1:25 p.m., Jan. 29, 2010--Beginning with the spring 2010 semester, the University of Delaware will offer a new undergraduate-level course in public health. HLPR/UAPP 267, "Introduction to Public Health", will be open to students in all majors. UD is also developing a minor in public health, which will be voted on by the Faculty Senate at its May 2010 meeting.

10:58 a.m., Jan. 29, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

10:04 a.m., Jan. 29, 2010--Research performed by Matthew Ginder-Vogel, associate scientist in the Delaware Environmental Institute (http://denin.udel.edu/), Gautier Landrot, a graduate student in environmental soil chemistry (http://ag.udel.edu/soilchem/) at the University of Delaware, and Donald L. Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair of Soil and Environmental Chemistry and director of the Delaware Environmental Institute, is featured in this month's special issue of Environmental Science and Technology, the premier environmental science and engineering journal in the world.

9:54 a.m., Jan. 29, 2010--You'd think folks who've had knee replacement surgery -- finally able to walk and exercise without pain -- would lose weight instead of put on pounds, but surprisingly that's not the case, according to a University of Delaware study.

9:29 a.m., Jan. 29, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

1:47 p.m., Jan. 28, 2010--Two University of Delaware master of public administration (MPA) students will travel to Beijing for the spring semester to participate in an exchange program with Beijing Normal University (BNU).

10:26 a.m., Jan. 28, 2010--The University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) has funded five UD projects ranging from development of a novel fuel cell, to understanding the metabolic mechanisms that lead to obesity, in its 2009 strategic initiatives grants competition.

9:52 a.m., Jan. 28, 2010--Dr. Paul R. Jones, an important benefactor who donated the Paul R. Jones Collection of works by 20th century African American artists to the University of Delaware in 2001, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, in Atlanta after a brief illness. He was 81.

5:05 p.m., Jan. 27, 2010--WhiteOptics, a company in Newark, Del., has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to work in partnership with researchers at the University of Delaware and The Crowell Corp. in Newport, Del., to develop new technology that will improve efficiency, lifetime and cost for energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) light fixtures.

1:08 p.m., Jan. 27, 2010--Irene Davis, professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing in "Nature" on Jan. 28 that reports new -- and somewhat surprising -- findings about the beneficial effects of running without shoes.

9:01 a.m., Jan. 27, 2010--The University Gallery, soon to be Old College Gallery, is closed in preparation to be a "permanent home for the Permanent Collection."

8:43 a.m., Jan. 27, 2010--The "Encyclopedia of Modern China," of which David Pong, professor of history and past director of the East Asian Studies Program at the University of Delaware, is editor-in-chief, has received several prestigious honors this month.

8:30 a.m., Jan. 27, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces "Contemporary African American Literature from the Richard Hoffman Collection," an exhibition in the Information Room of the Morris Library on view from Tuesday, Jan. 26, through Tuesday, June 29.

2:19 p.m., Jan. 26, 2010--Nancy Wentzler, chief economist and deputy comptroller in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), said that while banks started showing slight improvement in their balance sheets in 2009 compared to 2008, the recovery is fraught with risks and commercial real estate is still in the doldrums.

1:57 p.m., Jan. 26, 2010--Some current teachers might want to further their career but simply can't find enough hours in a day to attend school in a full-time graduate degree program. For other people without a teaching background, an education degree might sound like a promising choice for changing professions. The School of Education (SOE) at the University of Delaware offers several part-time programs to help these people achieve an advanced degree.

12:45 p.m., Jan. 26, 2010--The University of Delaware and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) today signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), creating a powerful research partnership between UD's Category 1 research capabilities and Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) in Maryland.

12:30 p.m., Jan. 26, 2010--Felicia Zhang and Taylor Toth of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club have been named to the U.S. national team that will compete at the International Skating Union World Junior Championships to be held March 8-14 at The Hague, Netherlands.

11:20 a.m., Jan. 26, 2010--Bayrammurad Saparov, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware, has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2010 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award by the International Centre for Diffraction Data.

10:01 a.m., Jan. 26, 2010--To the University of Delaware Community:

4:03 p.m., Jan. 25, 2010--The University of Delaware Energy Institute (UDEI) will host the seminar "Building Kinetic Models, Research Programs and Academic Units in Support of Sustainable Energy Options" by Michael Klein, UD alumnus and Board of Governors Professor of Engineering at Rutgers University, on Monday, Feb. 1, from 10-11:15 a.m., in the Center for Composite Materials, Room 104/106. Refreshments will be served at 9:45 a.m.

3:42 p.m., Jan. 25, 2010--Under the leadership of Delaware's Secretary of State Jeffrey W. Bullock, a delegation representing state government, private industry, the legal system (including law firms) and higher education--Delaware State University (DSU) and the University of Delaware), visited Israel in early January. Deputy Provost Havid‡n Rodr’guez and Ajay Prasad, professor of mechanical engineering, were also part of this delegation, which had the opportunity of meeting with representatives from an extensive number of start-up and technology transfer companies focusing on state-of-the-art research initiatives, especially in the health sciences and biotechnology.

8:24 a.m., Jan. 25, 2010--Competitors from the University of Delaware finished fourth and seventh in junior dance at the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships that were held through Jan. 24 in Spokane, Wash.

11:42 a.m., Jan. 22, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

10:13 a.m., Jan. 22, 2010--"Haiti: Historical and Cultural Perspectives" will be the topic of a special University of Delaware Department of History workshop to be held from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, in Room 206 of the Trabant University Center.

2:50 p.m., Jan. 21, 2010--People around the world are reaching out to assist the citizens of Haiti as they struggle to overcome the suffering and destruction caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Thousands are dead, families have been separated and children have been orphaned. Those lucky enough to escape injury face the rising threat of disease and death while awaiting relief efforts and basic essentials.

2:33 p.m., Jan. 21, 2010--The UD Research Office announces the following new limited submission funding opportunity. Detailed information and the four-step procedure for submitting a proposal are available at Limited Submissions (http://www.udel.edu/research/preparing/limitedsubmission.html) on the Research Web site (http://www.udel.edu/research/).

2:21 p.m., Jan. 21, 2010--A total of 1,103 University of Delaware students are studying abroad in countries around the world during Winter Session, with more than 80 programs offered in more than 40 subjects in 45 nations - and all led by UD faculty.

1:21 p.m., Jan. 21, 2010--Being recognized by peers who do similar work is one of the highest honors a person can receive. This is true for Ulhas Naik, professor of biological sciences at the University of Delaware and researcher at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI), who has been voted a fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA).

12:39 p.m., Jan. 21, 2010--Meredith K. Ray, assistant professor of Italian in the University of Delaware's Department of Languages and Literatures, was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for $50,400 to complete her newest book, "Prescriptions for Women: Alchemy, Medicine and the Renaissance Debate Over Women".

12:18 p.m., Jan. 20, 2010--Editor's note: The following letter from University of Delaware Provost Tom Apple appeared in the opinion section of the Jan. 20 "News Journal".

11:47 a.m., Jan. 20, 2010--The English Language Institute (ELI) in the University of Delaware's College of Education and Public Policy has received a $546,650 grant from the U.S. Department of State to fund its Undergraduate Intensive English Language Program.

9:37 a.m., Jan. 20, 2010--Thomas H. Epps, III, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, was part of an elite group of young scientists and engineers honored by President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 13.

8:57 a.m., Jan. 20, 2010--Three University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) graduate students are not only planning to present their research at an international conference, they are organizing the entire event.

8:12 a.m., Jan. 20, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces a significant gift of an extensive collection of the writer, Kay Boyle, as assembled by M. Clark Chambers during his many years of research for "Kay Boyle: A Bibliography" (Oak Knoll Press, 2002).

8:07 a.m., Jan. 20, 2010--Beginning Jan. 20, all students at the University of Delaware can use an exciting new service -- Google Apps @UDel.edu.

12:59 p.m., Jan. 19, 2010--Students in an introductory preservation graduate course at the University of Delaware recently traveled to Washington, D.C., for a presentation to the Historical American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) in the U.S. Department of the Interior about how they have used its database of drawings and photographs to conduct research on historic architecture.

11:47 a.m., Jan. 19, 2010--Madeline Lambrecht, professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2010 End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

11:37 a.m., Jan. 19, 2010--A University of Delaware technology that could change the energy world is now on a roll.

9:21 a.m., Jan. 19, 2010--Rachel Davidson, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA).

9:10 a.m., Jan. 19, 2010--The University of Delaware will host the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Water Environment at Clayton Hall on the Newark campus from July 29-31.

8:42 a.m., Jan. 19, 2010--James M. Jones, professor of psychology and director of the Black American Studies Program at the University of Delaware, received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI).

12:56 p.m., Jan. 15, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

9:45 a.m., Jan. 15, 2010--Born from research conducted in an academic laboratory, Elcriton Inc. was created in December 2008 to develop innovative technologies to address sustainable energy and chemical production in the United States and beyond. The company evolved from work in the laboratory of Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis, Eugene du Pont Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, and president of Elcriton.

9:15 a.m., Jan. 15, 2010--Patricia DeLeon, Trustees Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences and member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Delaware, was honored by President Barack Obama during a White House ceremony on Jan. 6 for excellence in science, math and engineering mentoring.

9:04 a.m., Jan. 15, 2010--Among the 87 elementary school teachers nationwide who were in Washington, D.C., recently to be recognized as winners of the 2008 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), four were UD graduates, a large percentage for any single institution of higher learning.

1:48 p.m., Jan. 14, 2010--Gov. Jack Markell has declared the week of January 18-23 to be Delaware Agriculture Week (http://rec.udel.edu/AgWeek/home.htm) and urges all residents of the state to celebrate and understand Delaware's modern agricultural industry and to thank the hard working men and women of Delaware agriculture.

10:33 a.m., Jan. 14, 2010--The state of Delaware is the first in the country to use a new "green energy savings bond" model invented at the University of Delaware Center for Environmental and Energy Policy (CEEP) to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for public buildings.

9:23 a.m., Jan. 14, 2010--Elizabeth Cartier, a participant in the University of Delaware's Nature InSpired Engineering-Research Experience for Teachers (NISE-RET) program during the summer of 2008, recently led her middle school students to a win in a FIRST Lego League (FLL) Robotics Competition.

8:19 a.m., Jan. 14, 2010--Rachel Davidson, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received a $796,255 grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop models that support the design of a regional natural disaster risk management system.

5:37 p.m., Jan. 13, 2010--Nancy Wentzler, chief economist and deputy comptroller in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will be among three featured speakers at the 2010 Economic Forecast to be held from 8:30-11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Clayton Hall Conference Center on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

3:06 p.m., Jan. 13, 2010--Masahiro Yamada, a doctoral candidate in linguistics and cognitive science at the University of Delaware, has been awarded a three-year, postdoctoral fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

12:40 p.m., Jan. 13, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces the addition of the database 'American History in Video' available to all UD faculty, students and staff.

8:35 a.m., Jan. 13, 2010--If you've ever stepped a bare foot on the bottom of the Delaware River, you've discovered what scientists already know -- there's gooey, grey muck down there, and lots of it. Each year, more than a million tons of sediment washes into the Delaware River estuary, which winds 134 miles from Trenton, N.J., to the mouth of the bay.

8:27 a.m., Jan. 13, 2010--Three graduate students pursuing master's degrees in counseling and student affairs practice in higher education in the University of Delaware Department of Human Development and Family Studies participated in elite internship programs last summer and since returning to UD in the fall, they've been busy applying those experiences to their coursework and assistantships.

1:49 p.m., Jan. 12, 2010--University of Delaware Provost Tom Apple welcomed more than 80 participants to the kick-off event of the Winter Faculty Institute on Jan. 5.

1:03 p.m., Jan. 12, 2010--The University of Delaware Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management has presented the Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award to Daniel Fesenmaier of Temple University.

9:13 a.m., Jan. 12, 2010--As soon as Raymond Theilacker completed his first teachers institute through the Yale National Initiative, he says he knew the experience could do for others what it had done for him -- transform his teaching and energize his students.

8:16 a.m., Jan. 12, 2010--The University of Delaware will be hosting an auction of former assets of the Newark Chrysler automotive fabrication, assembly plant and distribution center. The auction, conducted by the Great American Group, will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25, beginning at 10 a.m., at the University's Clayton Hall, located at David Hollowell Drive off Route 896 in Newark.

8:08 a.m., Jan. 26, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces that the letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Joseph Bringhurst dated Feb. 24, 1808, and recently discovered in a newly received library collection will be on view on Wednesday, Jan. 27, and Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

11:12 a.m., Jan. 11, 2010--Steve Dentel, professor in the University of Delaware's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).

10:22 a.m., Jan. 11, 2010--Dov Leshchinsky, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2010 Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He will be recognized at GeoFlorida 2010, to be held in West Palm Beach, Fla., from Feb. 20-24.

3:10 p.m., Jan. 8, 2010--Spotting Great Blue Herons hunting in a winter marsh can be shiver inducing. But have you ever wondered how the stately wading birds deal with the frigid water temperatures?

12:33 p.m., Jan. 8, 2010--The University of Delaware Office of Equity and Inclusion announces spring deadlines for upcoming awards. Complete information and application forms for most of these awards are available at the office's awards Web page. (http://www.udel.edu/OWA/scholarshipsAndAwards.shtml)

11:17 a.m., Jan. 8, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

11:07 a.m., Jan. 8, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

11:03 a.m., Jan. 8, 2010--The University of Delaware proudly hosts more than 3,000 international students and scholars from more than 100 countries each year.

10:04 a.m., Jan. 8, 2010--Students in the University of Delaware Department of Medical Technology are featured in a new video by Analtech, Inc., a company based in Newark, Del., that donates supplies to the program.

9:21 a.m., Jan. 8, 2010--Eleftherios Papoutsakis, Eugene DuPont Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the Elmer Gaden, Jr. Award from the journal "Biotechnology and Biotechnology" for his December 2008 paper "Genome-scale Model for Clostridium acetobutylicum."

