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Jul 3, 2024 | 
businesswest.com | Allison Ebner
OpinionBy Allison EbnerOver the past several decades, the human-resources position has slowly evolved from a very tactical and compliance-heavy role to a more holistic and thoughtful voice that helps lift an organization to bigger heights. That slow pace of evolution has had a few Red Bull energy drinks recently and is now moving at the speed of light, threatening to leave behind HR professionals who are not moving to gain new competencies and tools.
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May 3, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Amy Cherry |Andrew Sharp |Allison Ebner
For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
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May 3, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Amy Cherry |Allison Ebner |Jack Truschel |Kevin Tritt
The human body's intricate anatomy is vividly displayed in 3D on an interactive screen, comparable to a 50-inch television. This practical teaching and learning tool allows University of Delaware students to study the human body and highlight bones, muscles, veins, arteries, nerves, and tissue in shades of blue, purple, red, and green. These virtual anatomy tables serve as many students’ first real hands-on encounter with anatomical structures.
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May 3, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Andrew Sharp |Amy Cherry |Allison Ebner |Jack Truschel
CEEE has been helping connect Gooding with Delaware schools for some time now and contacted Howard about the possibility of hosting the event. “I just think this is amazing; I wish every student in the state could see it,” said Gail Colbert, personal finance coordinator at CEEE. Students didn’t seem quite sure what to expect but quickly warmed to the act, clapping along and cheering Gooding’s instrumental solos and feats like playing two guitars at the same time.
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May 1, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Allison Ebner |Jack Truschel |Kevin Tritt
A graduate student needed a specific book for her studies that was only available in one library in Switzerland. A faculty member doing concussion research needed access to regularly and newly published journal articles. Another faculty member was unexpectedly hospitalized before a deadline and needed a book chapter scanned and delivered to him. A student at a University halfway across the country needed to borrow UD’s collection of oversized papal papyrus facsimiles.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Meghan Keating |Allison Ebner |Karen Roberts
Joe Flacco, NFL quarterback, Super Bowl MVP and 2008 University of Delaware graduate, will deliver the 2024 Commencement address at his alma mater on Saturday, May 25, UD President Dennis Assanis announced today.
“We are so thrilled to welcome Joe back home here at UD where he created a legacy for other outstanding Blue Hen student-athletes to emulate,” Assanis said. “Joe embodies the UD values of leadership, teamwork, perseverance, excellence and resilience.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Karen Roberts |Meghan Keating |Allison Ebner
Gertha “Gigi” Jean, CEO and risk adviser of One-Way Insurance, and her husband, Ebens, started their multilingual insurance firm in Seaford, Delaware, to help small businesses navigate their insurance needs. With the Delaware Small Business Development Center’s help, the Jeans secured funding to equip a mobile insurance van to take their services on the road and into their local community.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Allison Ebner |Meghan Keating |Karen Roberts
Born into slavery, abolitionist Frederick Douglass didn’t have a single day of formal education in his life and yet became one of the greatest orators in history, explained historian David W. Blight during the Friends of the University of Delaware Library’s Annual Dinner on April 4.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Katie Peikes |Amy Cherry |Allison Ebner
Traffic lights signal to cars and buses when to stop, slow and go. Much like traffic lights, plant cells send signals to each other to perform photosynthesis to grow or fight off destructive viruses and pathogens.
Plant cells produce plasmodesmata, tiny tiny tubes that act as communication channels, allowing those signals to move from cell to cell. The plasmodesmata will open and close in response to various signals that activate protein regulators such as PDLP5.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Mike Chalmers |Allison Ebner
Born in Dover, Delaware, Mr. Statham graduated in 2023 from Camden’s Caesar Rodney High School, where he was an honors student. While enrolled at UD, he majored in mechanical engineering and played the mellophone with the University’s marching band. Members of the University community shared their reflections:Adam Cantley, dean of students and assistant vice president of student support and advocacy: “We all carry heavy hearts following the loss of a student in our community.
