Alumni & Friends
From Blue Hens to Marching Ravens
UD animal science alumni perform with the NFL’s largest marching band
Medicine meets mentorship
UD pre-veterinary medicine alumna
extends knowledge through UD student mentorship
Conserving Delaware’s Wildlife
UD alumnus leads wildlife conservation
and management for the state
Representing rural America
Distinguished alumnus Roger Glendenning
reflects on 36 years with the USDA
Cultivating a legacy
Our community is strong. Our relationships sustain us. Alumni, friends, families and students of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources work together to create a lasting legacy and fulfill our land-grant mission of teaching, research and extension.
Alumni have gone on to become successful growers, agribusiness leaders, scientists and policy makers. They've conducted pioneering research that has shaped our food and our planet.
Supporters have provided the resources to get them there. With new state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities on the horizon, your gift today will impact student success for decades to come.
Be a part of our story.
Alumni in the news
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Helping gardens and interns grow
January 16, 2026 | Written by Michele Walfred | Photos by Katie Young and Michele Walfred and courtesy of Andrew AdamsUniversity of Delaware Botanic Gardens Nursery and Collections Manager Andrew Adams oversees a diverse botanical selection that comprises 11 specialty gardens across 15 acres — soon to be 16 — when the Townsend East Lawn and Garden project is complete. Adams credits his own academic career path at UD directly to his UDBG intern experiences in 2016. -
Career Cowboy
January 06, 2026 | Written by: Molly SchaferDennis Byrne helped establish the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources herd of Angus cattle thirty years ago. The Blue Hen remains dedicated to feeding the world and protecting the planet, a concept he first heard of in the early 1970s during his agronomy class at UD. -
Alumnus Mark Richardson integrates conservation and plant collections
December 19, 2025 | Written by Molly Schafer | Photos courtesy of The Morton Arboretum and New England Botanic Garden at Tower HillUniversity of Delaware plant and soil sciences alumnus Mark Richardson is the new vice president of collections and horticulture at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, a world-renowned center for scientific research that studies trees and how to sustain them. With an eye on global plant conservation, Richardson encourages the horticulture field to fully integrate science and conservation efforts into public gardens and plant collections.
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) engages donors, alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff and students in a lifelong relationship and fosters a tradition of philanthropy to strengthen the University of Delaware's legacy as one of the great public institutions of higher education in America.