8:30 a.m., Jan. 8, 2010--Eighteen scholars and specialists from around the world will learn more about the foundations of U.S. foreign and national security policy in a six-week institute now underway at the University of Delaware.

3:55 p.m., Jan. 7, 2010--Student Health has received H1N1 influenza vaccine from Delaware Public Health for University of Delaware students, faculty and staff. Additional clinics are now available in Student Health in Laurel Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 12, and Thursday, Jan. 14, by appointment only.

12:52 p.m., Jan. 7, 2010--The Delaware EPSCoR office has awarded three seed grants to investigators whose projects address environmental challenges in Delaware.

7:59 a.m., Jan. 7, 2010--The University of Delaware Library and the Delaware Art Museum have announced the selection of Karen Yuen of Vancouver, B.C., as the 2010 Fellow in Pre-Raphaelite Studies.

5:37 p.m., Jan. 6, 2010--The University of Delaware's Winter Commencement ceremony, scheduled at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Bob Carpenter Center, will be Webcast live for those who are unable to attend.

11:04 a.m., Jan. 6, 2010--Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered that just as peer pressure is an important factor in influencing adolescents to start smoking, peer art may be effective in getting them to stop.

10:19 a.m., Jan. 6, 2010--The University of Delaware's Longwood Graduate Program in public horticulture will host its annual symposium on Friday, March 5, at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa. The symposium, titled "People, Plants, Collections: Making the Connection," will offer insight into connecting people with the beauty, diversity and science of plants through strategic planning, inspiring interpretation, innovative programs and exhibits, and thoughtful collections development.

8:34 a.m., Jan. 6, 2010--The Delaware Division of Public Health has expanded the target group for H1N1 vaccination to include all Delawareans over 6 months of age who want the vaccine.

3:40 p.m., Jan. 5, 2010--Representatives from the University of Delaware and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone Authority recently signed an agreement to establish a UD Center for Energy and Environmental Policy campus in Daegu, South Korea.

12:06 p.m., Jan. 5, 2010--The University of Delaware has announced the winner of the 2009 Delaware Quality Award. This year, Bayhealth Medical Center's Child Care and Early Learning Center has been awarded the Delaware Quality Award of Merit.

9:28 a.m., Jan. 5, 2010--Thanks to the University of Delaware's global travel grant program for graduate students, 29 UD students went abroad during the past year to conduct research, present musical performances, participate in public service internships, and pursue other scholarly activities. Proposals now are being accepted for the 2010 program.

12:46 p.m., Jan. 4, 2010--The University of Delaware has been ranked among the top 25 nationally in the "Kiplinger's Personal Finance" magazine list of the 100 best values among high quality public institutions of higher education.

11:19 a.m., Jan. 4, 2010--Two doctoral students from the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) will spend the next year in the nation's capital thanks to a prestigious award they've both earned. Marine policy students Amardeep Dhanju and Caitlin Snyder are among just 46 students from across the nation to receive 2010 Dean John A. Knauss Fellowships.

8:41 a.m., Jan. 4, 2010--Four students from the Charter School of Wilmington (CSW) gained valuable research experience last summer on a University of Delaware project that has gained national attention -- robot-assisted infant mobility.

11:26 a.m., Feb. 26, 2010--Thirty years ago, the University of Delaware became one of the first institutions in the nation to create an Undergraduate Research Program.

4:29 p.m., Feb. 25, 2010--Thomas S. Buchanan will deliver his inaugural lecture as George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 4, in 206 Kirkbride Hall.

12:41 p.m., Feb. 24, 2010--"Promotion and Tenure at the University of Delaware" will be the subject of a program open to all members of the faculty from 2-4:30 p.m., Monday, March 15, in the Gallery of the Perkins Student Center.

12:14 p.m., Feb. 24, 2010--There's been a lot of talk about green energy. But the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) is taking steps to make a land-based wind turbine on its Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes a reality.

8:31 a.m., Feb. 24, 2010--"What do we know of Delaware if all we know is Delaware?" asks Arno Loessner, paraphrasing the famous question once posed by Rudyard Kipling about England.

8:24 a.m., Feb. 24, 2010--A new Diversity and Climate Action Commission (DCAC) has been established by University of Delaware President Patrick Harker to unite the efforts of the President's Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural Diversity and the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

3:43 p.m., Feb. 23, 2010--Fran Fletcher, assistant policy scientist in the Institute for Public Administration (IPA) at the University of Delaware, has been elected president of the Delaware Conflict Resolution Network (DCRN), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to explore opportunities for creating, expanding and promoting peacemaking strategies for Delawareans.

3:21 p.m., Feb. 23, 2010--The College of Arts and Sciences' Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center at the University of Delaware, established last fall to enhance collaborative research and engage students, faculty and the public in the humanities, has announced its second round of awards.

11:59 a.m., Feb. 23, 2010--The University of Delaware's vehicle-to-grid technology drove onto the world's stage at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Friday, Feb. 19, in San Diego, offering a mode of mobility that's "green" in more ways than one.

11:28 a.m., Feb. 23, 2010--Thomas Kaminski, professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware, has been named a fellow of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). He will be inducted at the association's 2010 Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia in Philadelphia on June 24.

11:58 a.m., Feb. 22, 2010--The University of Delaware Women's Studies Program has announced the 2010 spring semester lecture series, "Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Culture."

9:50 a.m., Feb. 22, 2010--When disaster struck Haiti on Jan. 12, Kimberly Cignarella, a senior apparel design major in the University of Delaware's Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, decided she wanted to contribute to the relief efforts by sewing dresses for girls who lost their belongings as a result of the earthquake.

9:35 a.m., Feb. 22, 2010--Nathan Erwin, a University of Delaware alumnus, will present a glimpse into the intriguing world he inhabits in his job as manager of the Insect Zoo and Butterfly Pavilion at The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History as the featured speaker at the University of Delaware Botanic Gardens meeting on Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in the Commons of Townsend Hall on the UD Campus.

9:11 a.m., Feb. 22, 2010--A University of Delaware student television news documentary about the past, present and future of Newark's Chrysler auto assembly plant is among just 12 programs receiving top honors in the Broadcast Education Association's annual Festival of Media Arts for 2010 (http://beafestival2010.wordpress.com/. BEA is the premier national organization of college and university broadcast education programs.

10:34 a.m., Feb. 19, 2010--Mark Barteau, Robert L. Pigford Chair of Chemical Engineering and senior vice provost for research and strategic initiatives at the University of Delaware, has been appointed co-chair of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable of the National Research Council (NRC).

10:30 a.m., Feb. 19, 2010--U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) spoke about the country's financial situation and how it relates to the subcommittee of which he is the chairman during a presentation to University of Delaware students, faculty and community members on Monday, Feb. 15, at the UD Center for Composite Materials.

10:29 a.m., Feb. 19, 2010--David W. Singleton has been named associate vice president for facilities at the University of Delaware, it was announced this week by Executive Vice President Scott Douglass.

10:28 a.m., Feb. 19, 2010--The University of Delaware School of Nursing will open its spring research lecture series with a presentation by Raelene Maser, associate professor in the Department of Medical Technology, from 9-10 a.m., Wednesday, March 10, in Room 114 of McDowell Hall.

10 a.m., Feb. 19, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

8:48 a.m., Feb. 19, 2010--Nancy Signorielli, professor in the Department of Communication and director of the master's program in communication at the University of Delaware, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Distinguished Scholar Award.

5:15 p.m., Feb. 18, 2010--The University of Delaware's popular Land and Sea Lecture Series is celebrating its 25th year with four stimulating morning lectures this March on the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes.

12:58 p.m., Feb. 18, 2010--The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance will host its second annual research conference on May 4 at Christiana Care Health System's John H. Ammon Medical Education Center on the Christiana Hospital Campus.

8:05 a.m., Feb. 18, 2010--Soccer star Mia Hamm, who led the U.S. national women's team to two FIFA World Cup titles and two Olympic gold medals, will give a public lecture on the University of Delaware's Newark campus on Tuesday, March 23.

3:17 p.m., Feb. 17, 2010--While most Americans assume basic rights of free speech under the protection of the First Amendment, how these right apply to students in a college campus environment is not always clear.

8:58 a.m., Feb. 17, 2010--As of Feb. 16, University of Delaware Information Technologies knows of 23 Twitter feeds from UD departments, centers or affiliated units.

8:33 a.m., Feb. 17, 2010--Jill Desmond, who earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the University of Delaware in 2009, has won honorable mention for the 2009 Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Electrical and Computer Student Award.

8:29 a.m., Feb. 17, 2010--"Haiti: Historical and Cultural Perspectives" will be the topic of a special University of Delaware Department of History workshop to be held from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., Thursday, April 8, in Room 206 of the Trabant University Center.

1:09 p.m., Feb. 16, 2010--Seven University of Delaware civil engineering students recently spent a week in Waveland, Miss., assisting in a wetlands restoration project. All are seniors and members of UD's chapter of Chi Epsilon, a national civil engineering honor society.

8:33 a.m., Feb. 16, 2010--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop on Digital Mapping using ArcView 9.2 on Wednesday, March 3, from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

8:29 a.m., Feb. 16, 2010--Thanks to a group of nursing students, faculty, and family members, 218 people in Port au Prince, Haiti, will receive bags containing items that most Americans just assume will be on the shelves of their medicine cabinets and linen closets when they need them -- soap, hand towels, washcloths, toothbrushes, nail clippers, adhesive bandagesÉ.

8:26 a.m., Feb. 16, 2010--When a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, millions of people were impacted. Hundreds of thousands of people died or were severely injured, and there was widespread and severe damage to property and infrastructure.

2:54 p.m., Feb. 15, 2010--Cecil Dybowski, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2010 Gold Medal Award from the New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

11:08 a.m., Feb. 15, 2010--The College of Engineering at the University of Delaware is participating in National Engineers Week from Feb 14-20.

10:57 a.m., Feb. 15, 2010--The last day to register or add courses for the spring 2010 semester has been moved from Feb. 22, 2010, to Feb. 24, 2010, due to the missed days of classes during the first week of the semester.

8:48 a.m., Feb. 15, 2010--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop in the Spring 2010 semester showcasing "ARTstor", a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.

2:18 p.m., Feb. 12, 2010--The University of Delaware Office of Service Learning invites UD faculty to participate in a community engagement seminar, on Tuesday, Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 3-4:30 p.m., and a follow-up funding workshop on Feb. 26. Competitive grants of $2,500 will be awarded for UD community engagement projects in March.

10:15 a.m., Feb. 12, 2010--The University of Delaware has implemented a new Webform to facilitate the approval of and recording of material transfer agreements (MTAs). MTAs are contracts that govern the movement of research materials between two organizations. A discussion of tangible research materials is available on this Research Office Web page. (http://www.udel.edu/research/researchers/ipguide.html?panel=5#examples).

2:09 p.m., Feb. 9, 2010--The Delaware Quality Award Executive Council and the University of Delaware honored the 2009 recipient of the Delaware Quality Award -- Bayhealth Medical Center, Child Care and Early Learning Center -- during an event held Feb. 4 at Clayton Hall on UD's Newark campus.

1:43 p.m., Feb. 9, 2010--Following are questions and answers concerning the new seven-year contract between the University of Delaware and PNC Bank, N.A., for the provision of personal banking services to the campus community.

8:22 a.m., Feb. 9, 2010--The University of Delaware and PNC Bank, N.A., announced today a new seven-year contract, providing an emphasis on money management and financial responsibility for the more than 20,000 students at the University.

8:04 a.m., Feb. 9, 2010--The University of Delaware Library has acquired the papers of Thurman Adams, Jr., who, at the time of his death on June 23, 2009, was the longest-serving state senator in Delaware history.

5:34 p.m., Feb. 11, 2010--Check this page for updates on weather cancelations, postponements and other announcements.

2:23 p.m., Feb. 8, 2010--The University of Delaware has recently signed an agreement with Apple Computing to allow the installation of Apple software on all University-owned Apple computers. The terms of this agreement are similar to the terms of the Microsoft Campus Agreement that the University has had in place since 2007.

12:23 p.m., Feb. 8, 2010--A new program in which eight University of Delaware graduate students will have an opportunity to serve as interns with Delaware arts and cultural organizations during the summer of 2010 has been announced by Debra Hess Norris, vice provost for graduate and professional education.

11:51 a.m., Feb. 8, 2010--The University of Delaware Department of Mathematical Sciences will hold its first graduate student winter research review from 1-5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12, in Room 140 Smith Hall.

10:07 a.m., Feb. 8, 2010--As of Feb. 2, two additional features of the Works system are available to University of Delaware employees: Reimbursement Requests and Card Transaction Allocation.

9:47 a.m., Feb. 8, 2010--University of Delaware New Student Orientation (NSO) has launched a new Web site designed to provide easy access to important information about NSO and featuring separate sections for students and parents.

8:17 a.m., Feb. 8, 2010--University of Delaware faculty and staff are invited to attend a forum on recent court decisions affecting the academic freedom of faculty at public universities to be held at noon, Monday, Feb. 15, in Multipurpose Rooms A and B of the Trabant University Center.

8:15 a.m., Feb. 8, 2010--A panel discussion concerning the free-speech rights of students in public universities will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 15, in Room 100 Kirkbride Hall.

2:29 p.m., Feb. 5, 2010--For the 22 students in the University of Delaware's Accelerated Nursing Program, graduation day came on Thursday, Feb. 4, marking the end of 17 months of intense study and laying the foundation for a new career. The accelerated program is designed for individuals with a bachelor's degree in another field who wish to pursue a bachelor of science degree in nursing.

2:03 p.m., Feb. 5, 2010--University of Delaware President Patrick Harker told Delaware lawmakers that investing in the First State's flagship university makes sense despite budget constraints and tough economic times.

12:20 p.m., Feb. 5, 2010--The University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) offers free guided tours of its Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes to schools throughout the region. At this world-class research institution, middle and high school students can get a firsthand look at science in action and learn about potential careers in marine science.

