December issue of UD Messenger available online

8:14 a.m., Dec. 4, 2015--The newest edition of the University of Delaware Messenger is available online. The print magazine, sent to more than 160,000 alumni, parents and friends, hit mailboxes this week.

Themed “Expanding our Reach,” the issue highlights UD’s global footprint, including a cybersecurity feature on the murky underbelly of the Internet; a photo spread on preserving threatened cultures in the Amazon; and the cover story, which examines what climate change and sea ice melt in the Arctic mean for navigating and communicating in previously inaccessible waters.

Campus Stories

From graduates, faculty

As it neared time for the processional to open the University of Delaware Commencement ceremonies, graduating students and faculty members shared their feelings about what the event means to them.

Doctoral hooding

It was a day of triumph, cheers and collective relief as more than 160 students from 21 nations participated in the University of Delaware's Doctoral Hooding Convocation held Friday morning on The Green.

• Doctoral hooding
• Old Swedes
• Summer SAT, ACT prep
• 'Opus 13' pre-sale

Other highlights include:

Our Students

• A feature on the UD Scholars program, which seeks to bridge the gap between academic preparation and ability for historically underrepresented students.
• Profiles of leaders from around the world who spent their summer studying at UD.
• Story of a student-launched app that helps Christmas tree farmers locate diseased trees.
• Photo spread on “the art of engineering.” 
• A look at global clinical internships for nursing students.

Our Faculty

• Novel new findings from a biological sciences professor that could improve in vitro fertilization.
• Excerpt from journalism professor Ben Yagoda’s recent book, The B-Side
• Pieces on faculty scholarship, from a historian’s perspective on what woman should be featured on the redesigned $10 bill, to a simple exercise that can reverse racial bias in babies.

Our UD

• “Office Hours” with UD’s head coach of women’s basketball, Tina Martin.
• Insights into the men’s and women’s 2015-16 basketball seasons.
• A recap of Acting President Nancy Targett’s State of the University, with special emphasis on recent candid conversations and dialogue about race.

Our Alumni and Friends

• Feature on passionate members of a local wrestling league.
• Profiles on Peace Corps volunteer Stephen Pope; on Jonathan Powley, who has taken a new and creative approach to the New York City hospitality business; and on transformational education leader Lamont Browne, who recently received one of the most prestigious awards in the field.
• The ever popular Class Notes, Weddings and Babies sections 

The magazine editors invite readers to submit feedback and story ideas via email to TheMessenger@udel.edu.