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2 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Jessica Henderson |Michele Walfred |Katie Peikes
Q: How can families support high school seniors who are interested in attending college? Curtiss: Many autistic high school students do not realize that college is an option. For students who can get into college through standard admissions procedures, many universities have programs that can support them to be successful socially and academically. UD’s program is called Spectrum Scholars and is housed in CEHD’s Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS).
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2 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Jessica Henderson |Michele Walfred |Katie Peikes
Dear UD Community,
It is with a heavy heart that we share this information with you. Earlier today, a University of Delaware student died in a traffic accident on Main Street near campus, and several other people, including other UD students, suffered injuries. There is no ongoing threat to the University community.
University of Delaware Police are continuing to work with the Newark Police Department, which is actively investigating the incident.
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3 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Beth Miller |Jessica Henderson |Karen Roberts |Katie Peikes
Wielding golden scissors, University of Delaware officials join with faculty, elected officials and a graduate student to cut the proverbial ribbon, marking the official opening of UD’s new Building X.
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4 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Jessica Henderson |Karen Roberts |Katie Peikes |Amy Cherry
In recent years, discussions about inequality in the college admissions process have focused on the use of standardized tests like the SAT. But few discussions have focused on another important part of the college application: the listing of extracurricular activities.
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4 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Karen Roberts |Katie Peikes |Amy Cherry
Eric Eaton, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Pennsylvania, hopes there will be a robot to help take care of him in the future when he is old. Mind you, he wants the robot to do more than learn to put the dishes away, and he doesn’t want to spend all his time training it. Rather, Eaton is after a robot that can learn and adapt to his needs, allowing him to age in place even as his requirements change over time.
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1 month ago | 
udel.edu | Beth Miller |Karen Roberts |Tracey Bryant |Katie Peikes
Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with many other sciences, such as chemistry, physics and mathematics, which help us to better understand cells, genetics, evolution and the interaction of many living systems.
Synthetic biology, a rapidly growing area of science, aims to take it all to another level, drawing on innovative techniques from biology and engineering, including the use of DNA sequencing and synthesis.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Tracey Bryant |Katie Peikes |Amy Cherry |Jessica Henderson
Some fascinating events marked the year 1995: The comet Hale-Bopp was discovered, the first full-length movie created entirely using computer animation, Toy Story, premiered, and the global pop star Dua Lipa was born.
At the University of Delaware, a program to develop a new kind of researcher for the scientific workforce also began ramping up then, with support from UD and America’s largest medical research agency, the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Katie Peikes |Amy Cherry |Jessica Henderson |Nya Wynn
Cattle produce more methane than any other livestock. Methane, a greenhouse gas, traps heat, which warms the Earth. It is far more powerful than its more common counterpart, carbon dioxide.
When cows graze, microbes in their stomach break down their food and make methane. Cows then belch and fart that methane into the Earth’s atmosphere, through a process called enteric fermentation. The that just one cow can emit 154 to 264 pounds of methane gas into the atmosphere each year.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Kevin Tritt |Sophonie Milord |Michele Walfred |Katie Peikes
The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has secured a grant with the Delaware Workforce Development Board to give Lerner students a unique opportunity to gain real-world experience while continuing their academic learning.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Sophonie Milord |Michele Walfred |Katie Peikes
While the use of lead pipes in new construction was banned in the United States in 1986, many older homes still receive water through lead pipes, which are considered a significant public health concern due to the potential for lead contamination in drinking water.
Last fall, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Lead and Copper Improvements Rule, which requires that nearly every lead water pipe in the country be removed by 2037.