12:16 p.m., Feb. 5, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

9:08 a.m., Feb. 5, 2010--Over the past few weeks, five University of Delaware graduate students archived and digitized a Delmarva history collection of photographs, postcards and other artifacts at the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library in Odessa, Del. They also developed recommendations for improved preservation of the collection, which will be made available on the library's Web site and utilized by local fourth-grade social studies classes.

8:07 a.m., Feb. 5, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces a new exhibit of items from the Lincoln Collection of the Lincoln Club of Delaware called "Abraham Lincoln in "Harper's Weekly" in commemoration of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12, 1809.

2:50 p.m., Feb. 4, 2010--The leading thinkers from the world's offshore wind energy community gathered to discuss the industry's future at a conference held Feb. 2-3 in Philadelphia and supported by the University of Delaware. Offshore Wind Powers: Creating a Roadmap for Commercially Successful Offshore Wind Projects brought together more than 150 representatives from the financial, academic, conservation, and scientific communities as well as the government.

2:38 p.m., Feb. 4, 2010--The latest findings from KIDS COUNT in Delaware, a project of the Center for Community Research and Service in the University of Delaware College of Education and Public Policy, have been released through the Wilmington KIDS COUNT Fact Book for 2009.

1:03 p.m., Feb. 3, 2010--Ron Ludington has stepped down as director of the University of Delaware's Ice Skating Science Development Center, which he headed for 23 years, but he will continue coaching skaters at the center.

12:59 p.m., Feb. 19, 2010--The 10th anniversary Global Agenda Speaker Series on "Understanding Political Islam," sponsored by the University of Delaware Center for Political Communication, will begin at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Mitchell Hall on the UD campus in Newark.

10:54 a.m., Feb. 3, 2010--Michael Chajes, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named the 2010 Engineer of the Year by the Delaware Council of Engineering Societies (DCES). He will be recognized for his contributions to the field of engineering at the council's annual awards banquet on Feb. 18 at the DuPont Country Club.

11:11 a.m., Feb. 2, 2010--The University of Delaware has been selected by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, to implement a $308,000 Title VIII grant program that will fund economics and business research by 12 American scholars on the continuing transition of Eastern Europe and Central Asia to a free-market economy.

8:46 a.m., Feb. 2, 2010--U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) will be the opening speaker in the University of Delaware School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy's spring seminar series, Contemporary Issues in Public Administration.

7:58 a.m., Feb. 2, 2010--What does "fair trade" in the apparel industry really mean? How does fair trade benefit workers in developing countries? And how do we know whether a product is fair trade or not?

8:07 a.m., Feb. 1, 2010--The University of Delaware Research Office announces the following new limited submission funding opportunities.

12:43 p.m., March 31, 2010--Scientists at the University of Delaware have developed a new method for producing proteins critical to research on cancer, Alzheimer's, and other diseases.

10:13 a.m., March 31, 2010--The Delaware Estuary was so unhealthy in the 1940s that in some areas it completely lacked oxygen and was largely void of aquatic life in the summer. Its low oxygen levels and the production of hydrogen sulfide turned white ships grey, and its severe rotten egg odor even threatened its use as a port.

10:07 a.m., March 31, 2010--Gonzalo Arce, Charles Black Evans Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected as the first recipient of the Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies.

10:02 a.m., March 31, 2010--Five juniors majoring in medical technology at the University of Delaware participated in a legislative symposium sponsored by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) and held in Washington, D.C., from March 15-16.

9:48 a.m., May 6, 2010--The University of Delaware will honor graduating seniors of African ancestry at the annual Kente Stole Ceremony to be held at 7 p.m., Friday, May 28, at Clayton Hall. A reception will precede the ceremony.

12:46 p.m., March 30, 2010--John Cavazos, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been selected a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award.

12:42 p.m., March 30, 2010--The Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) at the University of Delaware will host its first research symposium from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 9, in Clayton Hall on the UD campus in Newark.

12 p.m., March 30, 2010--University of Delaware graduate student Serkan Bulut, who plans to focus his research on issues of ethnic conflict in the Middle East, recently got an unusually close look at his subject matter.

9:50 a.m., March 30, 2010--Walter D. Broadnax, Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and Charles P. Messick Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the University of Delaware's School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy (SUAPP) for spring 2010, spoke about the conflicts and tasks that have been handed to the administration of President Barack Obama thus far during a lecture on Wednesday, March 24, at the Marriott Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware hotel on campus.

2:36 p.m., March 29, 2010--The University of Delaware College of Health Sciences recently unveiled its redesigned Web site.

12 p.m., March 29, 2010--Two art history graduate students who previously were awarded University of Delaware Dissertation Fellowships have been selected to receive additional awards as they complete their doctoral work.

11:58 a.m., March 29, 2010--Kathleen J. Stebe, Richer and Elizabeth M. Goodwin Professor of Engineering and Applied Science and chairperson of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the Kurt Wohl Memorial Lecture at 10 a.m., Friday, April 16, in Room 102 Colburn Laboratory.

11:51 a.m., March 29, 2010--William Poole, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will speak about "What Have We Learned from the Financial Crisis?" during the University of Delaware's 20th annual Hutchinson Lecture in macroeconomics at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 8, in Room 115 Purnell Hall on UD's Newark campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

12:58 p.m., March 26, 2010--The Elementary Teacher Education (ETE) program at the University of Delaware has been nationally recognized by the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), the national organization for elementary education programs, for the next accreditation cycle.

12:47 p.m., March 26, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

9 a.m., March 26, 2010--Suzanne Austin has been appointed interim dean of the University of Delaware's College of Education and Public Policy, University Provost Tom Apple announced today.

8:43 a.m., March 26, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

8:10 a.m., March 26, 2010--Renowned sociologist William Julius Wilson will speak at the University of Delaware on Tuesday, April 6, at 5 p.m. in the Trabant University Center Multipurpose Room. A reception and book signing will immediately follow Wilson's talk at 6 p.m.

8 a.m., March 26, 2010--The University of Delaware General Accounting Department is currently conducting the annual University-wide space and equipment surveys. The surveys are one of the mechanisms used by the University to verify and collect space data and equipment inventories.

4:24 p.m., March 25, 2010--Virginia Lorenz, who recently joined the University of Delaware faculty as an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is working on one of the hottest areas in physics -- quantum memories. These devices store information in a flash of light and may serve as the basis of future communications networks.

3:17 p.m., March 25, 2010--A group of 24 academically talented high school students from across the United States will again have the opportunity to study the language and culture of China in a University of Delaware-led program in Shanghai this summer.

2:41 p.m., March 25, 2010--Geneive Abdo, a foreign correspondent for many years in the Middle East and the first American journalist based in Tehran after the U.S. cut ties with Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, spoke about "Muslims in Iran and the U.S." on Wednesday, March 24, in the University of Delaware's Mitchell Hall.

10 a.m., March 25, 2010--Catherine Bertini, who has played a major role in the fight against world hunger, will speak at the University of Delaware's 161st Commencement ceremony, scheduled at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 29, in Delaware Stadium on the Newark campus.

9:54 a.m., March 25, 2010--Jill Becker of the University of Michigan will speak on the topic "Sex, Drugs and Dopamine: Influences of Development and Hormones on Sex Differences in Drug Abuse" at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, in Room 116 Gore Hall.

1:04 p.m., March 24, 2010--Gregory Stephanopoulos, W.H. Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the Robert L. Pigford Memorial Lecture at 10 a.m., Friday, April 9, in Room 102 Colburn Laboratory.

10:34 a.m., March 24, 2010--Judge Leonard P. Stark, a 1991 graduate of the University of Delaware, has been nominated to the U.S. District Court for the district of Delaware by President Barack Obama.

4:07 p.m., March 23, 2010--To help collaborative efforts between foundations and nonprofits in the First State, especially during challenging economic times, the Delaware Philanthropy Forum has launched the Delaware Grantwriters Association, which will have headquarters in Wilmington.

3:55 p.m., March 23, 2010--Delaware Gov. Jack Markell called for a strategy that draws on the strengths of the special relationship between the public and private sectors in Delaware to more effectively meet the needs of those served by the nonprofit agencies in the First State during difficult economic times.

3:43 p.m., March 23, 2010--Focusing on trends in the nonprofit sector and key challenges nonprofits will face in the coming years, Steven Rathgeb Smith, the Waldemar A. Nielson Chair in Philanthropy at Georgetown University, delivered the opening keynote address Monday morning, March 22, as the University of Delaware kicked off a two-day conference on "The Future of the Nonprofit Sector in Delaware and the Nation" at Clayton Hall.

1:58 p.m., March 23, 2010--Subra Suresh, dean of the School of Engineering and Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the Jack R. Vinson Lecture at the University of Delaware at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 9, in Room 106 of the Center for Composite Materials.

1:09 p.m., March 23, 2010--Oceanographers and other scientists are using Google Earth in a new way to view real-time data streams on everything from ocean temperature and currents to the movement of ships -- all at once.

11:18 a.m., March 23, 2010--Susan Strasser, Richards Professor of History at the University of Delaware, has won a Fulbright appointment as a senior lecturer in history at the Free University of Berlin for spring 2011.

11:12 a.m., March 23, 2010--Christopher Price, research assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has won the Orthopaedic Research Society's New Investigator Recognition Award for his groundbreaking work on fluid flow in bone. The first-place award was conferred at the society's annual meeting, held in New Orleans from March 6-9.

11:08 a.m., March 30, 2010--The University of Delaware will kick off National Public Health Week on April 5 with a screening of "In Sickness and In Wealth", the first segment of a public television series called "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?"

1:37 p.m., March 22, 2010--The Visual Communications program at the University of Delaware has been rated among the 10 best in the nation by an online college ranking service.

12:47 p.m., March 22, 2010--ET International (ETI), a computer technology and software company founded by Guang Gao, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Delaware, was recently awarded a $15 million contract from the Department of Defense to deploy the company's software for a variety of core technologies.

10:09 a.m., March 22, 2010--"One size does not fit all" was the key message delivered by John W. White, former director of the Division of Corporate Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), during a presentation on current SEC proposals regarding corporate governance on Tuesday, March 16, at the Wilmington Club. He also shared his views on financial reporting reform and other current issues.

9:30 a.m., March 22, 2010--The Conference Board Governance Center in partnership with the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware will hold a Directors' Roundtable for compensation committee members June 21-22 on the UD campus in Newark.

8:49 a.m., March 22, 2010--The University of Delaware will provide live Webcasting of the conference "The Future of the Nonprofit Sector in Delaware and the Nation" on Monday, March 22.

8:26 a.m., March 22, 2010--The Global Agenda series on "Understanding Political Islam," sponsored by the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication, will continue at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, in Mitchell Hall on the UD campus in Newark.

1:34 p.m., March 19, 2010--Anthony Corsano, CEO of Anvil Knitwear, gave a behind the scenes perspective of the T-shirt production industry during a Fashioning Social Responsibility distinguished lecture, held Tuesday, March 16, at the University of Delaware's Trabant University Center Theatre.

1 p.m., March 19, 2010--George H. Watson has been named dean of the University of Delaware's College of Arts and Sciences after a national search, University Provost Tom Apple announced today. The appointment is effective April 1.

11:55 a.m., March 19, 2010--The University of Delaware Office of Alumni Relations is encouraging early registration for this year's Forum & Reunion Weekend, to be held June 4-6.

11:45 a.m., March 19, 2010--Thomas Buchanan, George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering and deputy dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, and Kelvin Lee, Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering at UD and director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, have been honored with American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) fellowships.

11:40 a.m., March 19, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

11:32 a.m., March 19, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff and students.

4:32 p.m., March 18, 2010--A networking and mentoring opportunity for post-doctoral scientists and engineers in the life sciences will be held at 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, in Room 102 of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.

8:57 a.m., March 18, 2010--The University of Delaware Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management will host its fourth annual Darden Restaurants Foundation Entrepreneurship Summit on April 10-11.

8:34 a.m., March 18, 2010--All five University of Delaware doctoral students in clinical psychology who applied for competitive internships for next academic year have been accepted at prestigious healthcare institutions.

8:31 a.m., March 18, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces the availability of "Springer Protocols," an important new electronic resource from Springer, a major science and technology publisher, to UD students, faculty, and staff. Note that although similarly named, this is a different resource than the previously announced Springer eBooks.

1:43 p.m., March 17, 2010--The University of Delaware hosted the Geis Student Research on Women Conference on Saturday, March 13.

12 p.m., March 17, 2010--Michael Gamel-McCormick, dean of the University of Delaware's College of Education and Public Policy (CEPP), is resigning as dean, effective April 1, and will return to the faculty as professor of human development and family studies and associate director of the Center for Disabilities Studies, University Provost Tom Apple announced today.

8:46 a.m., March 17, 2010--The University of Delaware Library has acquired the personal and professional papers of Allan P. Colburn (1908-1955), eminent researcher in the field of chemistry and former University of Delaware provost and coordinator of scientific research.

8:42 a.m., March 17, 2010--Sarah K. Noonan, deputy director of Westside Family Healthcare in Wilmington, Del., who received a master of public administration (MPA) degree from the University of Delaware in 2006, was one of 15 nationwide recipients of the 2010 Betsey K. Cooke Advocacy MVP Award given by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC).

8:03 a.m., March 17, 2010--Nontombi Naomi Tutu will deliver the annual Louis L. Redding Lecture at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 18, in Multipurpose Rooms B and C of the Trabant University Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.

1:28 p.m., March 16, 2010--The University of Delaware will host a free workshop on alternative energy for the print and broadcast media on Monday, April 26, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on the University's main campus in Newark.

12:48 p.m., March 16, 2010--The latest edition of the Delaware Sea Grant College Program and the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) e-newsletter "At Sea" debuts today.

12:41 p.m., March 16, 2010--The world is experiencing a fundamental global restructuring of social life, says Bahira Sherif Trask, professor and associate chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Delaware. Her newest book takes a look at how this is happening as the world is becoming increasingly interconnected.

12:31 p.m., March 16, 2010--"The future looks good but we can't do business as usual," advised Dipak C. Jain, former dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, during his lecture "The Future of Business Schools in an Era of Global Economic Crisis" held Friday, March 12, at UD's Lerner Hall.

