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4 days ago | 
udel.edu | Tracey Bryant |Karen Roberts |Amy Cherry |Adam Thomas
At a time when artificial intelligence is being developed behind closed doors — generating “black box” systems that make it impossible to see how decisions are made and whose values are embedded in them — the University of Delaware is taking a different approach.
With the launch of the First State AI Institute, UD will advance an open, human-centered vision of AI — one rooted in transparency, accountability and the public good.
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2 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Beth Miller |Karen Roberts |Matthew Henderson |Tracey Bryant
Sometimes a text message, an email or a quick phone call will do. But there are definitely times when it’s important to be on location to meet in 3D.
That’s why University of Delaware leaders have made “UD Day in D.C.” a priority. Every other year, several dozen UD researchers and students make the trip to the nation’s capital to explain the impact of federally funded research and highlight its role in driving innovation, economic growth and scientific discovery.
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3 weeks ago | 
udel.edu | Karen Roberts |Matthew Henderson |Tracey Bryant |Beth Miller
Delaware has seen a 65% increase in new biotechnology companies over the past decade, according to a recent report by the Delaware BioScience Association and the Delaware Prosperity Partnership. This growth is important to public health — and to Delaware’s economy, accounting for thousands of jobs in a broad range of fields ranging from biopharmaceutical research and testing to medical device and equipment innovation.
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2 months 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 19, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Karen Roberts |Nya Wynn |Beth Miller |Tracey Bryant
Mimicking the complex structure and function of the lung in a lab setting is inherently challenging. The UD-developed 3D lung model is unique in several ways. First, the model breathes in the same cyclic motion as an actual lung. That’s key, Fromen said. The model also contains lattice structures to represent the entire volume and surface area of a lung.
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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 5, 2025 | 
udel.edu | Jessica Henderson |Amy Cherry |Nya Wynn |Tracey Bryant
University computer science (CS) courses serve as important bridges into further CS study and careers in STEM. Yet many women and underrepresented students with interests in STEM turn away from these career paths in college. With new research in CS education, University of Delaware researchers are uncovering more effective ways for instructors to support all student learning and encourage persistence in the field.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Karen Roberts |Tracey Bryant
Following a national search, Pamela Norris, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and former vice provost of research at George Washington University (GWU), has been named the next dean of the University of Delaware College of Engineering, UD President Dennis Assanis and Provost Laura Carlson announced today. Norris will be the first woman to serve as dean of UD's highly ranked engineering college, and her appointment will be effective March 1, 2025.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Karen Roberts |Tracey Bryant |Amy Cherry
Tires are an indispensable part of daily life. Without them, our vehicles would just be a bunch of assembled parts — convenient to sit in, but not effective for getting where you are going.
While their usefulness is undisputed, tires do come with some problems. A 2016 Federal Highway Administration report found 280 million tires are discarded annually in the United States.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
udel.edu | Tracey Bryant |Amy Cherry |Karen Roberts
Three University of Delaware professors — Yushan Yan, Wendy Smith and Kelvin Fu — have been named Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, the analytics company, for demonstrating “significant and broad influence in their fields of research.” Each researcher has authored multiple scientific papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and publication year over the past decade in the Web of Science, a bibliographic database of scholarly articles from 22,000 peer-reviewed journals...
