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1 day ago | 
udel.edu | Artika Casini |Jack Truschel |Jessica Downey |Jamie Washington
UD’s prowess in biomechanics, the study of using engineering principles to analyze human movements, has led to lifelong success for its alumni. Baseball season spurs biomechanics memories Jim Richards was frustrated. For weeks, he had been attempting to render data of a cerebral palsy patient into a 3D model with no luck. Finally, he turned to University of Delaware graduate student Scott Coleman.
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2 days ago | 
udel.edu | Jamie Washington |Jack Truschel |Jessica Downey
The University of Delaware’s Faculty Senate expanded educational access and opportunity through the approval of new academic degrees, certificates and pathways at its meeting on April 7.
In total, the Senate approved 149 updates to undergraduate programs and 64 updates to graduate programs through the Consent Agenda and Regular Agenda.
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1 month ago | 
udel.edu | Margo Mcdonough |Jessica Henderson |Jamie Washington
Dr. Sawyer joined the Lerner College faculty in 1991 as an assistant professor of business administration, becoming an associate professor in 1995 and a full professor in 2002, when he was also given a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences. From 2001-6, he chaired the Department of Business Administration. Founding director of the Master of Science Program in Organizational Effectiveness, Development and Change in 2004-5, he directed the program again from 2007-12.
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1 month 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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1 month ago | 
udel.edu | Jen Hendrickson |Kevin Tritt |Jamie Washington |Jessica Henderson
Earlier this month, before a striking backdrop of 171 portraits of extraordinary women who have made a lasting impact on the state, Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer and Lt. Gov. Kyle Evans Gay officially proclaimed Women’s History Month.
The signing, held at the Delaware Women's Hall of Fame Portrait Gallery, currently on display at the University of Delaware, was more than just a ceremony.
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1 month ago | 
udel.edu | Jamie Washington |Jessica Henderson |Margo Mcdonough |Amy Cherry
The University of Delaware’s budget and financial situation is more easily accessible to faculty and staff because of recent efforts to increase transparency, Faculty Senate President Vickie Fedele said at the Faculty Senate meeting on March 3.
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1 month ago | 
udel.edu | Kevin Tritt |Jamie Washington |Jessica Henderson |Margo Mcdonough
The Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware was once again recognized as a top undergraduate business school by Poets&Quants for Undergrads, a leading publication, by placing No. 52 in the 2025 rankings.
Lerner College jumped 13 spots from last year, one of just six schools to post double-digit rises from 2024, to rank 52nd out of 104 participating schools.
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2 months ago | 
udel.edu | Jamie Washington |Hilary Douwes |Amy Cherry |Jessica Henderson
The high cost of textbooks and other course materials can make college less affordable for all students, so the University of Delaware’s Open and Affordable Teaching Materials (OATM) initiative is working to ease that financial burden.
A program of UD’s Library, Museums and Press since 2017, OATM offers a variety of grants to eligible faculty and instructors to help them create and curate open and affordable educational resources and library collections.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Tabitha Groh |Jamie Washington
Due to the lingering impacts of Monday’s winter storm, the University of Delaware’s Newark campus, and other UD locations in New Castle County, will open at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7. Essential personnel should report to work as scheduled.
UD Facilities staff will work during the morning to clear campus parking lots and treat sidewalks for snow-covered, wet and/or icy conditions.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Jamie Washington |Tabitha Groh
UD’s budget and Senate-Trustee interactions discussed In continuing with his commitment to enhance budget transparency and communication, President Dennis Assanis presented an overview of the University of Delaware’s FY2025 budget to the Faculty Senate in November, focusing on the primary sources of revenues and expenses and explaining the largest financial pressures facing UD.
