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

Recent honors include the following:

Honors

The Lerner space in the FinTech Innovation Hub on the STAR Campus has been selected for recognition in the AIA Delaware 2024 Design Awards Program. The five-member, independent jury commended the “attention to detail” and the “dialog between the existing building and the new fit out,” and concluded, “There is a richness in the variety of meeting, teaching and gathering spaces that the jury imagines will make this a desirable destination for students to hangout in and dream up new ideas and products.”

Faculty from the Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Health Sciences were recognized at the 2025 American Physical Therapy Association Awards. Professor Anjana Bhat was named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association. The fellowship is the highest honor in the PT profession and serves as inspiration for all physical therapists to attain professional excellence. Professor and Department Chair Darcy Reisman received the Helen Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature. The award acknowledges a physical therapist who has made significant contributions to literature in physical therapy or healthcare disciplines in the areas of theory, practice, foundational or clinical research, education and administration. Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences Gregory Hicks, associate vice president for clinical and translation research, received the Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy. The award acknowledges an individual who has made significant contributions to physical therapy through excellence in research. Jeffrey Miller, associate director of clinical education and a physical therapist in UD’s Physical Therapy Clinic, received the Signe Brunnström Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. This award acknowledges an individual who has made significant contributions to physical therapy clinical education through excellence in clinical teaching. Doctor of physical therapy (DPT) alumnus Jacob Capin, who is now an assistant professor at Marquette University, received the Eugene Michels New Investigator Award. The recipient of this award is an outstanding new investigator who has demonstrated a commitment to physical therapy research. Capin also received his doctorate in biomechanics and movement science (BIOMS) from UD. DPT alumna Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, who is now a professor of rehabilitation sciences and Ph.D. program director at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, received the Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing. This award recognizes superior writing skills in one or more articles published in Physical Therapy, and someone who has collaborated with or encouraged others to make similar contributions to PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal. Stevens-Lapsley, who also received her doctorate in BIOMS from UD, also received the Lucy Blair Service Award for her contributions of exceptional value and impact to the association at both the national and component levels.