University recognition of student honors is being changed to provide better ways to celebrate student achievements and to make it easier for family members to attend the recognition events, Havidán Rodríguez, deputy provost, has announced.
Autumn is an especially hazardous time for bicyclists, according to a three-year study in Newark that reports most bicycle crashes occur during the fall months. That is one of the statistics distributed by the Newark Bicycle Committee and the Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO).
The University of Delaware's Bank of America Career Services Center has identified three finalists for its promotional video contest and online balloting is now underway.
The University of Delaware's Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural Diversity is seeking nominations for the Louis Lorenzo Redding Diversity Award, which will be presented at the annual Redding Lecture in the spring of 2010.
The University of Delaware's Chemical Hygiene Committee and the Department of Environmental Health and Safety are encouraging participation in an online survey to help improve the Chemical Hygiene and Laboratory Safety Program. The survey deadline is Nov. 30.
The Princeton Review invites students to speak out about daily academic and social life at the University of Delaware by being a part of this year's student survey. Students are invited to spread their insights on what life on the UD campus is all about: favorite classes, extracurricular activities, sports and clubs, school traditions, professor/student interaction, residence life, food, etc.
The University of Delaware's 2010 Winter Faculty Institute will begin Tuesday, Jan. 5, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU announced their second annual "Oscar Correspondent Contest" (http://oscars.mtvu.com/), giving college journalists nationwide the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage activities at the 82nd Academy Awards set March 7, 2010.
DelaWELL, the State of Delaware's wellness program, is offering a free online health risk assessment (HRA) for University of Delaware faculty and staff.
University of Delaware students can download an upgrade from Microsoft Windows Vista to Windows 7 for $29.99, it has been announced by UD Information Technologies.
The University of Delaware's Academic Enrichment Center has announced its new online study skills workshop series, "Your Roadmap to Success."
The University of Delaware invites applications from public and private U.S. colleges, universities, and non-profit organizations for research proposals under the Program of Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII), funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Outreach, under 22USC4501-4508, as amended. The deadline for proposals is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, Dec. 6.
As the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) project that more academic communities will be affected by the H1N1 influenza this year, the University of Delaware recognizes that a large number of students and faculty may not be able to attend classes and teach because of illness.
The University of Delaware is becoming increasingly globalized, and many international students and visiting faculty are part of the UD campus community. In fact, more than one-fifth of the University's 1,338 entering graduate students this semester are from nearly three dozen countries other than the United States.
NEWS
- UD launches Center for Political Communication
- Princeton anthropologist addresses human language and art in Darwin lecture
- Violinist Xiang Gao to lead China tour in June
- Delaware art history grad student honored for best paper
- MSERC programs in math education receive continued funding
- UD Library Associates elects officers for 2010
- Richards to return to faculty in College of Health Sciences
- UD Police seek information about injured student
- For the Record, Nov. 20, 2009
- UD in the News, Nov. 20, 2009
- UD planning teachers institute in cooperation with Yale National Initiative
- PCS, Academy of Lifelong Learning receive award
- Record 334 students receive General Honors Awards
- Vaughan elected interim president of national education organization
- Lambda Chi Alpha completes annual food drive
- Second Life Outsider art show seen a success
- Dec. 2: Former RNC chairperson Ed Gillespie to speak
- UD Collegiate Figure Skating Team wins Cornell competition
- UD students tour CIA headquarters
- Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center established
- American Vacuum Society honors UD doctoral student
- UD hosts annual Delaware Space Grant Research Symposium
- UD ranks among top institutions in study abroad
- UD's second hydrogen fuel cell bus carries special guests
- UD, Olympic movement complete coaching enrichment modules
- University awarded grant for prostate cancer research
- 5 things you need to know about H1N1 influenza
- Junior Chefs Rockfish Cook-Off accepting entries
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Dec. 2: Former RNC chairperson Ed Gillespie to speak
- Nov. 16-22: International Education Week features global programs
- Nov. 22: Music department to hold 'Messiah Sing' event
- Nov. 22: UD Chamber Orchestra to perform
- Nov. 30-Dec. 4: College School schedules book fair
- Dec. 1: LGBT community to mark World AIDS Day
- Dec. 3: Center plans Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration
- Dec. 6: New Castle County Alumni Club plans Winterthur holiday event
- Dec. 6: UD alumni events planned in Baltimore, Philadelphia
- Dec. 6: 'Jams for Jimmy' benefit concert to be held in Wilmington
- Dec. 7: Black Student Union to present program on racial stereotypes
- Oct. 11-Nov. 29: International Film Series offered Sundays at Trabant
- Sept. 9-Dec. 2: 'Assessing Obama' series to feature faculty, national speakers
- Sept. 9-Dec. 2: 'Research on Women' fall lecture series announced
- Sept. 18-Dec. 18: Library's 'Lion Awakes' exhibition looks at reggae, Marley
- Sept. 26-May 1: Take in an opera at the Met with UD matinee tickets