9:14 a.m., March 15, 2010--A team of University of Delaware engineering students has taken top honors in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Challenge Student Competition on Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Construction.

1:04 p.m., March 12, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

11:43 a.m., March 12, 2010--Debra Hess Norris, vice provost for graduate and professional education, updated members of the University of Delaware Association of Retired Faculty (UDARF) on the new directions in graduate and professional education at UD during the group's regular luncheon meeting held March 2 in Clayton Hall.

7:58 a.m., March 12, 2010--Norine Watson, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing at the University of Delaware, joined President Barack Obama on stage at a healthcare reform rally on Monday, March 8.

5:21 p.m., March 11, 2010--Construction is under way on a 2-megawatt land-based wind turbine at the University of Delaware's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, part of UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

12:35 p.m., March 11, 2010--Nicholas Schmidle, a journalist who lived and reported among the Taliban in Pakistan from 2006-08 before being deported, spoke about his experiences covering the Islamist group and shared his thoughts on the country during a Global Agenda series lecture held Wednesday, March 10, at Mitchell Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

12:29 p.m., March 11, 2010--Three seniors in the University of Delaware's Department of Medical Technology -- Michelle Evers, Alaa Mahmoud and Kathleen Schieffer -- have received scholarships from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).

10:07 a.m., March 11, 2010--University of Delaware doctoral candidates aiming for faculty careers have a unique professional development opportunity ahead at the 2010 Lilly-East Conference on learning, teaching and assessment in higher education, to be held June 2-5, in Washington, D.C.

1:16 p.m., March 10, 2010--Gerard J. Mangone, University Research Professor of International and Maritime Law, was presented with a University of Delaware honorary degree by A. Gilchrist Sparks III, chairman of the Board of Trustees, in a special ceremony March 1 at the President's House.

1:05 p.m., March 10, 2010--Delawareans now have the opportunity to obtain assistive communication devices, called Zam Communicators, and peak flow meters for personal use, thanks to a donation to the Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative (DATI) by AstraZeneca.

9:01 a.m., March 10, 2010--Susan J. Hall, professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware, has been named deputy dean of the College of Health Sciences.

8:12 a.m., March 10, 2010--The University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) and offshore survey company UTEC Survey have signed an agreement that outlines cooperative efforts in autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) research.

3:28 p.m., March 9, 2010--University of Delaware faculty and staff can realize substantial benefits for themselves, their managers and the University by using one or more of three bank cards available through UD Procurement.

1:49 p.m., March 8, 2010--James Wilson, a University of Delaware alumnus and member of the Delaware State Board of Education, has been chosen to join a yearlong national study group about education and the military.

8:32 a.m., March 8, 2010--The fifth annual Bloomberg BusinessWeek review of the top undergraduate business programs ranked the University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics 25th among the nation's top 53 public university programs, marking the fourth year in a row that the college has been recognized among the best business schools in the country.

8:26 a.m., March 8, 2010--Thomas S. Buchanan delivered his inaugural lecture as George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware on Thursday, March 4, to an audience that included an almost equal number of faculty from engineering and the health sciences.

12:38 p.m., March 5, 2010--The University of Delaware's Center for Educational Effectiveness has launched its first bimonthly newsletter.

11:13 a.m., March 5, 2010--The University of Delaware Office of Communications and Marketing has launched a new UDigital Portfolio image resource for members of the campus community seeking photographs to use on Web pages and in printed materials.

10:43 a.m., March 5, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

10:41 a.m., March 5, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff and students.

10:38 a.m., March 5, 2010--The addition of an honors bachelor of science degree in neuroscience and revisions to the major in elementary teacher education were among the measures approved by the University of Delaware Faculty Senate at its regularly scheduled meeting held Monday, March 1, in Gore Hall.

10:37 a.m., March 5, 2010--The University of Delaware Research Office announces the following new limited submission funding opportunities. Detailed information and the four-step procedure for submitting a proposal are available at Limited Submissions on the Research Web site.

8:04 a.m., March 5, 2010--The Global Agenda series on "Understanding Political Islam," sponsored by the University of Delaware Center for Political Communication, will continue at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 10, in Mitchell Hall on the UD campus in Newark.

4:06 p.m., March 4, 2010--The University of Delaware has been named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. It is the highest federal recognition a university can achieve for its commitment to volunteering, service learning and civic engagement.

2:51 p.m., March 4, 2010--Each year, Delaware educators have the opportunity to learn from cutting-edge researchers and prominent practitioners through the School Leadership Learning Series, hosted by the Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL) in partnership with the Delaware Department of Education (DOE).

8:15 a.m., March 4, 2010--James Trainham, senior vice president of engineering for Sundrop Fuels of Colorado, will deliver the Jack A. Gerster Memorial Lecture on solar energy at 10 a.m., Friday, March 19, in Room 102 Colburn Laboratory.

1:17 p.m., March 3, 2010--Every year, a variety of distinguished speakers appear at the University, sharing their insights and perspectives on a wide range of topics. Now, their words of wisdom are gathered together on a new Web page, VIP Voices (www.udel.edu/vipvoices).

10:17 a.m., March 3, 2010--A University of Delaware scientist is waging an important battle to help protect a major resource in the world's food supply from a devastating fungal disease known as rice blast.

10:11 a.m., March 3, 2010--The Institute for Public Administration (IPA) of the College of Education and Public Policy at the University of Delaware has received a $371,419 award for work on two main broadband project components over a five-year timeframe -- broadband mapping and broadband planning.

10:06 a.m., March 3, 2010--The Model United Nations of the University of Delaware had another strong showing at a prominent national conference, this time at the Harvard University National Model United Nations gathering held from Feb. 11-14 in Boston.

3:30 p.m., March 2, 2010--Michael S. Jackson has been named director of the budget office at the University of Delaware, it was announced today by Vice President for Administration Jennifer "J.J." Davis.

3:15 p.m., March 2, 2010--Margaret Quigley, a senior hotel restaurant and institutional management major at the University of Delaware from Marblehead, Mass., spent most of January studying in South Africa, where she first traveled at the age of 16 and developed an enduring friendship with a young South African woman who grew up an orphan.

2:30 p.m., March 2, 2010--More than 1,100 students ventured out of Newark this Winter Session to embark on a variety of study abroad trips. With more than 80 programs offered in over 40 subjects in 45 different nations, each group enjoyed its own unique international experience.

2:29 p.m., March 2, 2010--Amber J. Belcher, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Delaware, has won the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The fellowship will support Belcher's research on how couples cope with breast cancer.

2:05 p.m., March 2, 2010--The University of Delaware Learning Management System Committee, a 41-member University-wide committee whose members are ambassadors to their departments regarding the use of Sakai@UD, held its spring meeting on Feb. 23 at a luncheon in the Trabant University Center.

12:07 p.m., March 2, 2010--The Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) will host seminars in March, April and May, in conjunction with several departments at the University of Delaware. The talks will take place at various locations around the Newark campus, all beginning at 1 p.m.

11:39 a.m., March 2, 2010--Construction is about to begin on a 2-megawatt land-based wind turbine at the University of Delaware's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, part of UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

10:23 a.m., March 1, 2010--"The Future of the Nonprofit Sector in Delaware and the Nation" will be the subject of a two-day University of Delaware conference, scheduled Monday and Tuesday, March 22-23, at Clayton Hall on the Laird Campus.

8:05 a.m., March 1, 2010--1743 Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Delaware, invites interested contractors to submit their qualifications to undertake the decommissioning and eventual demolition of various buildings located on the former Newark Chrysler Assembly Plant site.

2:49 p.m., April 30, 2010--In locations from Sudan to Indonesia to Queens, N.Y., the 2010 Plastino Scholars at the University of Delaware will engage in such varied activities as biking 3,000 miles across the U.S., studying medicinal plants in the Peruvian jungle and exploring the role that head coverings play in the lives of young Muslim women.

11:55 a.m., April 30, 2010--The University of Delaware School of Marine Science and Policy's popular Ocean Currents Lecture Series is returning for another summer of exciting marine-related talks at UD's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes.

10:22 a.m., April 30, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

9:03 a.m., April 30, 2010--Spotlighting the effect of social networking technology on political communication, the University of Delaware will hold a Global Dimensions Symposium on the subject at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, in Mitchell Hall, featuring national and international experts.

8:54 a.m., April 30, 2010--The opening of the Second Blue Water Bridge, between Port Huron, Mich., and Point Edward, Ontario, in 1997, marked the culmination of years of work on a new design code aimed at providing uniform safety by using a statistical basis for linking the loads on a bridge to its resistance, or ability to withstand that load.

8:08 a.m., April 30, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

3:43 p.m., April 29, 2010--A special event on the legacy of the Newark Chrysler Assembly Plant will be held from 7-9 p.m., Monday, May 10, in Multipurpose Room A of the Trabant University Center on the University of Delaware campus.

3:32 p.m., April 29, 2010--Kylie Melvin of Bear, Del., a sophomore human services major with a concentration in clinical services and a minor in disabilities studies, has been selected as the second recipient of the "Swank Human Services Disabilities Scholarship" at the University of Delaware. The announcement was made at the 25th annual "Marion H. Steele Symposium" on April 23 by the first Swank Scholarship recipient, J. Rachel McCulley.

4:34 p.m., April 28, 2010--Helping reporters get the word out about current and future energy challenges and the multifaceted approach that will be needed to address these issues was the focus of a University of Delaware media workshop held Monday, April 26, in the Trabant University Center.

2:05 p.m., April 28, 2010--Candice was a college soccer star until a spinal cord injury sustained in a car crash left her paralyzed from the waist down. She lies in her hospital bed, rolling her eyes in disgust at the upbeat manner of the physical therapist and two nurses who come into her room to get her up for the first time since the accident.

9:07 a.m., April 28, 2010--U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) toured the site of the 2-megawatt wind turbine being constructed at the University of Delaware's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes on Friday, April 23. With the turbine's 256-foot tower standing overhead, Carper said the project fits his vision for the region.

9:01 a.m., April 28, 2010--While their areas of academic interest may vary, Junior Faculty Development Program visiting scholars Sagita Mirjam Sunara, of Croatia and Artak Manukyan, of Armenia, both believe that their experience at the University of Delaware will provide them with a world of new ideas to take back to their respective countries and universities.

9 a.m., April 28, 2010--Delawareans will have the opportunity to hear the views of the candidates in Delaware's U.S. Senate and House races this fall at "Delaware Debates 2010," an initiative of the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication and Delaware First Media, a new Delaware news organization.

3:08 p.m., April 27, 2010--Kate Harton, who graduated from the University of Delaware's Accelerated Nursing Program in February, has been selected as a Nursing Student of the Year Outstanding Finalist by "StuNurse.com" magazine.

2 p.m., April 27, 2010--1743 Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Delaware, has selected six firms to participate in the Request for Proposal (RFP) phase to undertake the decommissioning and eventual demolition of various buildings located on the former Newark Assembly Plant site.

9 a.m., April 27, 2010--The University of Delaware Library has announced receipt of a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to digitize the George S. Messersmith Papers for worldwide electronic access.

8:13 a.m., April 27, 2010--The School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware will host its first research symposium from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, April 30, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center.

1:41 p.m., April 23, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

12:58 p.m., April 23, 2010--A student-organized University of Delaware Energy and Sustainability Conference is being planned for the fall.

12:51 p.m., April 23, 2010--Representatives from five regional research institutions participated in a day-long program at the University of Delaware Library on Wednesday, April 14, to exchange information and share best practices related to post-master's residency programs.

10:41 a.m., April 23, 2010--Irene Davis, professor of physical therapy at the University of Delaware, has been elected a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

10:38 a.m., April 23, 2010--A team of eighth graders from the Newark Charter School (NCS) placed second in the research category at the First Lego League (FLL) World Festival, held in Atlanta from April 14-18.

10:34 a.m., April 23, 2010--Stuart Binder-Macleod, Edward L. Ratledge Professor and chairperson of the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2010 John H. P. Maley Award for Outstanding Contributions to Leadership in Research by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

3:58 p.m., April 22, 2010--Fawaz Gerges, a professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, spoke on the topic "Understanding Islamism" as the 2010 Global Agenda speaker series continued Wednesday evening, April 21, at the University of Delaware's Mitchell Hall.

2:42 p.m., April 22, 2010--The University of Delaware's Center for Teaching and Learning and the Bank of America Career Services Center, in co-sponsorship with the Office of Graduate and Professional Education, will offer a one-week summer institute July 19-23 designed to prepare doctoral students across the disciplines for the academic career path.

1:16 p.m., April 22, 2010--A biologist and a historian in the University of Delaware's College of Arts and Sciences delivered their inaugural lectures as named faculty members this week, each describing some highlights of her research as well as the process that led her to a particular academic interest.

1:14 p.m., April 22, 2010--If you ask University of Delaware alumnus Lee Mikles and Patrick Callahan, co-founders of the Wilmington-based Archer Group interactive marketing agency and authors of the newly published book "Engage Your Brand", social media and branding begins with asking questions and ends with adding value.

11:39 a.m., April 22, 2010--The eighth annual Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, presented by the University of Delaware's Center for Material Culture Studies and Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, will be held Saturday, April 24, at Winterthur. Tours of the museum's collections will be available to those attending.

9:26 a.m., April 22, 2010--A paper with Lian-Ping Wang, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, as the leading author has recently been recognized by Elsevier Publisher as one of the 50 most-cited articles published in "Atmospheric Research" from 2006 to 2010. This recognition will be announced on May 4 in Vienna, Austria, during the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010.

9:01 a.m., April 22, 2010--The University of Delaware is one of the country's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review.

3:05 p.m., April 20, 2010--Dawn Fallik, assistant professor of English at the University of Delaware, who as a reporter covered such stories as the Indian Ocean tsunami and child abuse at a Missouri church, has been selected to be a fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

2:42 p.m., April 20, 2010--A faculty member and a graduate student in the University of Delaware's Department of Mathematical Sciences recently received prestigious national research fellowships.

