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Nov 8, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Meghan Keating |Amy Wolf |Amy Cherry |Stephanie Doroba
Jennifer R. Daniels, Dianna A. Ruberto, Cara M. Clase and Calaia S. Jackson (left to right) collectively represent a four-year streak for the UD Biden School’s doctorate in public policy and administration program with their respective designations as Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) equity and inclusion graduate student fellows.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Amy Wolf |Amy Cherry |Stephanie Doroba |Hilary Douwes
One of the biggest reasons Guadalupe Guevara wants to get a college degree is so she can provide for her parents later on in life.
Immigrants from Mexico, her parents came to the United States when they were 20 years old for a better future and to make a life for themselves and their children.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Amy Cherry |Stephanie Doroba |Hilary Douwes
In the mid-2000s, John*, a U.S. Navy SEAL, was on board a vessel for a search and seizure operation in rough seas near Africa. He was wearing heavy body armor and carrying equipment, weighing 90 pounds. John had to board the ship by climbing up a rope. As he twisted and turned, climbing up the rope amid high winds, he injured his shoulder, spine and hip. He reported his injuries to the Navy and had one option — surgery.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Mike Chalmers |Adam Thomas |Jessica Downey |Stephanie Doroba
Now in its second year, the President’s Student Advisory Council has begun meeting with President Dennis Assanis and other administrators to offer their views and recommendations on a variety of topics that are important to the University of Delaware experience.
The council is composed of 13 undergraduates and four graduate students, including the presidents of the Student Government Association and Graduate Student Government.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Adam Thomas |Jessica Downey |Stephanie Doroba
For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Recent presentations, awards and publications include the following:
Basia Moltchanov, assistant professor of Spanish and world language pedagogy in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, presented at the Delaware Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (DECTFL) fall conference on Oct.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Stephanie Doroba |Hilary Douwes
The future of free expression in the era of generative artificial intelligence must include increased involvement by U.S. lawmakers and awareness by individuals that what they post on the internet will be used to feed machine learning.
That’s the message PEN America constitutional expert Nadine Farid Johnson told an audience of students, faculty and community members at an event at the University of Delaware on Tuesday, Oct. 17.
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Jun 28, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Andrew Sharp |Imani Gibbs |Stephanie Doroba
Whether it’s the topic of a heated political debate or a soothing reassurance in a corporate CEO’s speech, you might have seen the abbreviation "ESG" a lot more in the past few years. In that time, Google searches for this abbreviation — standing for Environmental, Social and Governance — have shot through the roof as more people use it as shorthand in debates over how companies should invest and do business.
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Mar 30, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Ann Manser |Stephanie Doroba |Lauren Bradford
The Green Revolution brought unprecedented increases in global food supply to meet a rapidly rising demand. However, the promotion of relatively few high-yielding crops and the accompanying input-intensive practices — such as fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation — used to grow those crops has led to serious compromises for nutritional security and the environment. In China, the agricultural developments brought on by the Green Revolution have followed similar patterns.
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Mar 29, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Andrew Sharp |Hilary Douwes |Megan Everhart |Stephanie Doroba
When things go wrong with money, the consequences can be big. Debt can prevent people from reaching life goals, and it can take years to pay off credit cards or repair damaged credit. These issues are made even more critical when people are struggling to pay for daily needs because of high inflation, the potential for recession, and the tightening of household budgets as employers cut jobs. With money impacting people’s lives so strongly, why do so few people get financial literacy training?
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Mar 28, 2023 | 
udel.edu | Hilary Douwes |Megan Everhart |Stephanie Doroba |Tiffany Hess-Bennette
The panelists cited an increased media coverage of women’s sports and a rise in the number of female coaches, especially at the youth level, as some of the positive differences they’ve seen during their careers. “To have a coach that’s a female, to see them being strong and not just be the team Mom or be the water girl is really important,” Hutchen said. “We have seen a lot more representation of our sport on television,” Lambert said.
