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Soil scientist Yan Jin awarded University’s highest faculty honor: youtube.com/watch?v=Rh__5gorAvo

Research News
  • Mapping migration

    March 23, 2023 | Written by Lauren Bradford
    Avian research often focuses on forests as breeding habitats, but scientists are now working to understand the vital role that small forest patches play in migration. For the first time, a team of researchers from Princeton University and the University of Delaware has created a comprehensive map of migratory pathways and stopover locations in the Eastern United States.
  • UD alumna studies contaminated sites vulnerable to sea level rise

    March 07, 2023 | Written by Lauren Bradford
    UD alumna Fatemeh Izaditame visits an EPA Superfund-adjacent site in Wilmington to study heavy metal contamination. Collected soil samples showed high levels of arsenic, underscoring the need for the remediation of sites vulnerable to flooding and sea level rise.
  • Heat-Tolerant Varieties Important for High Snap Bean Yields

    February 01, 2023 | Written by Stephanie Speicher of Lancaster Farming
    Farmers in the Delmarva region are used to heat stress affecting their snap beans. Some Pennsylvania farmers are just far enough north to avoid the problem, but those in the southeastern part of the state could see the same issues. A nighttime temperature of 68 degrees or higher causes heat stress in beans, said Emmalea Ernest, a vegetable and fruit educator with University of Delaware Extension.
  • New Map of “Stopover Hotspots” Provides Insights for Conservation of Eastern U.S. Migratory Landbirds

    January 10, 2023 | Written by Christian J. Rivera for the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment
    Every autumn, billions of birds migrate across the eastern U.S. en route to their wintering sites. As the birds undertake their journeys, however, they are faced with increasing threats, including habitat loss, storms, feral cats and other predators, pesticides, collisions with buildings, and climate change. Not only are individual species impacted by these threats, but so is the migratory phenomenon itself.
  • Misinformation about birth control

    Article by Stephanie Doroba  | March 24, 2023

    UD researchers finds social media influencers may provide misleading information

  • Sparks Lectureship in Soil and Environmental Sciences

    Article by Lauren Bradford | March 24, 2023

    Mary K. Firestone of UC Berkeley will speak April 13 on the terrestrial carbon cycle and carbon storage

  • Mapping migration

    Article by Lauren Bradford | March 23, 2023

    Researchers release first comprehensive map of migratory bird patterns in Eastern U.S.

  • UD alum to lead American Geophysical Union

    Article by Adam Thomas | March 17, 2023

    Brandon Jones earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in marine science from the University of Delaware

  • Sparks Lectureship in Soil and Environmental Sciences

    Article by Lauren Bradford | March 24, 2023

    Mary K. Firestone of UC Berkeley will speak April 13 on the terrestrial carbon cycle and carbon storage

  • Pulmonary engineering

    Article by Erica K. Brockmeier | March 17, 2023

    UD Engineering’s Catherine Fromen received an NSF CAREER award to study 3D-printed lattices for testing inhaled medicines

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.

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