/posters050508.html UD's second annual Psychology Poster Day will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, May 22, in 002 McKinley Laboratory. The event provides an opportunity for students to learn about the research process, make connections with faculty members and learn about current psychology research being conducted at UD. Mon, 5 May 2008 17:00:42 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/poll050508.html The findings of the inaugural "Blue Hen Poll" will be presented from 2-3 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, in Multipurpose Room A of the Trabant University Center. The poll was designed to find out just how UD students really feel about a wide range of political and social issues, including campus life. Mon, 5 May 2008 16:35:38 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/chajes050508.html Michael Chajes, who has served as interim dean of the College of Engineering since last October, has been named dean of the college after a national search, Provost Dan Rich announced today. His appointment is effective July 1. Mon, 5 May 2008 13:30:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/may/nafco050108.html Jesse Coleman enthusiastically explained the features of his home as members of the National Adult Family Care Organization (NAFCO) toured Total Life House on South College Avenue, April 24. The tour was part of NAFCO activities on the Newark campus as UD hosted the annual NAFCO Board of Directors retreat, April 24-25. Thu, 1 May 2008 15:33:15 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/undergrads043008.html The 25th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Saturday, May 3, in the Perkins Student Center. The symposium will showcase research performed by undergraduates at the University during the 2008 school year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:25:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/nutrient043008.html Today, the Delaware Nutrient Management Commission, University of Delaware, state agencies, Delmarva poultry companies and the Natural Resources Conservation Service announced significant progress made in their cooperative efforts to improve Delaware's water quality and other environmental initiatives. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:33:30 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/drill043008.html About 160 nursing students participated in a disaster drill conducted by UD's School of Nursing, which simulated a high school shooting, at about 12:20 p.m., Monday, April 28, in McDowell Hall. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:27:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/disciplines043008.html "Plays well with others." That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work together to address some of society's biggest challenges, from a warming planet to cancer. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:13:14 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/kerr043008.html Charles H. Thornton, chairman of Charles H. Thornton and Company LLC, will deliver UD's third annual Arnold D. Kerr Lecture in Engineering Mechanics at 3 p.m., May 7, in the Trabant Center Multipurpose Room. His lecture will address "Structural Engineering in the 21st Century." Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:13:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/marks042908.html Carole Marks, professor of sociology at UD, will discuss her upcoming book, Moses and the Monster and Miss Anne, a book about Harriet Tubman, at noon, Wednesday, April 30, at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA) in Wilmington, Del. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:28:01 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/films042908.html Two UD student-produced video documentaries on the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and on Hurricane Katrina in 2005 will be shown from 2:30-4 p.m., Wednesday, April 30, in 204 Kirkbride Hall. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:25:15 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/alzheimers042908.html Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most prevalent form of dementia, affects some 4 million people in the United States. It is the third most costly disease, after cancer and cardiovascular disease. And not only is there no cure for Alzheimer's; there is no accurate pre-mortem diagnostic tool. Only an autopsy can indicate for sure that a patient had the disease. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:34:40 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/victorian042908.html "Imagining Africa: King Solomon's Mines" will be the subject of a talk by Heidi Kaufman, assistant professor of English and Jewish Studies, at 7:30 p.m., Monday, May 5, in 006 Kirkbride Hall. After her talk and a brief intermission, the 1937 film of King Solomon's Mines will be screened. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:27:53 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/genome042808.html Brian Baynes, president and chief scientific officer of Codon Devices, will present a lecture on "Programming the Genome" at 10 a.m., Friday, May 2, in 102-103 Colburn Laboratory. Baynes will discuss how understanding, harnessing and enhancing the capabilities encoded in the genomes of natural organisms could help solve critical social problems, such as energy shortages, pollution and hunger. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:12:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/lecturer042808.html Erica Armstrong Dunbar, UD associate professor of history, has been appointed to the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Distinguished Lectureship Program by Pete Daniel, president-elect. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:27:03 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/foster042508.html More than 30 employees from child welfare agencies from around the world attended a weeklong workshop in intervention methods for youth foster care held April 14-18 in the Perkins Student Center at UD. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:56 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/issc042508.html UD seniors Patrick J. Knerr, a biochemistry major, and Michael T. Pirnot, majoring in chemistry, received second-place awards for their research papers in the biochemistry and organic divisions of the 2008 Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention (ISCC), held April 19 at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:05:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/alternatives042508.html Representatives from DART, Delaware E-Z Pass and PhillyCarShare were available from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Mentors' Circle Wednesday, April 24, to mark "Transportation Wednesday," one of the sustainability themes featured during Earth Week at UD. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:56:59 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/goldwater042508.html Three University of Delaware students--Ritika Samant, a junior biological sciences major and political science minor from Hockessin, Del.; Spencer Tofts, a junior mathematics major from Newark, Del.; and Jeffrey Bosco, a junior chemical engineering major with minors in chemistry, mathematics and Japanese language, from Wilmington, Del.