Alumni authors return to campus during Homecoming

3:24 p.m., Nov. 4, 2011--Three University of Delaware alumni will return to campus during Homecoming to sign copies of their new books at the UD Bookstore, 83 East Main St.

Participating in the signing, which is scheduled from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, in the Blue Hen Café, will be Joseph Nye, author of Delaware Sports Legends: Blue Hens, Hornets, High Schools and More; Raymond Holcomb, Endless Enemies: Inside FBI Counterterrorism; and Alex Brown, author of Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and His Legacy. 

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June 5: Blue Hen 5K

University of Delaware graduates planning to attend Alumni Weekend are encouraged to register for the annual Blue Hen 5K walk and run, which will be held Sunday morning, June 5.

June 6-9: Food and culture series

The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.

• June 6-9: Food and culture series
• Through June 30: 'Saving White Clay Creek'
• July 22: WWE Heatwave Tour
• Through Sept. 16: Women of color in academia

Nye, who earned his bachelor's degree in political science at UD in 1986, has written about the greatest athletes to ever call the First State home. Featured are Blue Hens, including Tubby Raymond, Rich Gannon, Joe Flacco, Audie Kujala, Dallas Green, John Grant, Spencer Dunkley, Mike Pegues, Anne Brooking and many of the great teams and coaches over the years. 

A 1971 history graduate, Holcomb was an FBI operative whose assignments took him around the world and involved espionage, counter narcotics, Mafia takedowns, national security, special weapons and tactics, and much more. His memoir provides detailed information about the FBI that only a longtime bureau insider can reveal, and he describes hunting down and grilling criminals of every ilk around the world, as well as creating and leading the FBI’s elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-9/11 investigation.

Brown, who earned his MBA at UD in 1992, has written about the inspirational racehorse Barbaro. His book, which details Barbaro's  legacy, is based on more than 100 interviews, including Michael Matz, Dr. Dean Richardson and some of the New Bolton Center team, sports reporters, horsemen involved in the 2006 Triple Crown and those who worked at the racetracks where Barbaro ran. A photo essay of 164 images retells the entire story. The foreword is by ESPN’s Jeannine Edwards, and co-owner Gretchen Jackson, wrote the afterword.