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3 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Jessica Henderson |Jamie Washington |Diane Stopyra
“In my research, I have been fortunate to collaborate with my colleague Sibel Erduran at the University of Oxford on developing a framework that emphasizes the inclusion of the cognitive, epistemic and social-institutional dimensions in science education,” said Dagher, who is also a faculty fellow in UD’s Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy. “This framework counters the dominant ways of teaching science that sideline its human and social-institutional elements.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Christopher A. Vito |Jennifer Maguire |Artika Casini |Diane Stopyra
The beginning of a new academic year is upon us. And this represents a new beginning, as well, for many students and employees at the University of Delaware.
Educating new students, faculty and staff about the available safety and wellness resources and services is a responsibility embraced by the University of Delaware Police Department.
“We maintain a firm commitment to preserving safety at the University of Delaware,” said Patrick Ogden, associate vice president and chief of UD Police.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Artika Casini |Jennifer Maguire |Diane Stopyra
On Tuesday morning, Ellie Finn sat on a bench overlooking The Green and phoned home.
A first-year nursing student who chose UD because of its excellent undergraduate program and beautiful campus, Finn told her parents about life in Newark—meeting new people, making new friends and getting along with her roommate. She turned the camera outward so that her folks in Maryland could share in her Delaware view.
Together, they watched the sun-dappled Green. The Georgian brick.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Jennifer Maguire |Diane Stopyra |Christopher A. Vito
Twilight Induction Ceremony for the Class of 2028, held on August 26th, 2024. The final event of Welcome Days, Twilight is the first time students of the Class of 2028 all gathered together; the next time they’re all together again will be for their Commencement.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Diane Stopyra |Christopher A. Vito |Eric Ruth
Embarking on her college journey feels so big, so transformative, so life-changing, Maame Agyeman can only compare it to one thing: moving across the world. At age 12, thanks to career opportunities awaiting her engineer father, she left her childhood home in the African country of Ghana for a fresh start in Middletown, Delaware.
“This moment feels similar,” said Agyeman, who will begin her first year as an undergraduate student at the University of Delaware on August 27. “I’m excited and nervous.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Andrew Sharp |Katie Peikes |Diane Stopyra |Adam Thomas
Her company headquarters was her student apartment, and her mobile sales office was her car. Four years later, Maya Nazareth has built her passion into a growing enterprise called Alchemize Fightwear.
She was passionate about Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but noticed one irritating problem: the fightwear.
“There just wasn’t a lot of gear that was thoughtfully designed for women,” she recalled.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Katie Peikes |Diane Stopyra |Adam Thomas |Jessica Henderson
Although his focus has been on environmental policy and advocacy, Kurtz still loves birds. He even has a poster of all the birds in North America hanging up in his home. Kurtz credits UD for preparing him for a career in environmental science and policy. “It gave me those building blocks to be able to understand and read the science and then interpret it into policies that would either impact the species we cared about, or the habitats that those species needed,” he said.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Adam Thomas |Diane Stopyra |Jessica Henderson |Nya Wynn
Dailey also serves as the president of the UD student chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), which she has been involved with since she was a first-year student. AMS has been instrumental in helping Dailey on her meteorological career path. She received a scholarship from AMS that year and was recently named the recipient of the Dr. Terry C. Tarbell Senior Scholarship.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Grace Kearns |Amy Wolf |Megan Everhart |Diane Stopyra
One hundred years ago, the University of Delaware community bid “bon voyage” to Professor Raymond Kirkbride and the country’s first-ever study abroad cohort as they set sail for a year-long excursion to France. This experimental program paved the way for the education abroad opportunities that tens of thousands of Blue Hens have taken advantage of over the past century.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Katie Peikes |Megan Everhart |Diane Stopyra |Lisa Walenceus
Editor’s Note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, UDaily speaks with University of Delaware professors who teach courses commonly taken by students during their first year on campus. The series includes professors who teach biology, writing, business, calculus, political science and sociology, and those stories can be read on the How I Teach website.
