Sustainability is inherently rooted in the core principles of the University of Delaware, through research, action and engagement.
Through leading-edge research and scholarship on solar technology, fuel cells, sustainable landfills, offshore wind power and many other fields, the University produces research and scholarship that significantly affects the world and the State of Delaware.
By incorporating sustainability into its own operations, the University develops the infrastructure and financial base to ensure the University of Delaware continues to propel and sustain a path to prominence. While the University has had many successes in sustainability, it will continue to work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of the University.
UD offers sustainability-related coursework in engineering, history, geography, wildlife ecology, marine studies and many other areas, providing a high-quality learning environment in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.
UD is committed to engaging the campus community, the state, the nation and the world concerning issues of sustainability.
2 students win DuPont 'Clear into the Future' fellowships
Two UD grad students, whose research is helping ensure a healthy Delaware Estuary, have each received $25,000 DuPont "Clear into the Future" fellowships. The students are studying the effects of bacterial respiration on the Delaware Estuary ecosystem and the economic value of migratory shorebirds in the Delaware Estuary.
UD hosts national sustainable energy conference
Wool to speak at '09 World Congress of Chemical Engineering
Richard Wool, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Affordable Composites from Renewable Sources research group at UD, has been invited to be a plenary speaker at the green polymers symposium during the eighth World Congress of Chemical Engineering.
PhillyCarShare pays visit to DelaWorld
A nonprofit car-sharing organization that began six years ago in Philadelphia and has since expanded to more than 16 outlying suburbs, PhillyCarShare will add Newark to its growing list of communities served when it deploys a Toyota Prius for local use this fall.
UD Dining Services commits to sustainable seafood purchases
The UD community will soon have sustainable food from the sea in its dining halls. ARAMARK, the professional facilities management and food-service company that operates UD Dining Services, has signed a partnership agreement with the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California to shift its U.S. seafood purchases toward sustainable sources over the next decade.
The University of Delaware has joined other colleges and universities in supporting these two sustainability initiatives:
Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future/Talloires Declaration: View a .pdf (20kb)
American University and Presidents Climate Commitment:
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