1:55 p.m., April 20, 2010--Andrew Paterson, a University of Delaware alumnus and leader in the area of plant molecular biology, will give the keynote address at the UD Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Research Symposium to be held on Wednesday May 5.

1:44 p.m., April 20, 2010--Four faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Delaware got surprise visits to their classrooms this month, in which they were notified that they had received one of the college's 2010 Excellence Awards.

1:09 p.m., April 20, 2010--The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) will host its second annual research conference on May 4 at Christiana Care Health System's John H. Ammon Medical Education Center on the Christiana Hospital Campus.

9:13 a.m., April 20, 2010--Delaware's top female high school students in math and science were at the University of Delaware on Sunday, April 18, to be recognized by the Coastal-Georgetown and Newark Branches of the American Association of University Women at their 11th annual Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics program.

2:56 p.m., April 19, 2010--The Council for Exceptional Children recently released a special issue of its research journal, "Exceptional Children", with the help of two University of Delaware professors.

2:42 p.m., April 19, 2010--Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, will be the speaker at the 2010 Global Agenda series continues at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, in Mitchell Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

8:46 a.m., April 19, 2010--Delaware Gov. Jack Markell officially signed into law legislation that will now allow individuals to directly deposit their tax refunds into their Delaware College Investment Plan (DCIP) accounts, during a signing ceremony on the University of Delaware campus on Wednesday, April 14.

8:35 a.m., April 19, 2010--Richard Corkish, head of the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia will deliver a seminar at the University of Delaware on Friday, April 23, from 3-4 p.m. in Room 103 Gore Hall. A reception will follow in the lobby of DuPont Hall.

8:17 a.m., April 19, 2010--Ajay Manrai, professor of marketing and faculty director of Graduate and Executive Programs in the University of Delaware's Lerner College of Business and Economics, has won a Fulbright-Nehru Research Scholar Award and will be in India during the spring semester of 2011.

8:15 a.m., April 19, 2010--Elizabeth Kelley, a second-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive a 2010 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. The fellowship covers full tuition and fees for three years and provides a yearly stipend of more than $30,000.

2:11 p.m., April 16, 2010--Donald L. Sparks, the University of Delaware's S. Hallock du Pont Chair of Soil and Environmental Chemistry and director of the Delaware Environmental Institute, has won the Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.

1 p.m., April 16, 2010--Zhihao Zhuang, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware, has won the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award.

5:29 p.m., April 14, 2010--On its recent trip to China, the University of Delaware delegation visited Xiamen University in Xiamen and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) in Chengdu. The UD delegation, led by Deputy Provost Havid‡n Rodr’guez, included Michael Chajes, dean of Engineering; Nancy Targett, dean of Earth, Ocean and Environment; George Watson, dean of Arts & Sciences; Bintong Chen, professor in civil & environmental engineering and business administration; Jianguo Chen, director of the Chinese Program and a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; and Bahram Rajaee, director of Grants, Contracts, and International Partnerships in the Institute for Global Studies (IGS).

2:07 p.m., April 14, 2010--The Path to Prominence Review Committee is holding open forums on two days this month for all University of Delaware faculty to discuss the University's progress with the strategic plan.

10:07 a.m., April 14, 2010--Cynthia Rosenzweig, senior scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University, will give a talk entitled "Climate Change and Agriculture: Current Issues" at 1 p.m., Friday, April 30, in Room 132 Townsend Hall.

10:01 a.m., April 14, 2010--If you don't want to history to repeat itself, you must study it to learn a lesson. That was the takeaway from the presentation "What Have We Learned from the Financial Crisis?" by William Poole, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Delaware, given at UD's 20th annual Hutchinson Lecture in macroeconomics held Thursday, April 8, in Purnell Hall.

3:53 p.m., April 13, 2010--The Faculty Senate Coordinating Committee on Education and the Executive Committee has announced an open hearing for the discussion of the reorganization of the College of Education and Public Policy.

2:42 p.m., April 13, 2010--A solar cell module designed and assembled by a team that includes several researchers from the University of Delaware has been listed in "Progress in Photovoltaics", which publishes periodic listings of the highest confirmed efficiencies for a range of photovoltaic cell and module technologies.

2:35 p.m., April 13, 2010--The University of Delaware's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received top honors in a competition sponsored by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The award rewards college engineering programs for engaging their students in collaborative projects with licensed professional engineers.

11:27 a.m., April 13, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces that Janet Hethorn, professor and chairperson of the Department of Art, will present "Re-think, Re-use, Re-fashion" at noon on Tuesday, May 11, in the Class of 1941 Lecture Room in the Morris Library as part of the University of Delaware Assembly of Professional Staff (UDLAPS) "Scholar and the Library Series."

10:52 a.m., April 13, 2010--The University of Delaware is launching an innovative, new graduate degree--the Professional Science Master's (PSM)--in the fields of biotechnology and bioinformatics to help meet the future workforce needs of a growing bioscience industry.

8:50 a.m., April 13, 2010--Some 70 affiliates of the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) turned out for the institute's inaugural research symposium on April 9 at the University of Delaware's John M. Clayton Hall.

8:46 a.m., April 13, 2010--David Hoffman, a University of Delaware alumnus and former editor of "The Review", has received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for his book "The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy".

12:20 p.m., April 12, 2010--Nobuhisa Kobayashi, professor in the University of Delaware's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 International Coastal Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The award was established in 1977 to provide international recognition for outstanding leadership and development in the field of coastal engineering.

12:07 p.m., April 12, 2010--In an effort to continue to enhance and strengthen the University of Delaware's strategic partnerships in China, a delegation composed of UD administrators and faculty recently visited several institutions of higher education in this country, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Xiamen University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) and the Confucius Institute Central Headquarters (Hanban) in Beijing.

1:26 p.m., April 23, 2010--Edwin H. Cook, Jr., M.D., an internationally recognized expert on the molecular genetics and neurochemistry of autism, will present the fourth annual Arnold Clark Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 28, in the auditorium of Wolf Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

1:21 p.m., April 9, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

1:06 p.m., April 9, 2010--Jean Pfaelzer, professor at the University of Delaware, has won a Senior Fulbright and will be in Utrecht, Holland, during the spring semester of 2011.

1:02 p.m., April 9, 2010--Vanessa Woods, research scientist at Duke University and internationally published author, will deliver the next presentation in the cognitive science speaker series at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, April 15, in Room 206 Kirkbride Hall.

10:47 a.m., April 9, 2010--Charles H. Zeanah, Sellars-Polchow Professor of Psychiatry at Tulane University, will discuss foster and institutional care for children during a presentation at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, at the University of Delaware's Early Learning Center on Wyoming Road in Newark.

8:25 a.m., April 9, 2010--Cole Galloway, associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, has won the Research Award from the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

8:15 a.m., April 9, 2010--A delegation from the Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) was on campus Monday, March 22, to sign a research agreement between the institute and the University of Delaware's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), extending a working relationship between the two that dates back nearly 21 years.

3:10 p.m., April 8, 2010--Stephen F. Siegel, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been named a winner of the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research to ensure the accuracy of scientific software.

1:22 p.m., April 8, 2010--University of Delaware alumnus Lee Mikles and Patrick Callahan, co-founders of the Wilmington-based Archer Group interactive marketing agency and authors of the newly published book "Engage Your Brand", will present "Now What? Rethinking Social Marketing" on Friday afternoon, April 16, in Alfred Lerner Hall.

9:18 a.m., April 7, 2010--Elizabeth D'Addio, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to participate in the Leadership Skills Workshop sponsored by the Council for Chemical Research (CCR). The workshop will be held on April 18 in conjunction with CCR's 31st Annual Meeting in Atlanta.

8:05 a.m., April 7, 2010--Paul Amer, Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, has received an award of $50,000 from Google for research on protocols that speed up surfing the Web.

7:52 a.m., April 7, 2010--The University of Delaware Library has announced the receipt of the papers of Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2009) and Jane Mitchell (1921-2004) as a gift of the Mitchell's son, Philip Vann Mitchell who followed the wishes of his father.

3:14 p.m., April 14, 2010--The University of Delaware's third annual President's Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, "Creating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem," is set for 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m., Friday, April 23, at John M. Clayton Hall on the UD campus in Newark.

1:23 p.m., April 6, 2010--John B. Moeschler, M.D., director of the clinical genetics program at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School, will present a lecture entitled "Identifying the Early Signs of Autism in Young Children" on Tuesday, April 13, at 3 p.m. at the University of Delaware's Center for Disabilities Studies, 461 Wyoming Rd., Newark.

9:45 a.m., April 6, 2010--The University of Delaware Institute for Global Studies (IGS) announces the following competitive funding opportunities in international research and education for UD faculty.

9 a.m., April 6, 2010--During his long and prolific career, artist Frank E. Schoonover formed many ties with the University of Delaware, including painting the official likeness of UD's founder, the Rev. Francis Alison.

8:55 a.m., April 14, 2010--Doug Glanville, the former Major League Baseball player who is now a noted sports commentator and columnist for "The New York Times", will be the speaker in the University of Delaware Presidential Lecture Series spring presentation at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 15, in Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.

2:57 p.m., April 1, 2010--The Institute for Public Administration (IPA) of the College of Education and Public Policy at the University of Delaware has received an initial award of $36,848 for work on the first of two main broadband project components over a five-year timeframe -- broadband mapping.

12:14 p.m., April 1, 2010--Two pilot projects funded by the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) under its second competition focus on identifying cutting-edge cancer therapies, and creating the bioinformatics framework that will facilitate translational research among the alliance members.

9:17 a.m., April 1, 2010--Shannon Whalen, who completed her bachelor of science degree in health and physical education at the University in December 2009, has received a Student Recognition Award from the Adapted Physical Activity Council (APAC).

9:07 a.m., April 1, 2010--James Miller, chairman, president and CEO of PPL Corp., will speak at 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, in Room 006 Kirkbride Hall as part of the Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by the University of Delaware's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

9:01 a.m., April 1, 2010--An international partnership between the psychology departments of the University of Delaware and the University of Warsaw took a significant step forward with a recent conference at which the institutions discussed future collaborations.

4:33 p.m., May 28, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

1:43 p.m., May 28, 2010--The University of Delaware School of Marine Science and Policy's popular Ocean Currents Lecture Series continues this month with a talk on wind energy. Delivering the lecture will be Nancy Targett, dean of UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE), and CEOE wind energy expert Jeremy Firestone.

1:02 p.m., May 28, 2010--Research conducted in the group of Kristi Kiick, associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been highlighted in a special series in "Macromolecular Rapid Communications", one of the leading journals in the field of polymer science and one of the top five journals publishing original research in this area.

12:48 p.m., May 28, 2010--University of Delaware professors Darryl Flaherty and Paul Solano are among the leading thinkers around the globe who have been selected to participate in Salzburg Global Seminar programs this year.

12:27 p.m., May 28, 2010--On April 29 in Philadelphia, the University of Delaware joined The Franklin Institute in co-sponsoring a symposium in honor of the winners of the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics -- J. Ignacio Cirac from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics; David Wineland of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Peter Zoller from the University of Innsbruck.

12:24 p.m., May 28, 2010--For the second straight year, the University of Delaware will run public service announcements on elder abuse in movie theatres throughout the U.S.

11:48 a.m., May 28, 2010--The University of Delaware will host the first Delaware Priorities Conference, "Building Transdomain Bridges to Translational Research in Biomechanics," from June 9-11 at the Marriott Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware.

11:14 a.m., May 27, 2010--The new Delaware Design Institute (DDI) at the University of Delaware celebrated its progress at an inaugural event on Monday, May 24, where students, faculty and community members shared projects that ranged from a sustainable teaching garden to an online site for sharing business process management approaches.

8:38 a.m., May 27, 2010--After three days of intensive learning at the University of Delaware Summer Faculty Institute June 1-3, the campus community is invited to share in some fun and some ice cream from the UDairy Creamery on Friday, June 4, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the institute's Technology Fair. The fair will be held in Daugherty Hall of the Trabant University Center.

8:15 a.m., May 27, 2010--A group of nursing students from the University of Delaware recently visited the United Nations as part of a field experience for a junior-level course, Psychosocial Nursing.

8:07 a.m., May 27, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces the opening of the literary papers of Summer Brenner, a novelist, poet, and activist currently residing in Richmond, Calif.

3:47 p.m., May 26, 2010--Eleftherios Papoutsakis, Eugene du Pont Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named the recipient of the 2010 International Metabolic Engineering Award. He was selected "for his great accomplishments and leadership in metabolic engineering of clostridia and his dedication to the metabolic engineering community."

12:59 p.m., May 26, 2010--University of Delaware Cooperative Extension recently announced its 2010 Extension Scholars. This innovative program, open to rising UD juniors, seniors and graduate students, offers a 10-week internship with Cooperative Extension during the summer months. The scholars will begin their work experience in early June.

12:14 p.m., May 26, 2010--The Lerner College of Business and Economics recently announced its 2010 faculty award winners during the annual spring meeting of all college faculty and staff.

11:20 a.m., May 26, 2010--The University of Delaware's College of Arts and Sciences has honored five faculty members with awards of excellence from the college, as well as recognizing numerous faculty and students who earned other recent honors.

10:43 a.m., May 26, 2010--The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been the focus of news all over the world for more than a month, and a group of public and private organizations -- including the University of Delaware and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute -- have come together to assist in the clean up.

8:15 a.m., May 26, 2010--The University of Delaware Library has announced the acquisition of the literary archive of the American playwright Barrie Stavis. The papers are a gift from the Estate of Barrie Stavis according to the wishes of his children Jane Stavis of Media, Pa., and Alex Stavis of New York.

4:01 p.m., May 25, 2010--Delaware high school students are invited to share their love of the coast and what they do to conserve it by entering the 2010 Coast Day Video Contest. The contest, which is in its second year, is open to any high school student in Delaware who is enrolled in 9-12th grades as of the 2010-11 academic year.

