The Delaware Quality Award Executive Council and the University of Delaware honored the 2009 recipient of the Delaware Quality Award -- Bayhealth Medical Center, Child Care and Early Learning Center -- during an event held Feb. 4 at Clayton Hall on UD's Newark campus.
Following are questions and answers concerning the new seven-year contract between the University of Delaware and PNC Bank, N.A., for the provision of personal banking services to the campus community.
High school students who love science, are intrigued by the coast, and want to learn a lot more about both are encouraged to apply for TIDE Camp Summer 2010. The two-week residential program is designed to give high school students exposure to the scientific processes at work in Delaware Bay. Applications are due Monday, March 8, for the July 24-Aug. 6 camp.
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is sponsoring a video contest for Delaware students in grades 6 through 12. The Get Up and Do Something competition provides an opportunity for youth to get involved in promoting physical activity and healthy eating.
The University of Delaware and PNC Bank, N.A., announced today a new seven-year contract, providing an emphasis on money management and financial responsibility for the more than 20,000 students at the University.
Vita Nova, the acclaimed restaurant operated by students in the University of Delaware Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, has announced that it is continuing its partnership with the University's in-demand Master Players Concert Series and offering free VIP concert tickets.
The University of Delaware Library has acquired the papers of Thurman Adams, Jr., who, at the time of his death on June 23, 2009, was the longest-serving state senator in Delaware history.
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The University of Delaware and the Delaware Sports Commission have been awarded the bid to host the 2011 American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Men's Division 1 club hockey national championships from March 5-9 next year.
The University of Delaware Office of Alumni Relations has announced that Monday, Feb. 15, is the deadline for nominations for the Emalea Pusey Warner Award, the Alexander J. Taylor Sr. Award and the Milton L. Draper Award.
University of Delaware New Student Orientation (NSO) has launched a new Web site designed to provide easy access to important information about NSO and featuring separate sections for students and parents.
The state of emergency in New Castle County is expected to be lifted, effective 8 p.m., Feb. 7, and the University of Delaware will operate on its normal schedule on Monday, Feb. 8.
For the 22 students in the University of Delaware's Accelerated Nursing Program, graduation day came on Thursday, Feb. 4, marking the end of 17 months of intense study and laying the foundation for a new career. The accelerated program is designed for individuals with a bachelor's degree in another field who wish to pursue a bachelor of science degree in nursing.
The University of Delaware's Vita Nova restaurant and the Master Players Concert Series have partnered in a special ticket promotion and Susan Phipps is the most recent winner of two VIP tickets to the concert series.
University of Delaware President Patrick Harker told Delaware lawmakers that investing in the First State's flagship university makes sense despite budget constraints and tough economic times.
The University of Delaware is steadily rising to prominence and it is now poised to become of the key drivers in the regional economy, UD President Patrick Harker said Feb. 3 during a speech to more than 100 UD alumni gathered at the Wilmington Trust bank's head office in Wilmington, Del.
The University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) offers free guided tours of its Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes to schools throughout the region. At this world-class research institution, middle and high school students can get a firsthand look at science in action and learn about potential careers in marine science.
UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.
Community Connectors is a University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS) program that develops leadership skills in young adults with disabilities and provides them with social and recreational opportunities. When the Connectors lost their funding last summer, members and their parents began looking for new sources of funding to continue the program.
Over the past few weeks, five University of Delaware graduate students archived and digitized a Delmarva history collection of photographs, postcards and other artifacts at the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library in Odessa, Del. They also developed recommendations for improved preservation of the collection, which will be made available on the library's Web site and utilized by local fourth-grade social studies classes.
The leading thinkers from the world's offshore wind energy community gathered to discuss the industry's future at a conference held Feb. 2-3 in Philadelphia and supported by the University of Delaware. Offshore Wind Powers: Creating a Roadmap for Commercially Successful Offshore Wind Projects brought together more than 150 representatives from the financial, academic, conservation, and scientific communities as well as the government.
The latest findings from KIDS COUNT in Delaware, a project of the Center for Community Research and Service in the University of Delaware College of Education and Public Policy, have been released through the Wilmington KIDS COUNT Fact Book for 2009.
If there was ever a time for conservationists to shop smart, this is it. Across America, states confront budget shortfalls -- a grim cycle of cuts, followed by more cuts that the Pew Center on States refers to as "fiscal crisis." Tough choices confront land conservationists, who shop the American landscape with big ambitions but slim wallets.
Ron Ludington has stepped down as director of the University of Delaware's Ice Skating Science Development Center, which he headed for 23 years, but he will continue coaching skaters at the center.
The 10th anniversary Global Agenda Speaker Series on "Understanding Political Islam," sponsored by the University of Delaware Center for Political Communication, will begin at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Mitchell Hall on the UD campus in Newark.
Michael Chajes, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named the 2010 Engineer of the Year by the Delaware Council of Engineering Societies (DCES). He will be recognized for his contributions to the field of engineering at the council's annual awards banquet on Feb. 18 at the DuPont Country Club.
University of Delaware alumni change e-mail addresses, jobs and locations so often that it is hard to keep up with them. Knowing that, UD has contracted with Harris Connect to update contact information for all alumni around the world so that Blue Hens can keep up to date with alumni news and activities.
