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Evolution of social media aggression

Sep 12, 2024 | udel.edu | Margo Mcdonough |Jen Hendrickson |Karen Roberts |UD Library

More than 500 undergraduates at the University of Delaware took part in the 2024 Summer Scholars program, conducting in-depth research or creative work alongside faculty or graduate student mentors. The Summer Scholars program can introduce students to a new field of interest or a future career path, or in the case of senior Blake Tran, confirm for her that she is exactly where she needs to be -- studying cognitive science at UD.
Virtues of Introversion and Intuition for Leaders

Sep 5, 2024 | udel.edu | Jen Hendrickson |UD Library |Karen Roberts

Some of history’s most notable and successful leaders were known for their intuition: Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey and Albert Einstein, to name a few. But going with your gut doesn’t work for all leaders in every situation. New research co-authored by Dustin Sleesman, associate professor of management in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, explored the concept of intuition and when it's helpful for leaders who are in charge of large teams.
Black women and hair care

Sep 3, 2024 | udel.edu | Karen Roberts |UD Library |Jen Hendrickson

For Black women, the process of maintaining their hair can be fraught. To tame texture or curls, many women spend long hours in a stylist’s chair or subject their hair to harsh chemical relaxers to achieve a smooth, glossy finish. These approaches create other challenges for Black women, including how to safeguard their natural locks from constant prodding and processing—or when, if at all, to wholly embrace their natural hair instead.
New Exhibitions on View this Fall

Aug 26, 2024 | udel.edu | UD Library |Jen Hendrickson

On view in Mechanical Hall Gallery from September 3 through December 13, 2024, and February 4 through May 15, 2025The Amazon is on the brink of collapsing, and with it, Indigenous cultures and lands are at risk of disappearing. Over the past 20 years, the Harakbut Indigenous community from the Madre de Dios region in the Peruvian Amazon has been devastated by a gold mining boom.
Depictions of fatherhood

Jun 14, 2024 | udel.edu | Marina Jones |Brenda Lange |UD Library |Andrew Sharp

In “Portraits of Fatherhood: Depictions of Fathers and Father–Child Relationships in Award-Winning Children’s Literature,” Lewis and Cutler looked at more than 80 children’s books to analyze how authors and publishers depicted fathers and fatherhood. What they found was that over a span of nearly 20 years, from 2001 to 2020, these books presented "a narrow view of fatherhood," both in what roles fathers have in familial units and which types of fathers are presented.
'The Trail to Desegregation'

May 16, 2024 | udel.edu | Brenda Lange |UD Library |Andrew Sharp |Megan Everhart

In 1951, the families of Ethel Louise Belton and Shirley Barbara Bulah hired Louis L. Redding, the state’s first Black attorney, to represent them in two separate cases as they sued the state for refusing to provide state-funded transportation for their children to attend the schools closest to their homes. Although she lived only blocks from Claymont High School, Belton was required to attend Howard High School, a 20-mile round trip on public transportation.
Poetry as Activism Festival

May 6, 2024 | udel.edu | UD Library |Andrew Sharp |Megan Everhart |Hilary Douwes

Poetry has the power to build community and activate change. The Delaware community is invited to see how during the Poetry as Activism Festival, a celebration of the written and spoken word. The festival will take place in various locations in and around the University of Delaware’s Morris Library from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 9. Festivities include showcases where students and community members will read and perform poetry.
Campus Safety Update

Feb 9, 2024 | udel.edu | Sophonie Milord |Adam S. Kamras |UD Library

The University of Delaware Police Department (UDPD) arrested a 24-year-old man on Feb. 8 on two misdemeanor offenses. Isaiah Anderson, a resident of Newark, Delaware, who has no affiliation with the University of Delaware, has been charged with violation of privacy and burglary in the third degree stemming from a UD Police investigation of an incident that occurred in December 2023.
Taylor Swift's impact on the Super Bowl

Feb 9, 2024 | udel.edu | Andrew Sharp |Artika Casini |Brenda Lange |UD Library

The Super Bowl is an unofficial American holiday, that rare event when the entire country appears to pause what it’s doing to focus on one particular time and place. And now, it has Taylor Swift. Can even a cultural phenomenon like Swift make an economic impact on a pageant like the Super Bowl, just by showing up and sitting in a club-level suite? The simple answer is: Yes, she can.
Six new exhibitions on view this spring

Feb 6, 2024 | udel.edu | UD Library |Brenda Lange |Amy Wolf |Margo Mcdonough

On view in the Special Collections Gallery in Morris Library through Aug. 9, 2024In the 20th century, Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a writer, poet, journalist, activist and champion of preserving her story.