1:52 p.m., May 25, 2010--Four engineering students at the University of Delaware have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships. Autumn Kidwell is working on a master's degree in UD's Center for Applied Coastal Research, Scott Crown and Vassili Vorotnikov are doctoral students in chemical engineering, and Marco Bedolla is an Honors Program senior who will be going to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall to work towards a doctorate in chemical engineering.

1:09 p.m., May 25, 2010--Public Allies Delaware, a part of the University of Delaware's "Center for Community Research and Service", is wrapping up its 2010 Public Allies "AmeriCorps" program, in which 29 young leaders, or allies, have been making contributions to the Delaware community over the past 10 months.

12:52 p.m., May 25, 2010--University of Delaware undergraduate researchers made a strong showing at the eighth annual Colonial Academic Alliance (CAA) Conference at Virginia Commonwealth University on April 16-17.

12 p.m., May 25, 2010--Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium of 98 Ph.D.-granting universities, has selected Holly Michael, assistant professor of geological sciences in the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, to receive the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.

9:32 a.m., May 25, 2010--The weather appeared ominous as the guests of honor, cancer survivors, assembled on the field at Frawley Stadium. Lighting broke the sky, but it did not break the spirits of the honored guests participating in the American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life Survivor walk, held May 14-15, in Wilmington.

3:53 p.m., May 24, 2010--Six University of Delaware faculty members have received awards in recognition of their outstanding work in teaching and advising. Two teaching assistants also have received awards for excellence. The awards were announced at the May meeting of the Faculty Senate.

1:13 p.m., May 24, 2010--For anyone who's intrigued by the ocean or interested in a marine science career, a free tour of the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment's (CEOE's) Hugh R. Sharp research complex in Lewes is the perfect summer activity. The tours cover research on topics such as the use of marsh plants for biodiesel fuel, superheated geysers at the bottom of the ocean, and genetics in shellfish recovery.

9:07 a.m., May 24, 2010--Researchers at the University of Delaware were key participants in the 5th Global Oceans Conference, which was held May 3-7 in Paris.

2:48 p.m., May 21, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff and students.

2:37 p.m., May 21, 2010--University of Delaware junior Katie Strouss is studying to become a teacher. This past winter, Strouss, a Spanish education major, had the opportunity to practice her teaching skills by participating in a program that positively challenges high school students to succeed in school using specialized instruction.

2:04 p.m., May 21, 2010--The University of Delaware is one of 50 research universities nationwide to receive a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) for innovative programs to strengthen undergraduate and precollege science education. The four-year, $1.2 million grant, which begins Sept. 1, is the fifth HHMI award that UD has received.

11:31 a.m., May 21, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

9:06 a.m., May 21, 2010--David L. Kirchman, the Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Biosciences in the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, is the recipient of the 2010 Francis Alison Faculty Award, the University's highest faculty honor.

1:25 p.m., May 20, 2010--Through a program sponsored by the Lerner College Career Services Center, a satellite office of the University of Delaware Career Services Center, and the Excel Program, 17 University of Delaware business students recently visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Deutsche Bank and L'OrŽal offices in New York City to learn about the companies, career opportunities and to meet UD alumni.

10:16 a.m., May 20, 2010--More than 1,500 Blue Hens have registered for the 2010 Forum and Reunion Weekend to be held June 4-6 on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

9:58 a.m., May 20, 2010--Xu Ma, who completed his doctorate in electrical engineering and computer engineering at the University of Delaware in 2009, has won the Allen P. Colburn Prize for his dissertation, "Optimization of Resolution Enhancement Techniques in Optical Lithography." Ma was advised by Gonzalo Arce, the Charles Black Evans Professor of Electrical Engineering.

9:44 a.m., May 20, 2010--The Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) has released a new technical report entitled "Stratigraphy, Correlation, and Depositional Environments of the Middle to Late Pleistocene Interglacial Deposits of Southern Delaware".

9:42 a.m., May 19, 2010--Why does the human body look the way it does? This question is the driving force behind the work of Dan Lieberman, professor and chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.

9:20 a.m., May 19, 2010--The Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) has published a new geologic map of the Georgetown area in eastern Sussex County entitled "Geologic Map of the Georgetown Quadrangle, Delaware". Geologic Map No. 15 presents the results of research by Kelvin W. Ramsey of the DGS.

9:09 a.m., May 19, 2010--After hours of exploration and study, University of Delaware education graduate students had the opportunity to showcase and share their current research projects with colleagues, faculty and the public. On Friday, May 7, UD's School of Education (SOE) hosted its annual graduate research forum at the Perkins Student Center on Academy Street.

1:13 p.m., May 18, 2010--Five graduate students in the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware have been awarded prestigious fellowships to support their doctoral work. Several other fellowships were announced earlier this spring.

11:45 a.m., May 18, 2010--Several times a week, Chad Nelson begins his workday with a trek through a wetland near his Townsend Hall office on the University of Delaware's Newark campus. With spring in full swing, he enjoys the sight of the butterflies, migratory songbirds, mallard ducks and their ducklings, frogs and tadpoles that make the wetland their warm-weather home.

1:40 p.m., May 17, 2010--In the May 7 edition of "Physical Review Letters", a journal of the American Physical Society, an international team led by University of Delaware researchers reports new findings about helium that may lead to more accurate standards for how temperature and pressure are measured.

1:02 p.m., May 17, 2010--Researchers from the University of Delaware and Christiana Care Health System are seeking individuals with diabetes, age 18 years and older, for a study to test the effectiveness of a medication to improve nerve function.

9:09 a.m., May 17, 2010--University of Delaware President Patrick Harker has appointed Araya Debessay and Suzanne Austin as the co-chairs of the newly formed Diversity and Climate Advisory Commission (DCAC).

8:50 a.m., May 17, 2010--The University of Delaware Office of Equity and Inclusion hosted the Mae Carter and Bessie B. Collins award luncheon on Monday, May 10, during which nominees for these two awards received certificates of appreciation and monetary prizes for their exceptional academic, professional, and personal achievements.

4:10 p.m., May 14, 2010--Deputy Provost Havid‡n Rodr’guez participated in the Workshop on the Advancement of Societal Responses to Mega-Disasters Afflicting Mega-Cities, held May 5-8 in Tapei, Taiwan. The workshop was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by the National Science Council in Taiwan.

1:50 p.m., May 14, 2010--The University of Delaware's Undergraduate Research Program celebrated its 30th anniversary with a daylong symposium featuring three program alumni as keynote speakers on Saturday, May 8.

10:08 a.m., May 14, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

9:59 a.m., May 14, 2010--A University of Delaware research team has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of intervention on behalf of toddlers in foster care.

3:46 p.m., May 13, 2010--Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, discussed "Osama Bin Laden's Legacy" during the final Global Agenda 2010 presentation of the spring semester on Wednesday evening, May 12, in the University of Delaware's Mitchell Hall.

11:29 a.m., May 13, 2010--Janice Selekman, professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Delaware, has been named the School Nurse Educator of the Year by the National Association of School Nurses. She was honored at the spring meeting of the Delaware School Nurse Association (DNSA) in Dover on May 6.

11:25 a.m., May 13, 2010--Water is life, and it has no substitute in most of its uses.

9:57 a.m., May 13, 2010--Modern health science researchers are increasingly interested in taking their work from "bench to bedside." For Stephen Thomas, who recently completed his doctorate at the University of Delaware, the path is actually from the bench to the bullpen.

9:45 a.m., May 13, 2010--After billions of years of twinkling and shining, some stars in the heavens appear to "dance" as they wind down. Maybe not like Elvis or Michael Jackson, but they definitely have a rhythmic beat, and some may even spin like a top.

2:36 p.m., May 12, 2010--Frederick E. ("Fritz") Nelson, professor of geography in the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, has been elected to the board of governors of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA).

2:04 p.m., May 12, 2010--Cells can take minutes, or even hours, to die -- when preserved using standard chemical fixation and for decades this was the best available method to researchers. However, modern cryogenic methods of preservation nearly instantaneously stop all biological processes -- within milliseconds -- while maintaining the most life-like view of the cell.

12:38 p.m., May 12, 2010--Area contractors arrived at the former Newark Assembly Plant site armed with packets and portfolios. Each desired to show the companies at the Delaware Opportunity Expo just what they could do as subcontractors, given the chance.

10:24 a.m., May 12, 2010--Erik Fyrwald, who earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware in 1981, is chairman and CEO of Nalco, a company that is playing a significant role in the cleanup of the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana.

10 a.m., May 13, 2010--The University of Delaware's Board of Trustees approved a number of resolutions involving the reorganization of a college and the transfer of several departments during its regular semiannual spring meeting, held Tuesday, May 11, in the Trabant University Center.

9:20 a.m., May 12, 2010--The University of Delaware Board of Trustees approved 51 faculty promotions at its spring meeting May 11. The appointments are effective with the 2010-11 academic year.

4:09 p.m., May 11, 2010--On Friday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center, the students and student organization representatives of the Universities Making a Difference through the Arts (UDARTS) and ArtsBridge America Programs at the University of Delaware will present digital stories and share their experiences with the UD community.

1:45 p.m., May 11, 2010--The National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) has named Lawrence White, vice president and general counsel at the University of Delaware, a recipient of its 2009-2010 Distinguished Service Award.

12:10 p.m., May 11, 2010--Leonard Cimini, professor in the University of Delaware's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has won the Stephen O. Rice Prize in the Field of Communications Theory for his paper "Joint Channel- and Queue-Aware Scheduling for Multiuser Diversity in Wireless OFDMA Networks."

9:05 a.m., May 11, 2010--The road to becoming an entrepreneur leads in many directions, Alan Atkinson, University of Delaware alumnus and president and chief executive officer of Xiotech Corp., explained to a group of students, faculty and staff at UD on Thursday, May 6.

4:16 p.m., May 10, 2010--The University of Delaware's campus banking partnership transition is under way. As of Wednesday, May 12, students and staff will see signs of the conversion from WSFS to PNC.

4:12 p.m., May 10, 2010--Steve Coll, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will discuss "Osama Bin Laden's Legacy" at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 12, in the University of Delaware's Mitchell Hall.

1:18 p.m., May 10, 2010--Mark Latash is so fascinated by the concept of synergy that he has written an entire book on the use of the term in reference to biological systems.

1:15 p.m., May 10, 2010--David Burris, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been awarded the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Award of 2010 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

11:33 a.m., May 10, 2010--A team of chemical engineering researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a computational framework for screening potential bimetallic catalysts. The finding was published online in "Nature Chemistry" on April 25.

11:33 a.m., May 10, 2010--Craig Oates, a graduate student in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive a 2010 Master's Scholarship from the National Association of Athletic Trainers (NATA) Foundation.

9:45 a.m., May 10, 2010--Gardeners delight in the first blooms of a flowering shrub, the vibrant color of a summer wildflower, a deciduous tree aflame with fall foliage. But no one stops to admire the conifer, which is often reduced to hiding home foundations or grown as a solitary sentry in the middle of an expanse of lawn.

2:35 p.m., May 7, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff and students.

2:07 p.m., May 7, 2010--The University of Delaware has published the second "Southern UDelaware" magazine, which is designed to highlight the University's programs and services offered to residents of Kent and Sussex counties.

1:50 p.m., May 7, 2010--The book "The Economics of Fisheries Management" has been the go-to reference for fisheries economists, researchers, managers, and students for decades. It was the first economics book on fisheries management when it was first published in 1977. It was revised in 1986, and that version was republished in 2004.

1:39 p.m., May 7, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

1:35 p.m., May 7, 2010--The latest versions of "SeaTalk" announcements from the University of Delaware and the Delaware Sea Grant College Program are now available. Download the announcements to learn about a range of coastal topics such as rip current safety, fiddler crabs, and UD's new 2-megawatt wind turbine.

8:16 a.m., May 7, 2010--Thomas Kaminski, professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2010 Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Educator Award from the National Association of Athletic Trainers (NATA).

11:23 a.m., May 6, 2010--Michael Klein has been named the University of Delaware's Dan Rich Chair of Energy and director of the UD Energy Institute (UDEI), Provost Tom Apple announced today. The appointment is effective July 1.

11:08 a.m., May 6, 2010--Nicole Kotulak, a doctoral student in the Solar Power Program at the University of Delaware, has been chosen to receive the 2010 Laird Fellowship. The award is aimed at encouraging the recipient to become engaged in a broadening intellectual pursuit that may or may not have direct applications to his or her chosen field of study.

9:26 a.m., May 6, 2010--Jim Broomall, assistant provost for the Division of Professional and Continuing Studies at the University of Delaware, has been appointed by the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) as the new editor of its peer-reviewed research publication, the "Journal of Continuing Higher Education".

3:58 p.m., May 5, 2010--If the same Americans who cast ballots in the 2004 presidential election had been the only voters in 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain would have finished in a virtual tie. What put Obama over the top and into the White House was the support of first-time voters, most of them brought into the political process through social networking technology.

3:43 p.m., May 5, 2010--What does Delaware need to do in order to go green? That is the latest question that the University of Delaware's Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research (CADSR) is tackling, thanks to an $889,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.

3:24 p.m., May 5, 2010--More than 275 people from the health sciences research and education community turned out for the 2010 Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) Conference on Tuesday, May 4.

1:15 p.m., May 5, 2010--A portrait of John G. Townsend, Jr., a prominent spokesperson for farmers and the agricultural industry who served as Delaware governor and U.S. Senator, now hangs in the University of Delaware's Townsend Hall, which bears his name.

12:22 p.m., May 5, 2010--The U.S. Olympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Solidarity department and the University of Delaware congratulated 20 international coaches on Monday, May 3, at their graduation from the second edition of the International Coaching Enrichment Certification Program (ICECP).

12:21 p.m., May 5, 2010--Peggy Bottorff has been appointed associate provost for administration and enrollment services, it was announced today by University of Delaware Provost Tom Apple.

11:50 a.m., May 5, 2010--University of Delaware Conference Services recently launched its new Web site at "www.udel.edu/conferences".

