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Honors Stories
Plastino Scholars
The University of Delaware's Plastino Scholars Program celebrated the achievements of the 2012 scholars and welcomed the 2013 cohort.
AAUP honors
The University of Delaware chapter of the American Association of University Professors has announced the recipients of this year's Undergraduate Student Awards.
Margaret Douglas Medal
Doug Tallamy, chair of the University of Delaware's Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, was recently awarded with the Garden Club of America's Margaret Douglas Medal for notable service to the cause of conservation education.
Youth Service Award
The Lori's Hands student organization at UD was recognized for outstanding service to the Newark community at the Youth Service Challenge Awards Ceremony held on May 13.
Senior recognition
Graduating seniors from a variety of majors were honored at the NUCLEUS senior recognition event.
NSF, Cottrell awards
The University of Delaware's Donald Watson has received prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation and the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
YoUDee Awards
The 11th annual YoUDee Leadership Awards Ceremony honoring outstanding student groups, leaders and efforts at the University of Delaware was held May 9.
Stellar subjects
Four UD subjects are listed among the best in the world in new international rankings.
Doctoral accomplishments
Three doctoral students in UD's Department of English have won national awards in recognition of their work.
Diversity awards
The President's Diversity Initiative administers several awards, which are given annually based on campus-wide nomination, and recently announced this year's recipients.
Latin American studies
UD's Omar Duran and Remi Poindexter were honored at a ceremony in Philadelphia for excellence in Latin American Studies.
Perfectly pitched
Austin Crouse, a mechanical engineering major, took home the top prize of $1,000 in the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship's first entrepreneurial video pitch competition.
Francis Alison Award
Paul Quinn, professor of psychology, has been selected to receive the University of Delaware's 2013 Francis Alison Award for scholarship and teaching excellence. The award is the University's highest competitive faculty honor.
Top seniors
University of Delaware seniors Max Logan Kramer and Melanie Allen have been selected as the recipients of the Alexander J. Taylor Sr. and Emalea Pusey Warner awards, respectively, as the outstanding man and woman of the 2013 graduating class.
Sports medicine honors
Two University of Delaware students are among just 20 whose abstracts have been selected for special sessions at the American College of Sports Medicine's 60th annual meeting in May.
Honored students
Fifty-nine UD undergraduates were inducted into the Alpha of Delaware chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at a ceremony May 4.
Faculty honors
Eight University of Delaware faculty members have been recognized for outstanding work in teaching and advising, and three graduate teaching assistants have received awards for excellence in teaching.
Pioneering polymer research
UD professor Kristi Kiick will receive the 2013 Academic Research Award at the Delaware Bio annual awards gala May 22.
First Step
The College of Health Sciences celebrated its inaugural First Step Program with an award ceremony on April 26 to honor undergraduate students who submitted solutions to important health-related challenges.
Neutrinos from outer space open new eye in the sky
New Scientist, May 15, 2013
Thomas Gaisser, Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy, commented on the detection of neutrinos, a discovery that could lead to a new field of space exploration.
The strange beauty of the sea's microscopic plantsScientific American, May 15, 2013
Ronald Martin, professor of geological sciences, discussed how tiny plants called phytoplankton enabled the evolution of modern marine life.
The Vatican and evolution: once more, with caveatsForbes, May 9, 2013
Article cites a paper co-authored by Stephen Barr, professor of physics and astronomy, exploring the relationship between mind, matter, body and soul.