The University of Delaware has been selected by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, to implement a $308,000 Title VIII grant program that will fund economics and business research by 12 American scholars on the continuing transition of Eastern Europe and Central Asia to a free-market economy.
The University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall currently has several new pieces on view, including a spectacular specimen of rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado.
For the fourth year in a row, the University of Delaware is participating in RecycleMania, a friendly competition among colleges and universities across the United States to collect and recycle the most recyclable materials.
Cleaning out your closet, attic or basement? Finding old, forgotten memorabilia from your time as a Blue Hen? Don't throw it away; lend it.
The University of Delaware and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) today signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), creating a powerful research partnership between UD's Category 1 research capabilities and Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) in Maryland.
Cardiovascular disease and stroke will cost the United States an estimated $503.2 billion in 2010, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). That figure includes both health care costs and lost productivity due to death and disease.
People around the world are reaching out to assist the citizens of Haiti as they struggle to overcome the suffering and destruction caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Thousands are dead, families have been separated and children have been orphaned. Those lucky enough to escape injury face the rising threat of disease and death while awaiting relief efforts and basic essentials.
Discover the allure of witch hazels at the 18th annual University of Delaware Botanic Gardens benefit plant sale to be held Friday and Saturday, April 23-24, behind Townsend Hall.
The University of Delaware will be hosting an auction of former assets of the Newark Chrysler automotive fabrication, assembly plant and distribution center. The auction, conducted by the Great American Group, will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25, beginning at 10 a.m., at the University's Clayton Hall, located at David Hollowell Drive off Route 896 in Newark.
Three recent graduates of the University of Delaware master of fine arts program will have works featured in the National Wet Paint Exhibition from Jan. 15 through Feb. 28 at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago.
The University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players (REP) opens the new year with the uproariously funny romp She Stoops to Conquer on Jan. 21 and the show will play through Feb. 20 at the Roselle Center for the Arts on the UD campus in Newark.
Thanks to the University of Delaware's global travel grant program for graduate students, 29 UD students went abroad during the past year to conduct research, present musical performances, participate in public service internships, and pursue other scholarly activities. Proposals now are being accepted for the 2010 program.
Provost Tom Apple and the University of Delaware chapter of the American Association of University Professors will co-sponsor a forum on recent court decisions affecting the academic freedom of faculty at public universities.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Feb 19: Master Players Concert Series to present 'Molto Spiritual'
- Feb. 8-12: Student Centers host 'Spring Into Perkins' welcome week
- Feb. 9: Student Centers host Spring Activities Night, Greek Village
- Feb. 9-Dec. 10: Abraham Lincoln in Harper's Weekly
- Feb. 10: Learn heart-healthy eating at UD Extension program
- Feb. 10-May 12: Women's Studies offers 'Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Culture'
- Feb. 11: History workshop to look at Haiti
- Feb. 12: Mathematical Sciences to host graduate research review
- Feb. 14: Alumni invited to UD women's basketball pregame brunch
- Feb. 15: Panel on free-speech rights of students set
- Feb. 15: Faculty, staff invited to forum on academic freedom
- Feb. 15: Black Student Union plans inventions exhibit at Trabant
- Feb. 15: Sen. Carper kicks off public administration seminar series
- Feb. 17: BAMS lecture to focus on street life, fatherhood
- Feb. 17-May 5: Jewish Studies Program offers spring lecture series
- Feb. 18: Spirit Ambassadors information session planned
- Feb. 20: Chinese New Year celebration planned
- Feb. 20-May 1: Seats still available for Metropolitan Opera bus trips
- Feb. 22: Furthur to perform at The Bob
- Feb. 23: West African songs, drumming, dance featured in workshop
- Feb. 23-March 23: Women's History Month film series planned
- March 2: 'Rev Run' to offer words of wisdom at Trabant
- March 4: Think Spring Fling to raise money for Food Bank of Delaware
- March 5: Longwood Graduate Program to host annual symposium
- March 9-23: Dining with Diabetes classes offered in Dover
- April 23-24: Witch hazels to be featured at UD Botanic Gardens plant sale
- May 7: Phi Kappa Phi plans ceremony
- Jan. 21-Feb. 20: Delaware's REP to stage 'She Stoops to Conquer'
- Jan. 26-June 25: 'Games People Play' library exhibition
- Jan. 26-June 29: Richard Hoffman Collection exhibition set
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- UD art conservation team restores, preserves historic murals
- University Museums staff prepares items for Old College Gallery
- UD men's rugby team seeks national title
CAMPUS FYI
- New tool to submit Business Expense Requests, allocate expenses now available
- UD enters Apple Education License Program
- UD offers graduate internships with arts, cultural organizations
- Keep software current: Latest vulnerability is Adobe Flash
- UD employees are losing to win
- Library offers iMovie '09 multimedia workshops
- Research Office announces new limited submission opportunities
- General Accounting announces new UDeposit financial tool
- Feb. 10: Library offers Mac workshop for instructors
- Changes to spring 2010 academic calendar noted
- Research Office announces NIH limited submission funding opportunity
- Vita Nova accepting reservations for spring semester
- Google Apps available for all students
- Office of Equity and Inclusion announces award deadlines