Three College of Agriculture and Natural Resources students and one alumnus met during Helena’s internship training week in Columbia, South Carolina, last summer. From left to right, Dominic Lopergolo, Aaron Doll, Jarrett Robinson and Carson Mears.

Growing crops and careers

Students in CANR
  • A collage of the three ASHS participants giving their presentations to a room full of people.

    Sweeping the Competition

    October 09, 2025 | Written by: Nya Wynn | Photos courtesy of: Qingwu Meng
    Undergraduates and graduate students alike from Assistant Professor Qingwu Meng’s lab swept the competition at this year’s American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Conference, highlighting UD’s plant and soil sciences program. Their research advances sustainable, efficient crop growth through controlled-environment agriculture.
  • Informing landscape decisions

    September 18, 2025 | Written by Katie Peikes | Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson
    Aleena Sabir is a senior studying landscape architecture. Over the summer, she researched campus maintenance related to planting for UD’s grounds crew. She inventoried plants and worked to create a landscape maintenance plan related to species in an area of campus called The Grove. Her work is the start of a landscape maintenance plan that will directly impact campus.
  • Student research yields fresh ideas for historic Wilmington burial ground

    September 12, 2025 | Article and photo by Beth Miller
    UD junior Jackson Whitcomb, an honors student and landscape architecture major, focused his summer research project on Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington. In August, he presented findings and suggestions for new trees and other plantings, ideas for walking trails and improved burial aisles, as well as respectful ways to beautify areas.

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We're glad you have chosen the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) at the University of Delaware to further your educational and career endeavors. Whether as an undergraduate student or a graduate student you will find that CANR has smaller class sizes, hands-on research opportunities and accessible, friendly faculty and staff.

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Current Students | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Riding with technology video: youtube.com/watch?v=C_zL4tnvucg

Riding with technology

University of Delaware students enrolled in AGRI 130 spent their third Saturday field trip driving specialized farm equipment (combine and tractor) equipped with precision agriculture. With prices exceeding in some cases more than three-quarters of a million dollars, it was a unique hands-on experience.

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Invest in your future

There are a number of opportunities for our undergraduate and graduate students to be honored for their scholarship and service during their time at the University of Delaware. Students are encouraged to explore financial resources to help pay for college including a select number of UD endowments, an external scholarship listing, and scholarship search engines.

 

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Additional funding

UD applicants are reviewed for merit scholarships upon admittance. Look through a select number of UD endowments, an external scholarship listing, and scholarship search engines.

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