11:23 a.m., May 5, 2010--The University of Delaware -- specifically the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the student affiliates chapter of the American Chemical Society, and the undergraduate Affiliates of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology -- hosted the 74th annual Intercollegiate Students Chemists' Convention (ISCC) on April 24. This was the eighth time that UD has served as the ISCC host institution since the first meeting was held in 1936.

2:23 p.m., May 4, 2010--Attendees at the University of Delaware's Forum and Reunion Weekend will have the chance to learn more about the benefits of barefoot at "Showcases: Discover UD." The College of Health Sciences (CHS) has invited two pioneers in the barefoot running movement -- Chris McDougall and Ken Bob Saxton -- to do treadmill demonstrations and answer questions.

2:21 p.m., May 4, 2010--Howard B. Johnson, Francis H. Squire Professor of Black American Studies and History, will deliver the final Black American Studies Program brown bag lecture of the semester on Monday, May 10.

12:04 p.m., May 4, 2010--Two University of Delaware undergraduate researchers, Laura Sloofman and Amy Styer, won awards at the Experimental Biology 2010 meeting held April 24-28 in Anaheim, Calif.

9:05 a.m., May 4, 2010--Alison Klaum, a doctoral student in the University of Delaware Department of English, has won two highly competitive fellowships to support her dissertation research, which explores the role of flowers in American life.

8:38 a.m., May 4, 2010--Beau Biden, attorney general for the state of Delaware, will speak on the topic "My Life in Public Service" during a presentation at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, in Mitchell Hall.

7:57 a.m., May 4, 2010--Pedro Sanchez, director of the Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment program, director of the Millennium Villages Project at The Earth Institute at Columbia University and a World Food Prize laureate, will give a talk entitled "Ending Hunger in Africa through Science-Based Policies" at 1 p.m., Friday, May 14, in Room 116 Gore Hall.

3:44 p.m., May 3, 2010--The second issue of "University of Delaware Research" highlights health sciences research at UD, including the growing collaborations of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance, a partnership of UD, Christiana Care Health System, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and Thomas Jefferson University.

3:38 p.m., May 3, 2010--Daniel Lieberman, chair and professor of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, will present a seminar, "The Evolution and Dysevolution of Humans," from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 14, in Room 100 Wolf Hall.

2:26 p.m., May 3, 2010--The University of Delaware Board of Trustees will hold its regular semiannual spring meeting at 3 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant University Center.

2:12 p.m., May 3, 2010--It began in March, involved more than 50 loads of cement, 60 tons of rebar, and one very large crane, but construction of the University of Delaware's 2-megawatt wind turbine is now complete. A time-lapse video of the action is available at the wind turbine website.

1:57 p.m., May 3, 2010--A University of Delaware research laboratory that studies brain cancer has been honored for its work in raising funds for the 3rd annual Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation "Get Your Head in the Game" awareness walk held May 1 in Wilmington.

12:36 p.m., May 3, 2010--Delaware is one of only three states in the country holding 2010 Security Treasure Hunt competitions.

9:53 a.m., May 3, 2010--W. Anthony "Tony" Rivera, a doctoral student in the University of Delaware's Department of Political Science and International Relations, has been selected as a summer research intern at the Argonne National Laboratory, where he will work with various strategic decision-making models of scenarios involving Iran.

8:19 a.m., May 3, 2010--David Martin will deliver his inaugural lecture as Karl W. and Renate Böer Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, "Conjugated Polymers for Directly Interfacing Engineered Devices with Living Tissue," at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, in Room 115 Purnell Hall.

8:04 a.m., May 3, 2010--The University of Delaware's Undergraduate Research Program invites the UD community to attend its 30th anniversary celebration on Friday and Saturday, May 7-8.

12:37 p.m., June 30, 2010--The University of Delaware Research Office announces the following new limited submission funding opportunities. Detailed information and the procedure for submitting a proposal are available at Limited Submissions on the Research website.

3:17 p.m., June 28, 2010---Nominations are invited for the 2011 Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit. The formal announcement and nominating form are available online, and nominations must be received by Sept. 3.

12:56 p.m., June 28, 2010--Allison Altman and Richard Willy, doctoral students in the BIOMS (Biomechanics and Movement Science) Program at the University of Delaware, were recently honored by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Biomechanics Interest Group (BIG).

8:54 a.m., June 28, 2010--Michael Chajes, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal from the University of California, Davis. He was recognized at his alma mater's commencement exercises on June 11.

8:52 a.m., June 28, 2010--Burt Abrams, professor of economics in the University of Delaware's Lerner College of Business and Economics, recently returned from a visiting professorship at Shandong Economic University in Shandong, China.

8:43 a.m., June 28, 2010--Seven Delaware students, young investigators and professionals received national recognition for biomedical research at the third biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), held in Bethesda, Md., June 16-18.

10:32 a.m., June 25, 2010--The Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), a statewide, multi-institutional program funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources (NIH-NCRR), and administered by the University of Delaware, has transitioned to a new leadership team. The announcement was made today by Mark Barteau, UD's senior vice provost for research and strategic initiatives.

2:26 p.m., June 24, 2010--University of Delaware scientist Donald Watson is part of a research team that has discovered an easier method for incorporating fluorine into organic molecules, giving chemists an important new tool in developing materials ranging from new medicines to agricultural chemicals.

11:39 a.m., June 24, 2010--As efforts to stem BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill continue, University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Dean Nancy Targett headed to the White House. Targett visited Vice President Joe Biden's Domestic Policy Advisory Committee Tuesday, June 22, to discuss response to the disaster.

11:30 a.m., June 24, 2010--For University of Delaware students Lindsay Kellum and Stephanie Dobranski, volunteering at the Clarence Fraim Boys and Girls Club in Wilmington became more than just a requirement for class this past school year. It inspired a drive that's giving local children access to more art and school supplies, toys and sports equipment than they had before.

3:46 p.m., June 23, 2010--The Institute of Education Sciences, a research branch of the U.S. Department of Education, has awarded a $10 million grant to University of Delaware Prof. Nancy C. Jordan and her two colleagues at Vanderbilt University and Carnegie Mellon University to fund a five-year research and development center aimed at understanding difficulties students have in math.

3:17 p.m., June 23, 2010--Judy Hough-Goldstein, professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, wanted to educate the next generation about the vital relationship between insects and plants so she allowed students to do their own hands-on research and see the results for themselves.

1:03 p.m., June 23, 2010--University of Delaware communication and political science students have collected a passel of top awards for their TV news documentary about Newark's Chrysler assembly plant, including the latest -- a first place award from the National Federation of Press Women.

9:05 a.m., June 23, 2010--A team of University of Delaware graduate and undergraduate students traveled with their robot Warthog to Detroit from June 4-7 to compete in the 18th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC). Three years after its first entry garnered "rookie of the year" honors, Warthog is now a top competitor.

2:27 p.m., June 22, 2010--The National Federation of Press Women presented 11 awards -- including eight first place awards -- to the University of Delaware in its 2010 NFPW Communications Contest.

9:40 a.m., June 22, 2010--The University of Delaware Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) is part of an industry-academic team that has been awarded $3.8 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research and development office of the U.S. Department of Defense, to demonstrate solar cells that can stand up to battle conditions and environmental extremes.

9:34 a.m., June 22, 2010--Angela J. Anderson, assistant director of federal relations for the State University of New York, has been named director of federal government relations at the University of Delaware effective July 1, it was announced today by Provost Tom Apple.

10:27 a.m., June 21, 2010--Gerald Kauffman, director of the Water Resources Agency (WRA), a unit of the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration (IPA), has been elected to the Scientific Technical Advisory Committee of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

10:11 a.m., June 21, 2010--A paper by a student and faculty member in the University of Delaware Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management was judged best paper in the student track at the 39th Western Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting held in April in Lake Tahoe.

8:43 a.m., June 21, 2010--The University of Delaware Library will present a workshop for University of Delaware faculty, staff, and researchers on research funding from 10-11:30 a.m., Thursday, July 8.

2:57 p.m., June 18, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff and students.

2:42 p.m., June 18, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

1:59 p.m., June 18, 2010--The internal University of Delaware deadline for the 2011 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend applications is Sept. 1. The deadline for final proposal submission to NEH is Sept. 30.

11:18 a.m., June 18, 2010--Artifacts of material culture -- from a simple 19th century stablehand's jacket to an intricate 15th century marble statue -- all have stories to tell about the history and culture of an earlier time. The tools used to coax the stories from these objects have become increasingly high-tech over the past decade, forging an unusual but fruitful marriage between art and science.

10:44 a.m., June 18, 2010--David Suisman, assistant professor of history at the University of Delaware, has won the annual Hagley Prize, awarded to the best new book in business history, for his pioneering study "Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music".

8:09 a.m., June 18, 2010--This summer, Donald Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair in Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware and director of the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN), will receive the Liebig Award from the International Union of Soil Sciences for outstanding contributions in soil science research that contribute to new discoveries, techniques, inventions, and materials related to soils and the environment.

8:02 a.m., June 18, 2010--From improving the safety of your seafood to gathering data that informs the development of offshore wind energy, Delaware Sea Grant is at the forefront of research, education and outreach.

1:27 p.m., June 17, 2010--Researchers at the four Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) institutions -- the University of Delaware, Thomas Jefferson University, Christiana Care, and Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children -- are invited to submit applications for pilot grants in basic or translational biomedical research. The five-page applications are due Monday, Aug. 16.

1:11 p.m., June 17, 2010--Buffalo, Las Vegas, Pasadena, Hartford, or Topeka -- all of the 100,000-120,000 cars in any one of these cities could have been fueled for a year by the oil from the "Deepwater Horizon" spill as of June 17, day 59 of the catastrophe. See the full list of U.S. cities and counties on Prof. James J. Corbett's website at the University of Delaware.

8:13 a.m., June 17, 2010--Published this spring, "Accomplished Teachers, Institutional Perspectives" is a book that discusses the value and utility of the "National Board for Professional Teaching Standards" (NBPTS) from the perspectives of policymakers, administrators and practitioners in the field of education.

10:07 a.m., June 16, 2010--L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin, librarian in the Special Collections Department of the University of Delaware Library, was awarded the Waldo Gifford Leland Award by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) for "An American Political Archives Reader".

11:44 a.m., June 15, 2010--The University of Delaware and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced they will collaborate on offshore wind research and work to facilitate the testing of commercial wind turbines off the Delaware coast.

9:55 a.m., June 15, 2010--By day 57 (June 15), if all the oil from the "Deepwater Horizon" spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 68,000 cars, and 6,100 trucks, and 3,100 ships for a full year, according to University of Delaware Prof. James J. Corbett, who updates the numbers daily on his website.

9:44 a.m., June 15, 2010--The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Science Education Program at the University of Delaware sponsored the fourth in an annual series of national conferences on undergraduate quantitative biology education from June 9-11 at Clayton Hall.

3:30 p.m., June 11, 2010--The Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) (www.dbi.udel.edu) hosted its third Research Symposium at the end of May, to highlight the research being carried out by doctoral students and postdoctoral scientists.

2:18 p.m., June 11, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

11:01 a.m., June 11, 2010--Matthew Brink has been named director of the University of Delaware's Bank of America Career Services Center, it was announced June 2 by Dawn Thompson, UD dean of students and associate vice president for student life.

10:42 a.m., June 11, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff and students.

10:11 a.m., June 11, 2010--Like most of us, Dom Di Toro cringes when he sees photos of oil-slicked pelicans in the Gulf of Mexico and tar balls in the sugary sand along the shoreline. But he is just as worried about what he "can't" see -- the toxic effects of oil on the water and sediment environments.

2:04 p.m., June 10, 2010--Three University of Delaware graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources -- Laura Nemec, master's student in animal science; Zachary Ladin, master's student in entomology and wildlife ecology; and Meredith Biedryczki, doctoral student in plant science -- have been awarded the William J. Benton Graduate Student Award.

10:12 a.m., June 10, 2010--A University of Delaware alumnus is gaining national attention for a thoughtful and timely book on the financial crisis.

10:10 a.m., June 10, 2010--Lawrence Nees, Jr., professor of art history at the University of Delaware, has been selected as Allen W. Clowes Fellow and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the National Humanities Center for the 2010-11 academic year.

2:33 p.m., June 9, 2010--Reinhold Steinbeck, learning designer and international educational development specialist from Stanford University, opened this year's Summer Faculty Institute at the University of Delaware on June 1. Steinbeck presented his keynote address, "Design Thinking as a Learning Process: Building Innovation Capacity and Creative Competence within a Global Context," to an audience of approximately 100.

2:07 p.m., June 9, 2010--As of today (June 9), if all the oil from the "Deepwater Horizon" spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 38,000 cars, and 3,400 trucks, and 1,800 ships for a full year, according to University of Delaware Prof. James J. Corbett. That's based on the estimated spill rate of 19,000 barrels of oil per day.

1:47 p.m., June 9, 2010--Peter Lindtner received the first Dean's Alumni Award for Service to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Delaware's Forum & Reunion weekend on June 4.

9:26 a.m., June 9, 2010--After serving as acting director of the University of Delaware's School of Education for two years, Kathleen Minke will be leaving the position, effective July 1, in order to fulfill her commitment to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) as president of the organization.

2:55 p.m., June 8, 2010--June 6 marked the 40th anniversary of the founding of what today is the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) at the University of Delaware. Originally with roots in marine studies, the college has expanded its research and teaching expertise over four decades to include the full realm of earth, ocean, and atmospheric systems.

2:46 p.m., June 8, 2010--The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company has donated $5 million in an unrestricted gift to the University of Delaware Initiative Fund. The gift will be used for the University's highest priority projects at the discretion of the administration.

11:24 a.m., June 8, 2010--Researchers in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware have developed a method to mitigate oil spills using chicken feather fibers. Prof. Richard Wool has discovered that when the fibers are cut to an optimal size, surface tension forces drive them to form self-assembled percolating networks that attract and trap oil spilled on a water surface.

9:52 a.m., June 8, 2010--The University of Delaware's College of Arts and Sciences honored two of its graduates at Forum and Reunion Weekend with the college's newly established Alumni Achievement Awards.