--have been awarded 2008-09 academic year scholarships by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:06:21 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/psych042408.html A psychology research panel will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, in 140 Smith Hall. The panel is open to all UD psychology majors. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:22:42 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/drill042408.html The UD School of Nursing will conduct a disaster drill from noon-2 p.m., Monday, April 28, in McDowell Hall and outside near Willard Hall Education Building. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:45:32 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/agreements042408.html UD President Patrick Harker formally signed two agreements on April 23, officially declaring the University's commitment to sustainability and to reducing its environmental impacts. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:14:43 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/hagley042408.html Students, faculty and staff members representing three different renewable energy groups at UD displayed their projects, including UD's electric car and fuel cell bus, at Hagley Museum's "Power Up Gambia" day event, Sunday, April 20. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:11:33 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/climate042108.html Dan Reifsnyder, U.S. Secretary of State deputy assistant for environment, will give a talk titled, "Making U.S. Policy on Climate Change," at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, in Mitchell Hall. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:37:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/diaspora042108.html James M. Jones, UD professor of psychology and director of UD's Black American Studies Program, will give the first College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Distinguished Lecture at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, in 100 Wolf Hall. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:19:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/spintronics041808.html Ian Appelbaum, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, has received a $484,370 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) for a major study on "spintronics." Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:35:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/chen041708.html Jingguang Chen, the Claire D. LeClaire Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has won the 2008 Award for Excellence in Catalysis from the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:53 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/forum041608.html More than 1,500 alumni, students, faculty and friends are expected to attend the first-ever University of Delaware Forum on Saturday, May 10, and help the University celebrate both its tremendous achievements and its bold aspirations for the future. The day's activities offer opportunities for alumni to reunite with old friends, reconnect with their alma mater, and explore the passion for discovery, learning and achievement that have become hallmarks of the institution. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:59:04 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/asbmb041608.html Three students in UD's Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) Undergraduate Science Education program and the University's American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Undergraduate Affiliate Network chapter won first-place awards at this year's Experimental Biology Meetings in San Diego, April 5-9. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:10:23 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/dasef041608.html The Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation (DASEF) will host a Family Day fundraiser from 1-4 p.m., Saturday, April 19, in Big Oak Park at the Environmental Outpost on Big Oak Road in Smyrna, Del. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:31:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/giants041608.html The "sleeping giants" at the ends of the Earth--the polar ice sheets--are "awakening," Waleed Abdalati, head of NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Branch, told an audience of more than 200 at the University of Delaware on Thursday evening, April 10. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:42:26 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/mason041408.html Family issues expert Mary Ann Mason held out hope women and men in academia with her lecture "Do Babies Matter?" Friday afternoon, April 11, in the Gallery of the Perkins Student Center. Addressing an audience of mostly women of all ages and career paths, Mason discussed the effect of family formation on the lifetime careers of academic and professional women and men. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:28:50 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/laureates041108.html The University of Delaware will honor the 2008 winners of the Franklin Institute's Benjamin Franklin Medals at events on April 15 and 16, as part of a weeklong series of activities under way in the Philadelphia region to familiarize students and the community with the accomplishments of the Franklin Institute laureates. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:53:07 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/bridge041108.html UD's steel bridge team came home last weekend from the Mid-Atlantic regional competition at Lafayette College with a first-place overall finish, as well as firsts in four of the six award categories. That performance qualified the team to participate in the national Student Steel Bridge Competition (SSBC) at the University of Florida in Gainesville over Memorial Day weekend. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:34:38 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/byrne041008.html As America's energy consumption continues to grow, many of the proposed solutions to climate change problems just aren't going to work, John Byrne, a member of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and director of UD's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, told hundreds gathered in Mitchell Hall Wednesday evening, April 9. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:38:41 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/conscience041008.html UD's Secular Student Alliance will welcome Austin Dacey, a representative to the United Nations for the Center for Inquiry in New York City and author of the new book The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life, to give a lecture on "Why Belief Belongs in Public Life" at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, in 104 Gore Hall. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:20:27 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/faculty040908.html UD President Patrick Harker has placed the University's strategic plan on the fast track. The first phase of the plan, the report from the Strategic Planning Committee, was unveiled Monday, April 7, at the semiannual General Faculty Meeting and may be read at the web site of the Strategic Planning Committee. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:49:20 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/toggles040908.html University of Delaware researchers, in collaboration with U.S. and international colleagues, have found a new type of molecule--a kind of "micro-switch"--that can turn off genes in rice, which is the primary source of food for more than half the world's population. The discovery is reported in the March 25 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:18:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/babies040908.html Family issues expert Mary Ann Mason will be the featured speaker at the annual Women of Excellence Lecture at noon, Friday, April 11, in the Gallery of the Perkins Student Center. In her lecture "Do Babies Matter?: The Effect of Family Formation on the Careers of Men and Women Ph.D.s," Mason will discuss her research on the impact of family life on the lifetime careers of academic and professional women and men. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:52:39 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/koford040908.html "Modeling Courts," a lecture on the various models of adjudication advanced by social scientists, will be held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, in 118 Purnell Hall. The talk, UD's fourth annual Koford Lecture, will be presented by guest speaker Lewis A. Kornhauser, the Alfred B. Engelberg Professor of Law and director of the Institute for Law and Society at New York University School of Law. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:39:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/hunt040908.html Catherine (Katie) T. Hunt, the leader of Technology Partnerships at Rohm and Haas Co. and recent past president of the American Chemical Society, will speak on "Sustainable Chemistries: Environmentally Friendly and Economically Viable!" at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, in 101 Brown Laboratory, with a reception immediately following. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:28:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/abuse040908.html James Inciardi, professor of criminal justice at UD and co-director of UD's Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies (in the Miami, Fla., office), will give a talk on prescription drug abuse at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 10, in 100 Wolf Hall. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:04:33 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/potter040808.html "Beatrix Potter, Victorian Woman Artist," will be the subject of a talk by Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and Professor of Humanities, at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 14, in 006 Kirkbride Hall. The 30-minute talk will introduce a screening of the 2006 film, Miss Potter, which stars Renee Zellwegger as the children's book author and illustrator who created The Tale of Peter Rabbit and many other stories. Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:32:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/paper040808.html Jaehee Jung, assistant professor of fashion and apparel studies, recently received the Best Conference Paper Award in the Fashion Marketing Track from the 2008 Global Marketing Conference, held in March in Shanghai. A total of 372 papers were presented, with more than 450 attendees, representing 57 countries. Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:27:12 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/ice040808.html NASA scientist Waleed Abdalati, one of the world's pre-eminent experts on the study of global climate change, will present "Dramatic Changes in Earth's Polar Ice: Are We Waking Sleeping Giants?" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 10, in the Gore Recital Hall of the Louise and David Roselle Center for the Arts at UD. Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:47:31 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/dressed040808.html Kevin M. Burke, the president and chief executive officer of the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), will give a lecture on "The Global Impact of Getting Dressed" at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 24, the Trabant University Center Theatre. Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:41:58 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/talk040808.html UD's Black American Studies Program "Brown Bag Seminar" series for the spring semester resumes Monday, April 14, with a lunchtime talk by Arica Coleman, assistant professor of Black American Studies at UD, on "Virginia's Racial Integrity Fight: The DuBois-Garvey Debate." Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:50:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/pigford040808.html Jeffrey Hubbell, director of the Institute of Bioengineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, will deliver this year's Robert L. Pigford Memorial Lecture at 10 a.m., Friday, April 18, in 102/103 Colburn Laboratory. Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:00:40 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/strategic040808.html The Strategic Planning Committee's report to UD President Patrick Harker has been posted online at the committee's web site [www.udel.edu/strategicplanning]. (For a PDF of the report, click here.) Tue, 8 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/nsfbuma040708.html Takashi Buma, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his leading-edge work in bioengineering. Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:14:31 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/reu040708.html Top undergrads in chemical engineering from across the U.S. will pursue cutting-edge research on alternative energy at the University of Delaware this summer through an internship program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the ongoing quest to develop a diverse, internationally competitive and globally engaged science and engineering workforce. Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:30:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/race040408.html Sue Peabody, professor of history at Washington State University, Vancouver, will deliver the 2008 Bosley Warnock Lecture, which is free and open to the public and sponsored by UD's history department and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events. Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:43:49 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/medal040408.html The University of Delaware is accepting nominations until Wednesday, Sept. 3, for the 2009 Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit. The announcement was made by Robert Birkmire, director of UD's Institute of Energy Conversion, who is the executive director of the Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit Trust, and Monica V. Oliphant, president of the International Solar Energy Society and vice chairperson of the award committee. Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:17:09 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/history040308.html In the summer of 2005, a simple flyer that had been posted by Newark Mayor Vance Funk's office sparked Rebecca Johnson Melvin's interest in contributing to a very special book. Melvin, an associate librarian in Special Collections at UD's Morris Library, volunteered countless hours as text and image coordinator for Histories of Newark: 1758-2008. Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:50:53 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/nanomineral040308.html Researchers at the University of Delaware, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ohio State University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Minnesota and the University of South Carolina are studying how the properties of mineral nanoparticles (a nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter) change as a function of their size. Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:09:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/nih040308.html The Research and Graduate Studies Office reminds the University community that effective April 7, 2008, all manuscripts resulting from research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must be submitted to NIH's PubMed Central digital archive within 12 months of publication. Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:35:46 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/china040108.html China's rise is influencing the course of world affairs, including economic and political developments in the United States. National policy experts will highlight these issues in relation to the 2008 presidential and congressional campaigns at the "China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Relations," on Thursday, April 17, in the Gore Recital Hall at the University of Delaware's Roselle Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public. Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:33:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/apr/math040108.html In the spring of 2003, Nancy Jordan, a researcher and professor of education in UD's School of Education, along with former colleague David Kaplan, received a five-year grant of $1.7 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study children at risk for learning difficulties in mathematics. Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:16:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/energy032808.html From a hydrogen fuel cell-powered bus to a solar-powered poultry house, the University of Delaware has a number of clean, green, "on the ground" initiatives under way in energy research and policy. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:42:48 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/conduct032808.html David Resnik, a bioethicist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), talked about the different kinds of research misconduct, their official definitions and the associated repercussions in a lecture Thursday afternoon, March 27, in Wolf Hall. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:13:38 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/objects032708.html "Objects in Motion: Art & Material Culture Across Colonial North America," a two-day symposium on the art and culture of New Spain, New France and British America is set for Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, at various locations on the University of Delaware campus. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:41:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/hall032708.html A discussion on how the world's poorest nations stand to be the most affected by climate change and the ways in which developed countries can provide them with renewable energy sources was the topic of UD's "Global Agenda 2008: Boiling Point International Politics of Climate Change" lecture Wednesday evening, March 26, in Mitchell Hall. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:38:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/keynote032608.html The rapid growth in Delaware, a burgeoning population, increasing pressure on infrastructure and open spaces and the spiraling cost of homes were the focus of discussion at the opening of "Creating a Livable Delaware: Pathways for Enhancing Prosperity and Quality of Life," a daylong conference on Tuesday, March 25, at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:56:16 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/whitedwarf032508.html Judi Provencal is star-struck, but not so much by the glitz and glam of Hollywood. You have to look heavenward through a telescope to see the object of her fascination--to pale stars called white dwarfs, their brilliance faded because all of their nuclear fuel has been burned up. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:31:32 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/office032508.html The University of Delaware will open a new Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships that will be led by David S. Weir, director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, UD President Patrick Harker has announced. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:01:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/biology032408.html The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Science Education Program held a practice research poster session in McKinly Lab on March 18, for 16 undergraduate research students who will attend the 2008 Experimental Biology Meetings, April 5-9, in San Diego. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:48:33 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/latvia032408.html Edmunds Bunkse, UD professor of geography, was awarded the Cross of Recognition by the Latvian government in a ceremony in Riga, Latvia, in November. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:42:33 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/solar032408.html The University of Delaware's Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) will receive $3.75 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative over the next three years to continue leading-edge research on photovoltaic-based solar cells. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:34:15 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/interns032408.html Since 2000, the Delaware Water Resources Center (DWRC) has offered paid internships for undergraduates, providing a unique opportunity for students and faculty to become directly involved in research and education programs that address water resource related issues of critical importance to Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic region. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:08:59 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/memory032408.html A talk on memory enhancement, featuring learning and memory authority Gary Lynch, is set for 4 p.m., Monday, April 7, in 117 Gore Hall. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:08:06 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/climate032408.html The next lecture in UD's Global Agenda series, slated for 7: 30 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, in Mitchell Hall features Janet Hall, senior policy adviser at the United Nations Foundation in Washington, D.C., who will lecture on special challenges faced by the poorest nations in the fight against global warming. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:51:13 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/fellow032108.html Margaret Werth, associate professor of art history at UD, has been selected as the Clark-Centre Allemand Fellow for 2008-09. The new fellowship is jointly sponsored by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., and the Centre Allemand d'Histoire in Paris to recognize scholars "whose projects deepen the knowledge, understanding and interpretation of art and visual culture, broadly conceived." Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:35:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/wind032108.html The University of Delaware plans to study the potential for wind power generation at its Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, Del. A temporary tower on the campus will be installed and outfitted with electronic gear to determine the feasibility of this alternative energy source. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:34:05 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/ice032108.html From research camps atop glaciers in some of the most remote regions of the planet, Waleed Abdalati, head of the Cryospheric Sciences Branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has witnessed remarkable changes in the Earth's ice cover. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:33:19 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/response032008.html In the immediate aftermath of the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, thousands found themselves without electricity and landline phone and communication services because of severed cables, flooded equipment and loss of primary and backup power. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:39:30 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/chep032008.html Michael Gamel-McCormick, professor of individual and family studies, interim chairperson of the Department of Individual and Family Studies and director of the Center for Disabilities Studies, has been named interim dean of the University of Delaware's College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy (CHEP), Provost Dan Rich has announced. His appointment is effective July 1. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:24:53 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/hrim031908.html The University of Delaware will host the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance in Hospitality Conference, May 1-2, at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware hotel. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:04:33 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/neh031908.html UD's College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a $500,000 challenge grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support graduate education and scholarship in material culture and to promote public interest and engagement in the interpretation and preservation of America's cultural heritage. The University must match the challenge grant with $2 million through fundraising. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:35:02 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/hotels031908.html The first-ever X-Room Conference, "Designing the Hotel of the Future," will be held from 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, May 3, at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware hotel. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:31:38 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/costs031908.html UD Research and Graduate Studies will host a National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) video presentation on "Managing Cost Issues," from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, in the Rodney Room of Perkins Student Center. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:27:04 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/forum031808.html UD's President's Forum on Entrepreneurship, "The Engine of Innovation and Economic Growth," is set for 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday, April 25, in the Puglisi Orchestra Hall of the Louise and David Roselle Center for the Arts. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:37:21 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/selected031808.html The Office of the Provost, the Center for International Studies and the Salzburg Seminar selection committee have announced UD's Salzburg Seminar fellows for 2008. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:00:08 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/salzburg031808.html For more than 60 years, the Salzburg Global Seminar has been hosting weeklong discussions to try to find solutions to global problems. UD faculty and staff have participated for more than 30 years, and on Friday, March 14, at the Roselle Center for the Arts, Stephen L. Salyer, Salzburg Seminar president and CEO, and UD President Patrick Harker signed an agreement affirming and enhancing that long-term relationship. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/workshop031808.html An online workshop on invention reporting and related intellectual property policies, terms and conditions applicable to National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and development funding agreements will be offered by the UD Research and Graduate Studies Office from 4-5 p.m., Thursday, April 10, in 204 Kirkbride Lecture Hall. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:51:51 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/energy031808.html Three UD-based groups working on promoting renewable and alternative forms of energy have been invited by the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Del., to present their work at the "Power Up Hagley: Energy Fun for Everyone" day on Sunday, April 20. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:49:00 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/grier031708.html Katherine (Kasey) Grier has been appointed director of UD's Museum Studies Program and professor of history, effective fall 2008, bringing a wealth of experience as a historian, scholar and teacher, with an extensive background in museums, to her new assignments. Museum Studies is interdisciplinary but will now be housed in the history department. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:22:49 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/luncheon031708.html What does it mean to say that an estuary is polluted or unhealthy, and what does it suggest when we talk about cleaning it up? Find out at the University of Delaware's Lunch and Lecture Series event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Del. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:04:50 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/brains031708.html A team of undergraduate students in UD's Department of Computer and Information Sciences will be heading north by northwest to compete in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest to be held April 6-10, at the University of Alberta, in Branff Springs, Alberta, Canada. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:00:43 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/colleges031708.html Sometimes, working with individuals from different academic disciplines and background is the best way for students and faculty to learn how to solve problems encountered in the day-to-day operation of businesses serving both local and international clients. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:13:28 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/sea031708.html "Ships, Submersibles and Underwater Habitats: Diving into the Adventures of Science at Sea" is the title of a talk to be delivered by Nancy M. Targett, dean and professor in the College of Marine and Earth Studies at UD, at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 10, in the Reserve Room of the Morris Library. The presentation is the annual faculty lecture sponsored by the University of Delaware Library Associates. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:20:36 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/catholicism031708.html "Why I Am an Astronomer and a Catholic," a lecture by Dermott Mullan, a professor of physics and astronomy at UD, is set for 7 p.m., Monday, March 17, in 205 Gore Hall. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:44:37 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/poll031408.html Are students on UD's Newark campus really as apathetic about political issues as reflected in polls like the "Election, What Election" poll, where UD was rated fourth among some 361 schools in a poll conducted by the Princeton Review? Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:38:54 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/colburn031408.html Michael S. Strano, a University of Delaware graduate and the Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture on "The Chemistry of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Applications to Biomolecule Detection, Nanotube Separation and Electronic Networks" at 10 a.m., Friday, April 11, in 102-103 Colburn Laboratory. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:54:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/redding031408.html Frank Wu, dean of the School of Law at Wayne State University, shared his own challenges with being racially stereotyped, addressed strides made in civil rights and focused on the importance of maintaining cultural differences while practicing tolerance in this year's Louis L. Redding Diversity Lecture, held Thursday evening, March 13, in the Trabant University Center Theatre. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:45:58 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/speicaled031408.html UD's School of Education is hosting a symposium on "Changing Conceptions of Special Education," set for April 24-25, to explore the relationship between general and special education. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:36:40 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/mills031408.html A University of Delaware professor noted for his pioneering and continuing work with the Internet has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE). David L. Mills, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is among the NAE's 65 new U.S. members and nine foreign associates. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:56:01 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/smallrna031408.html Three of the world's pioneers in small RNA research--Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun and David Baulcombe--will lecture on their recent discoveries at a special half-day symposium at the University of Delaware from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:32:42 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/clark031208.html Marcy MacDonald, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and associate neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, will deliver UD's Clark Lecture at 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, in 100 Wolf Hall. Her topic will be "A Genetics-driven Approach to Huntington's Disease Therapeutics." The event is open to the public. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:59:19 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/ochoa031208.html "Women of Color Respond to Violence," a talk by Maria Ochoa, a visiting lecturer, author and professor, is set for 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 25, in 115 Purnell Hall. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:49:32 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/penalty031208.html Ken Haas, professor of sociology and criminal justice at UD, will give a talk about "The Emerging Death Penalty Jurisprudence of the Roberts Court" at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 19, in 118 Purnell Hall. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:29:19 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/reading031108.html A lecture on dyslexia, "Finding and Teaching Pre-Kindergartners at Risk for Dyslexia and Reading Failure," is set for noon, Thursday, March 27, at UD's Early Learning Center. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:18:44 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/rosen031108.html During Winter Session, while many fellow UD students were on study abroad programs to all parts of the globe or taking those extra courses on campus, junior Michael Rosen, who has been a tutor in chemistry for much of his time at UD, spent seven weeks at home on a different project--writing a book and publishing it. The result is a 186-page book, titled The Guide to Surviving General Chemistry. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:22:39 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/grants031108.html In addition to its strengths in undergraduate education, the University of Delaware is a major graduate education institution, offering 110 master's and 43 doctoral degree programs. Currently, more than 3,500 graduate students are enrolled at UD. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:34:17 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/blueprint031008.html Nine Delaware communities have been chosen to participate in a comprehensive revitalization initiative called Blueprint Communities, designed to help older neighborhoods get their second wind and plan for community renewal more effectively. The program was unveiled by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) and U.S. Rep. Michael Castle (R-Del.) on Monday, March 10, at the University of Delaware's Roselle Center for the Arts. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:45:41 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/podcasts031008.html These "new and notable" podcasts, produced by Information Technologies-University Media Services, are now available for downloading from UD's podcasts site at [www.udel.edu/podcast]: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:25:13 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/settles030608.html Barbara Settles, UD professor of individual and family studies, has been honored by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) as one of six new fellows. Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:11:08 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/overby030508.html Cordell Overby has been appointed the associate provost for research and graduate studies at the University of Delaware. The announcement was made by Carolyn Thoroughgood, vice provost for research and graduate studies. Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:53:24 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/munson030408.html Burnaby Munson, C. Eugene Bennett Chair of Chemistry, has received recognition throughout his illustrious career for his research and teaching, both nationally and from UD. Most recently he has been named a 2008 Chemical Pioneer by the American Institute of Chemists (AIC). Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:29:10 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/research030408.html Guru Parulkar, executive director of the Clean Slate Internet Design Research Program at Stanford University, thinks that now is the right time to reinvent the Internet. Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:01:59 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/asme030408.html Michael Santare, professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected to be a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International for "exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession." Santare is one of only approximately 2,834 fellows, chosen from among more than 100,000 ASME members. Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:37:43 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/nursing030408.html UD's College of Health and Nursing Sciences is sponsoring a research lecture series this spring that will feature guest speakers from Temple University, UD and the University of Pennsylvania. Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:35:24 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/fellow030408.html Tsu-Wei Chou, Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected a Fellow of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) for his influential contributions to the mechanics of nanocomposites and anisotropic heterogeneous materials. Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:39:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/nsf030308.html Ian Appelbaum, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation for his pioneering research in the exciting next evolution of electronics known as spintronics. Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:46:22 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/fall030308.html UD undergraduate science majors are invited to apply for the College of Marine and Earth Studies (CMES) Semester-in-Residence Program. Taking place at UD's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes during fall semester, the program exposes students to the world of marine and earth studies. Applications for fall semester 2008 are due Friday, March 7. Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:18:38 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/epscor022908.html Delaware's statewide Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) held its third annual meeting on February 15 at Delaware State University's MBNA Hall. More than 100 scientists, government officials, and private industry representatives gathered to network and assess EPSCoR's progress in Delaware, where the program is managed by the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) at the University of Delaware. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:59:55 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/bobev022908.html Svilen Bobev, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award. The highly competitive funding award, designed to support the integrated research and educational activities of faculty early in their careers, is bestowed on those scientists and engineers deemed most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Fewer than 20 percent of the proposals submitted to the annual competition are funded. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:31:34 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/china022908.html Two upcoming lectures will examine how China's flourishing economy is impacting both that country's natural resources and its partnerships with other countries around the world. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:49:18 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/malaysia022808.html "Although half the students in the course live on the other side of the world, it's as if we are in the same classroom. We talk to each other, discuss different topics, can see each other as if were all together in one place," said UD junior Emma Devine. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:56:37 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/warming022808.html A three-person panel discussion on "Creating a Climate for Political Action" was held Wednesday evening in Mitchell Hall. The discussion marked the opening of the 2008 Global Agenda series, titled "Boiling Point: International Politics of Climate Change." Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:50:28 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/neh022708.html A $256,800 grant received by the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will bolster fellowship and learning opportunities for five master's-level students specializing in objects conservation for the duration of their enrollment in the program. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:25:13 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/toy022708.html Do you know an outstanding teacher who makes an extra effort to bring the wonders of Delaware's marine and aquatic resources to students? Nominate him or her for the 2008 Governor's Marine and Aquatic Science Teacher of the Year Award. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:38:23 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/water022708.html The Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) at the University of Delaware has released a new technical report that details the technical aspects of the water-table mapping program, including methods, fluctuations in water-table depths, depth to water, water-table elevation and discussion of applications of water-table maps to real world issues. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:27:11 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/cosmic022708.html The University of Delaware was recently honored by the government of Thailand for providing equipment and technical expertise for the construction of a neutron monitor on the summit of Doi Inthanon, Thailand's highest mountain. The construction of the new cosmic ray detector was a collaborative effort between UD, three Thai institutions--Mahidol University, Chulalongkorn University and Ubon Ratchathani University--and Shinshu University in Japan. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:23:27 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/fellow022608.html David Kirchman's research has taken him to remote places like Antarctica and Alaska. Now it's landed him at the top of his profession. The professor of marine biosciences has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, which means he's a part of the leadership group of the oldest and largest single life-science membership organization in the world. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:12:20 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/ethics022608.html David Resnik, bioethicist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, will present "Misconduct in Research--What It Is, Why It Happens, How to Deal with It and How to Prevent It" at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 27, in 100 Wolf Hall. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:42:56 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/land022608.html Presidential politics, solar energy, travel to Turkey and demographic trends in Sussex County will be discussed by University of Delaware faculty during the 23rd annual Land & Sea Lecture Series to be held on Fridays throughout March in Lewes and Milford. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:13:16 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/energy022608.html Developing clean, affordable energy--it's a major challenge facing the United States and the world this century, and University of Delaware researchers are putting their brainpower to work to find sustainable solutions. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:55:27 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/knauss022508.html Two doctoral students from UD's College of Marine and Earth Studies (CMES) will spend the next year in the nation's capital learning the ins and outs of the marine policy process, thanks to a prestigious award they've both earned. Marine policy students Ami Kang and Kateryna Wowk are among just 48 students from across the nation to receive a 2008 Dean John A. Knauss Fellowship. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:44:31 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/governance022508.html UD's Department of Political Science and International Relations is sponsoring a colloquium on Global Governance and Society for the spring semester. Titled "Global Governance and Governmentality," the lecture series kicks off Monday, March 3. All lectures are held from 5-7 p.m., Mondays, in 116 Gore Hall. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:39:31 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/climate022208.html Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairperson of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, will kick off the spring 2008 Global Agenda lecture series, "Boiling Point: International Politics of Climate Change," which will be held at 7:30 p.m., Wednesdays, in Mitchell Hall, beginning Feb. 27. The series is free and open to the public. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:06:47 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/nautilus022208.html A daring mission in 1931 to explore the Arctic in a submarine named Nautilus, and a recent underwater expedition to rediscover the scuttled vessel, will be the focus of the next lecture in the University of Delaware's William S. Carlson International Polar Year Events, set for 3:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 29, in Memorial Hall. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:19:10 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/rockets022108.html Seeking an out-of-this-world travel destination? Outer space will rocket into reality as "the" getaway of this century, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of Rome La Sapienza. In fact, the "final frontier" could begin showing up in travel guides by 2010, they predict. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:54:52 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/nsf022108.html Xiaoming Li, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:29:27 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/cope022108.html Rapper David Banner will give a talk at UD titled "Cope, Conform or Resist: A Lecture on the Double Consciousness of Young African-Americans" at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26, in Clayton Hall Auditorium on the Laird Campus. Sponsored by Black American Studies and the Department of English, the talk is free and open to the public. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:03:41 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/eating022108.html Several events, including talks and a fair focusing on healthy lifestyle choices, will be offered at UD during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which runs Feb. 25-28. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/signing022008.html For those daring souls who braved Delaware's icy terrain on Feb. 12 to see Coast Guard Capt. Lawson Brigham add his signature to the American Geographical Society's Fliers' and Explorers' Globe, the treacherous trip was well worth it. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:04:39 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/apha021908.html The University of Delaware Library was a significant presence at the annual meeting of the American Printing History Association (APHA), which was held Jan. 26 at the New York Public Library. Following a business meeting and reports of officers, APHA's distinguished Achievement Awards were given. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:46:57 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/victorians021908.html The work of a University of Delaware faculty member, Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and Professor of Humanities, and of a University of Delaware staff member, Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow, University of Delaware Library, will be presented in an exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:12:26 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/boyer021908.html The University of Delaware Library announces the electronic full text availability of two books by John S. Boyer, E. I. DuPont Professor of Marine Biochemistry/Biophysics Emeritus of the University of Delaware. The two Boyer books, Water Relations of Plants and Soils (co-written with Paul Kramer) and Measuring the Water Status of Plants and Soils, are available in the University of Delaware Library Institutional Repository [http://dspace.udel.edu] and are a landmark first for the library's Institutional Repository. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:24:03 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/quality021908.html The Delaware Alliance for Excellence honored Bayhealth Medical Center's Inpatient Rehabilitation Center and United Electric Company Inc., as the recipients of the W.L. (Bill) Gore Award of Excellence at its annual Delaware Quality Award banquet held Thursday, Feb. 7, in Clayton Hall on the University of Delaware's campus. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:17:57 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/plastino021808.html UD undergraduates are invited to apply by Feb. 25 for the David A. Plastino Scholars Program in the College of Arts and Sciences. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:26:32 EDT http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/internships021808.html Attention science, e