For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent presentations, publications and honors include the following:

Presentations

Douglass F. Taber, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, was the plenary lecturer at the Egyptian Fifth International Conference in Chemistry, held Oct. 25-28, 2022, in Marsa Alam, Egypt.

Trevor A. Dawes, vice provost for libraries and museums and May Morris University Librarian, as a commissioner with the Japan U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and a panelist with the United States - Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON), traveled to Fukuoka and Tokyo, Japan, for the annual CULCON symposium and JUSFC briefings from Oct. 23-26, 2022. During the visit, Dawes, a member of the CULCON Ad Hoc Committee, co-presented on the final report and recommendations of the committee on the importance of information sharing and access in the digital age. The Ad Hoc Committee -- and the commission -- believe that access to information is one of the important components of building and maintaining effective people-to-people relationships between our two countries. The commissioners met with several dignitaries, including the current U.S. ambassador to Japan and the Japanese minister of foreign affairs. They also visited the campus of Tsuda University, the Kyushu National Museum and the Tōyō Bunko Museum (The Oriental Library).

Publications

Douglass F. Taber, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, is the author of the book, Organic Synthesis: State of the Art 2020-2021.

Honors

Delaware Master Naturalist Program won the 2022 Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs Outstanding Educational Materials Award for “The Delaware Naturalist Handbook.” This award recognizes programs for their development and use of educational materials, including print, video or online technology. Edited by UD’s McKay Jenkins and Susan Barton, the book contains contributions from many Blue Hens, including Jenkins, Barton, Tom McKenna, Gerald McAdams Kauffman, Jocelyn Wardrup, Jules Bruck, Jon Cox, Anna Wik, Doug Tallamy, Jim White, Amy White, Ian Stewart, Tara Trammell, Jenn Volk and Victor W. Perez.

UD alumnus Michael Tait, currently an assistant professor of mathematics at Villanova University and affiliate member of UD’s Department of Mathematical Sciences, was recently awarded the Richard A. Brualdi Early Career Prize by the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS). He was cited for “outstanding contributions to spectral theory of graphs, developing new techniques and settling long-standing open problems in that area.” He will present the prize lecture at the ILAS Conference in June 2023 in Madrid. Tait holds two degrees from UD: a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics (2010) and a master’s degree in  mathematics (2011).

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