9:46 a.m., June 8, 2010--Three University of Delaware alumni from the Lerner College of Business and Economics received the college's prestigious 2010 Alumni Awards of Excellence during a reception and awards ceremony as part of UD's Forum & Reunion Weekend on Friday, June 4.

8:13 a.m., June 8, 2010--The University of Delaware Library will offer a new online workshop on the topic of "Grants for Nonprofit Organizations." This new workshop will be held within the online environment of Second Life from 2-3 p.m., Wednesday, June 23.

4:37 p.m., June 7, 2010--University of Delaware President Patrick Harker met with alumni at Forum and Reunion Weekend on Saturday morning, June 5, in a town hall-style program titled "A Vision of Excellence."

4:36 p.m., June 7, 2010--As part of the Forum & Reunion Weekend, 10 University of Delaware graduates were recognized for their outstanding professional and public service achievements by being inducted into the University Alumni Association Wall of Fame.

4:35 p.m., June 7, 2010--Nearly 3,000 alumni, faculty, family, friends and future Blue Hens flocked to the University of Delaware this weekend for the second annual Forum and Reunion Weekend.

4:01 p.m., June 7, 2010--Karl Steiner, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been appointed senior associate provost for research development in the University of Delaware Research Office. The announcement was made today by Mark Barteau, senior vice provost for research and strategic initiatives.

3:46 p.m., June 7, 2010--Kenneth P. Miller, professor and director of the School of Nursing in the University of Delaware's College of Health Sciences, has accepted a position as associate dean for administration in the School of Nursing at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C.

1:47 p.m., June 7, 2010--Three teams of elementary and high school students who picked stocks that gained value during a 10-week period in spring 2010 were honored at an awards reception on Tuesday, June 1, at the University of Delaware's Newark campus.

1:12 p.m., June 7, 2010--The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center, were recently awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to establish a nonpartisan expert group to study the roles of boards of directors in corporate governance and generate a report containing findings and recommendations on board practices.

3 p.m., June 4, 2010--As efforts to stem oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico continue, the U.S. government has hosted two science summits to address and coordinate the federal response to the spill. The Consortium for Ocean Leadership convened a third meeting at Louisiana State University June 3 in Baton Rouge, La., and the University of Delaware took part.

2:54 p.m., June 4, 2010--The University of Delaware Honors Program, which provides enhanced educational opportunities for exceptional students, held its annual Honors Degree Medal ceremony on Friday, May 28, in the Trabant University Center.

1:43 p.m., June 4, 2010--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff and students.

12:39 p.m., June 4, 2010--Tsu-Wei Chou, Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering at the University of Delaware, recently delivered two talks at the University of Limerick in Ireland as part of the Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI) Distinguished Lecture Series.

12:33 p.m., June 4, 2010--Greg Shriver, assistant professor of wildlife ecology in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology and research scientist with the Center for Managed Ecosystems at the University of Delaware, is collaborating with the U.S. Forest Service to continue work on a project that focuses on assessing the conditions of urban forests and explores ways in which to improve those conditions.

12:02 p.m., June 4, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

3:08 p.m., June 3, 2010--The University of Delaware has received a $1 million endowment gift from The Bernard Osher Foundation for lifelong learning programs offered through the Division of Professional and Continuing Studies. Within the next year, a second $1 million gift will be awarded.

12:49 p.m., June 3, 2010--University of Delaware School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy graduate students Robert Coons and Sarah Logrieco were invited to participate in a session entitled "Study Abroad for Graduate Students: Combining Teaching and Research in a Cross Cultural Course in Public Administration and Public Policy" at the 18th NISPAcee (Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe) Annual Conference held in Warsaw in mid-May.

10:29 a.m., June 3, 2010--The University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment has "joined efforts" to track the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

10:05 a.m., June 3, 2010--The "University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool's" 75th anniversary year culminated on May 22 with two events celebrating the school's history as a leader in promoting play as an appropriate and effective learning strategy for young children.

9:27 a.m., June 3, 2010--The Delaware Aerospace Academy will hold day and residence programs at the University of Delaware and at the Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation Environmental Outpost in Smyrna.

8:26 a.m., June 3, 2010--As technology continually advances, increased emphasis is being placed on innovation and knowledge-based businesses.

4 p.m., June 2, 2010--Deborah Bieler, assistant professor of English, received the E. Arthur Trabant Award for Women's Equity at a luncheon on May 24.

2:49 p.m., June 2, 2010--Barbara Roles-Williams, 1960 Olympic bronze medalist in figure skating and a coach at the University of Delaware's Ice Skating Science Development Center, was inducted into the Professional Skaters Association Hall of Fame during the organization's national conference held last week in Colorado Springs, Colo.

12:48 p.m., June 2, 2010--University of Delaware student Meghan Wallace, a rising senior majoring in political science and women's studies, will attend the 2010 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders June 3-5.

2:41 p.m., June 1, 2010--University of Delaware Cooperative Extension received a $5,000 grant from the Fund for Women of the Delaware Community Foundation. The grant was distributed at the fund's annual awards program, held in late May at the Deerfield Country Club in Newark.

12:51 p.m., June 1, 2010--Over 100 million people in rural southern Asia are exposed every day to unsafe levels of arsenic from the well-water they drink. It more than doubles their risks for cancer, causes cardiovascular disease, and inhibits the mental development of children, among other serious effects.

9:50 a.m., June 1, 2010--The recently discovered letter (http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/dec/jefferson120309.html) from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Joseph Bringhurst will be on view at the University of Delaware Library from noon-4 p.m., Saturday, June 5.

8:51 a.m., June 1, 2010--As of June 1, all UD undergraduate email accounts have been moved to Gmail at Google Apps @UDel.edu.

11:48 a.m., July 30, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

4:20 p.m., July 29, 2010--A large orange tub sits in the doorway of the conference room, overflowing with black plastic fly swatters, white plastic tubes, and jump ropes in every color on the spectrum from light purple to bright yellow.

4:09 p.m., July 29, 2010--The University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies will hold an emergency preparedness forum for individuals with disabilities, family members and professionals at four separate locations throughout Delaware on Aug. 11-12.

1 p.m., July 29, 2010--With the University of Delaware's recent ranking as one of the top 100 universities in federal obligations for science and engineering, the UD Research Office continues to enhance its efforts to provide the best practices and programs to aid investigators in the search for sponsored funding.

12:53 p.m., July 29, 2010--The University of Delaware School of Marine Science and Policy's popular Ocean Currents Lecture Series continues in August with a talk on offshore wind energy.

9:05 a.m., July 29, 2010--A faculty member and four alumni of the University of Delaware School of Nursing (SON) recently won five of seven Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice Awards.

12:10 p.m., July 28, 2010--he projects in which I have participated highlight the many facets of a conservator's job. Museum conservators must integrate their primary role of caring for and maintaining a collection with other goals of the organization such as education, public outreach and collection expansion.

12:07 p.m., July 28, 2010--I was thrilled to attend the University of Delaware's Public Engagement in Material Culture Institute (PEMCI). The intensive, two-week institute provided me with guidance in ways to reach out to the public about my research on plastics and their degradation.

12:04 p.m., July 28, 2010---This summer, I am interning in the Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

12:02 p.m., July 28, 2010---I arrived at Colonial Williamsburg in the beginning of June to spend time in the paper conservation lab working on their study collection of wallpaper fragments. One of my first projects dealt with two fragments from a house in Charleston.

12 p.m., July 28, 2010--Doris Duke, the famous heiress, developed a passion for Islamic art and architecture during a honeymoon trip around the world. One of her last stops was Honolulu, Hawaii, where she decided to design and construct a home inspired by the art she loved. She called it Shangri La, and later in life, decided that her house would become a public museum to showcase her collection of Islamic art.

11:56 a.m., July 28, 2010--This summer, I am interning in the Costume and Textile Conservation lab at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, under the direction of textile conservator Sara Reiter. During my time here, I am fortunate to be getting a taste of the varied activities that occur in the conservation lab of a large museum -- a new and exciting opportunity for me.

11:54 a.m., July 28, 2010--My interests lie in the preservation of photographs and modern and contemporary art. This summer, I was awarded funding to attend international conferences held in the Netherlands that addressed pressing issues on the conservation of contemporary art, and education of contemporary art conservators. Topics such as how to preserve the immateriality of installation art, and the complexities of conserving time-based media art, were discussed.

11:51 a.m., July 28, 2010--This summer I am working in the conservation lab at the archaeological site of Poggio Colla in the Mugello Valley of Tuscany, Italy. Poggio Colla has been annually excavated for the past 17 seasons by Southern Methodist University, Franklin and Marshall College and the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

11:48 a.m., July 28, 2010--President James Monroe needs a bath-and I'm the one filling the tub. This summer, I'm treating prints and drawings from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in the paper lab of the Lunder Conservation Center.

11:46 a.m., July 28, 2010--I am spending eight weeks as an intern in the Department for Research and Conservation of Historic Interiors at the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Maastricth, the Netherlands. SRAL's mission is to preserve cultural heritage sites and materials in the province of Limburg, and their state-of-the-art atelier is located in the beautiful city of Maastricht at the southernmost tip of the Netherlands.

11:35 a.m., July 28, 2010--This summer I traveled to London to work with David Thickett, conservation scientist at English Heritage. English Heritage is the British government's principal adviser on the historic environment, and oversees the preservation of over 400 sites in the UK, including Dover Castle, Housestead's Fort on Hadrian's Wall, and Stonehenge.

11:30 a.m., July 28, 2010--I have been interning at the Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts (WCCFA), a private practice located in Denver's Santa Fe Arts District, just south of downtown Denver, Colo.

11:27 a.m., July 28, 2010--his summer, I am interning at the C.C. von Waldthausen Fotorestauratie Atelier in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is a busy private-practice lab that serves a great diversity of clients from large fine art museums, to corporate photograph collections, small historical societies, and some private collectors.

11:23 a.m., July 28, 2010--Hidden in the small, remote town of Yixian in Liaoning Province is one of China's great cultural treasures: the Giant Buddha Temple called Fengguosi. Built between the 11th and 12th centuries during the Liao Dynasty, the temple is a uniquely ancient example of traditional Chinese wooden architecture.

11:18 a.m., July 28, 2010--My summer work project is at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas. I am working with conservator John Campbell and pre-program intern Nicole Berastequi. The Nasher Sculpture Center has a collection of around 300 works of modern sculpture, many considered masterworks.

11:15 a.m., July 28, 2010--I am spending my summer in the great American city of Boston while interning at Paul Messier LLC, a private practice conservation studio specializing in photographic materials and works on paper.

11:13 a.m., July 28, 2010--This summer I am working with three very large, early Italian panel paintings at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. The Walters has one of the largest collections of Italian paintings in the United States including works by Giovanni di Paolo, Veronese, Guido Reni and Tiepolo.

11:04 a.m., July 28, 2010--This summer, I joined the American School of Classical Studies conservation team at the Athenian Agora Excavations. This archaeological site is best known as the marketplace of Classical Athens, the foremost city-state in Greece during the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.

10:57 a.m., July 28, 2010--"President James Monroe needs a bath -- and I'm the one filling the tub," writes Renee Wolcott, a University of Delaware master's student in art conservation.

1:04 p.m., July 26, 2010--Athletes aren't the only ones who know something about the agony of defeat. Vegetable gardeners do, too. Just ask Mike Popovich.

12:57 p.m., July 26, 2010--Seven highly motivated doctoral students from a range of disciplines dedicated a week of their summer, July 19-23, to participating in the Putting Your Ph.D. to Work: Academic Career Preparation Summer Institute, co-sponsored by the University of Delaware's Office of Graduate and Professional Education, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Bank of America Career Services Center.

9:30 a.m., July 26, 2010--A Nurse Managed Health Center (NMHC) will open on the University of Delaware campus on Monday, Aug. 2, to provide follow-up care for employees who have been injured on the job and to administer job-required physical exams and health screening for employees.

9:26 a.m., July 26, 2010--"Useful and Beautiful: The Transatlantic Arts of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites" will be the subject of a conference and related exhibitions to be held on Oct. 7-9 at the University of Delaware and at the Delaware Art Museum and the Winterthur Museum and Country Estate.

9:08 a.m., July 26, 2010--The University of Delaware is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey released July 26 by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

9:13 a.m., July 23, 2010--The University of Delaware produces an impressive return on investment for its students, according to a recent study conducted by PayScale, a market leader in global online compensation data.

9:02 a.m., July 23, 2010--UD in the News provides a roundup of recent news items about the University of Delaware, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

8:51 a.m., July 23, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces the availability of a new electronic resource, African Newspapers.

12:56 p.m., July 21, 2010--The University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) has announced the formation of a Dean's Advisory Council. The group's mission is to provide advice regarding the achievement of strategic objectives and to help garner resources needed to meet college goals.

8:07 a.m., July 21, 2010--The University of Delaware will hold its first Undergraduate Research and Service Celebratory Symposium on Wednesday, Aug. 11, in Clayton Hall.

8:02 a.m., July 21, 2010--The University of Delaware will hold a question and answer session about its Hugh R. Sharp Campus wind turbine in Lewes at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug 12.

7:51 a.m., July 21, 2010--The latest edition of the Delaware Sea Grant College Program and University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) e-newsletter At Sea is now available.

11:39 a.m., July 20, 2010--This summer five undergraduate students are conducting research with faculty mentors in the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), experiencing the challenges and rewards of what a graduate education at UD might be like.

2:25 p.m., July 19, 2010--Eighteen Middle Eastern and North African undergraduate student leaders from 14 countries are learning about contemporary American life this summer through a five-week program now under way at the University of Delaware.

1:13 p.m., July 19, 2010--Seven of the eight 2010 University of Delaware athletic training graduates who sat for the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) certification exam have passed on the first try.

8:58 a.m., July 19, 2010--The University of Delaware Library announces the availability of two new electronic resources, the U. S. Congressional Serial Set and American State Papers.