Alumni & Friends

Food and health outcomes

Prolific researcher Rudy Nayga wants to know what people eat

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Animal connections

Alumnus Patrick Carroll leads Delaware Humane Association

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UD alumnus Stephen Cook, who grew up in a family of farmers, guides students in how to show beef cattle for agricultural events.

Teaching legacy

Alumnus Stephen Cook inspires agriscience students through hands-on learning, magnetic personality

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) detection canine Poncho indicates a positive sample from multiple items presented on a canine training wheel. The Training Aid Delivery Devices attached to each arm of the wheel allow the dog to detect the substance inside, some of which are the proteins that a person produces in response to the virus.

COVID Canines

Military working dogs training to sniff out coronavirus

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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.

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Alumni in the news

2022 UD Holiday Gift Guide features several CANR products

November 25, 2022 | Written by UD Staff

Visit the UD Holiday Gift Guide to explore unique gift ideas from around the University, including UDairy Creamery and UD Botanic Gardens.
Early growth in plant science

September 21, 2022 | Written by Kate Zincone and Dante LaPenta

Thanks to the generosity of University of Delaware alumnus Ron Ferriss, Delaware high school students receive early plant science research experience much like Ferriss received a half century ago. Ferriss has no doubt that his first UD internship was the single most meaningful step in setting his career direction.
What people eat

July 19, 2022 | Written by Dante LaPenta

University of Delaware alumnus Rodolfo Nayga Jr. is one of the world’s most prominent authorities on critical issues related to the economics of poverty, nutrition, obesity and novel food technologies.

Featured video

A video of Transforming Lives with Scholarships: Shem Msabila, Marcia & Jim Borel: youtube.com/watch?v=FvfcsQJw8Sw

Shem Msabila, ANR24, from Tanzania, Africa never even imagined the possibility of researching plants in the United States. He had heard “no” too many times to have hope in pursuing research that will make a difference in his home country. But funding from Marcia and Jim Borel helped Shem experience more that he could have ever dreamed.