- Rozovsky wins prestigious NSF Early Career Award
- UD students meet alumni, experience 'closing bell' at NYSE
- Newark Police seek assistance in identifying suspects in robbery
- Rivlin says bipartisan budget action, stronger budget rules key to reversing debt
- Stink bugs shouldn't pose problem until late summer
- Gao to honor Placido Domingo in Washington performance
- Adopt-A-Highway project keeps Lewes road clean
- WVUD's Radiothon fundraiser runs April 1-10
- W.D. Snodgrass Symposium to honor Pulitzer winner
- New guide helps cancer patients manage symptoms
- UD in the News, March 25, 2011
- For the Record, March 25, 2011
- Public opinion expert discusses world views of U.S. in Global Agenda series
- Congressional delegation, dean laud Center for Community Research and Service program
- Center for Political Communication sets symposium on politics, entertainment
- Students work to raise funds, awareness of domestic violence
- Equestrian team wins regional championship in Western riding
- Markell, Harker stress importance of agriculture to Delaware's economy
- Carol A. Ammon MBA Case Competition winners announced
- Prof presents blood-clotting studies at Gordon Research Conference
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month events, programs announced
- Stay connected with Sea Grant, CEOE e-newsletter
- A message to UD regarding the tragedy in Japan
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- March 31-May 14: REP stages Neil Simon's 'The Good Doctor'
- April 2: Newark plans annual 'wine and dine'
- April 5: Expert perspective on U.S. health care
- April 5: Comedian Ace Guillen to visit Scrounge
- April 6, May 4: School of Nursing sponsors research lecture series
- April 6-May 4: Confucius Institute presents Chinese Film Series on Wednesdays
- April 6: IPCC's Pachauri to discuss sustainable development in DENIN Dialogue Series
- April 7: 'WVUDstock' radiothon concert announced
- April 8: English Language Institute presents 'Arts in Translation'
- April 9: Green and Healthy Living Expo planned at The Bob
- April 9: Center for Political Communication to host Onion editor
- April 10: Alumni Easter Egg-stravaganza planned
- April 11: CDS session to focus on visual assistive technologies
- April 12: T.J. Stiles to speak at UDLA annual dinner
- April 15, 16: Annual UD push lawnmower tune-up scheduled
- April 15, 16: Master Players series presents iMusic 4, China Magpie
- April 15, 16: Delaware Symphony, UD chorus to perform Mahler work
- April 18: Former NFL Coach Bill Cowher featured in UD Speaks
- April 21-24: Sesame Street Live brings Elmo and friends to The Bob
- April 30: Save the date for Ag Day 2011 at UD
- April 30: Symposium to consider 'Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface'
- April 30-May 1: Relay for Life set at Delaware Field House
- May 4: Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium announced
- May 5: Northwestern University's Leon Keer to deliver Kerr lecture
- May 7: Women's volleyball team to host second annual Spring Fling
- Through May 3: SPPA announces speakers for 10th annual lecture series
- Through May 4: Global Agenda sees U.S. through others' eyes; World Bank president to speak
- Through May 4: 'Research on Race, Ethnicity, Culture' topic of series
- Through May 9: Black American Studies announces lecture series
- Through May 11: 'Challenges in Jewish Culture' lecture series announced
- Through May 11: Area Studies research featured in speaker series
- Through June 5: 'Andy Warhol: Behind the Camera' on view in Old College Gallery
- Through July 15: 'Bodyscapes' on view at Mechanical Hall Gallery
- More What's Happening >>
- UD calendar >>
- Middle States evaluation team on campus April 5
- Phipps named HR Liaison of the Quarter
- Senior wins iPad for participating in assessment study
- April 19: Procurement Services schedules information sessions
- UD Bookstore announces spring break hours
- HealthyU Wellness Program encourages employees to 'Step into Spring'
- April 8-29: Faculty roundtable series considers student engagement
- GRE is changing; learn more at April 15 info session
- April 30: UD Evening with Blue Rocks set for employees
- Morris Library to be open 24/7 during final exams
- More Campus FYI >>
3:45 p.m., April 3, 2009----UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.
Gerald J. Kauffman, director of the Water Resources Agency, wrote an opinion piece in the April 3 News Journal about the economics of water supplies in Delaware.
Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in an April 3 Wall Street Journal story about falling executive salaries in the wake of shrinking profits. Given a backlash over high pay, Elson said, “We are at a historic turning point in CEO compensation.”
Elson also was quoted in an April 1 Washington Post story about the government's role as an investor in GM, an April 1 Charlotte Observer story on challenges faced by Bank of America chairman and chief executive officer Ken Lewis, March 30 BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal stories about corporate leadership changes, a March 27 News Journal story on reforms in the regulation of financial institutions, a March 25 Wall Street Journal story on efforts to provide shareholders more clout in the boardroom, and in two March 23 Compliance Week stories, one on Delaware corporate law and one on risk.
Steve Sciscione, associate director of UD's Bank of America Career Services Center, was quoted in an April 3 Community News story about job searches.
Yvette Freeman, a UD alumna, was featured in an April 2 News Journal story about her role on the television series ER.
David Brond, vice president of communications and marketing, was quoted in an April 1 News Journal story about the search for a new athletic director at UD. “Early signs are that this is a very desirable position,” said Brond, who is leading the search committee.
Doug Miller, associate professor of marine and earth studies, was quoted in an April 1 Bethany Beach Wave story about horseshoe crab populations in the state's inland bays and in the Delaware Bay.
Judith Herrman, associate professor of nursing, wrote an opinion piece in the March 28 News Journal about teen pregnancy. The op-ed noted a recent study by Paul Solano, associate professor in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.
David Legates, associate professor of geography, was featured in a March 27 Racine (Wisc.) Journal Times story about his views on climate change and the impact of humans. “You can't simply can't declare the debate's over,” Legates said. “We're not anywhere close to that point.”
UD students Alex Crespo, Frank DiPietrapaul, Brian Del Guercio, Tommy Stackhouse and Eric Cirulli were featured widely in television broadcasts for their role in helping pull a 60-year-old Newark woman to safety after her car became stuck on railroad tracks. They are members of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Patrick Harker, UD president, was quoted in a March 25 News Journal story on the new Delaware Health Sciences Alliance, in which the University is a partner with Thomas Jefferson University, Christiana Care and Nemours.
Edgar Johnson, director of athletics, was featured in a March 24 News Journal story and a March 23 WDEL-AM story upon announcing plans to retire effective June 30.
Janice Barlow and Terry Schooley, assistant policy scientists in the Center for Community Research and Service, were quoted in a March 24 News Journal story on the Kids Count program, which reports on child poverty in the state.
Louis Hirsh, director of admissions, was quoted in a March 23 News Journal story on how the economy might shape freshman classes at universities and colleges this fall. "College admissions directors all across the country are flying blind this year," Hirsh told the newspaper. "We honestly don't know what the impact will be of the economy and that has us all sort of sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for May 1 to see exactly what will happen."
Sharon Merriman-Nai, co-manager of the National Center on Elder Abuse at the University of Delaware, was quoted discussing elder abuse and the role that nurses can play in its prevention in a March 1 RN Web article.
Scott Beale, an alumnus of UD's Institute for Public Administration, was featured in the Washington Post's WashBiz Blog for his Atlas Corps, which brings non-profit leaders from India and Columbia to work in the United States. He calls it a “Peace Corps in reverse.”