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  • Research Colloquium

    September 4, 2019

    UDisclose: Supporting disclosure decisions among Delawareans in recovery from substance use disorders Friday, September 20th from 3:00 – 5:00 pm, in 220 Alison Hall Reception with refreshments immediately following the seminar RSVP syarr@udel.edu Descr …

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  • Independence Day For People With Disabilities…Or Not

    Independence Day For People With Disabilities…Or Not

    July 11, 2019

    Professor Steven Eidelman outlines why ‘interdependence’ is a more worthwhile pursuit than ‘independence’…for all people. July 4th is upon us. Independence Day. We celebrate America’s signing of the Declaration of Independence. The official beginning o …

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  • Honored with the 2019 Excellence in Teaching Awards are, from left, Rob Palkovitz, William Lewis, Jack Puleo and Flora Poindexter

    Celebrating Excellent Teaching and Advising

    May 22, 2019

    Faculty and graduate students recognized for excellence in teaching and advising Four members of the University of Delaware faculty have been recognized for outstanding work in teaching and two for excellence in advisement and mentoring. In addition, f …

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  • Valerie Earnshaw

    UD’s Valerie Earnshaw Honored Nationally for Research on HIV Stigma

    April 5, 2019

    She interviewed him at the methadone clinic. He had HIV and a heroin use disorder. Valerie Earnshaw, a professor at the University of Delaware, was in graduate school at the time, gathering data for her psychology research. What he told her will stay w …

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  • Roderick Carey,

    Reframing the Problem

    March 13, 2019

    The challenges facing Black and Latino boys as they move through the education system are daunting, said Roderick Carey, assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) at the University of Delaware. It’s not just …

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  • Bahira Sherif Trask teaching during her Diversity and Families class at UD

    Teacher and Global Leader

    December 5, 2018

    Prof. Bahira Trask helps the United Nations and UD students understand family challenges Bahira Trask is a professor and chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS), and the author and editor of five books and countless acad …

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  • Drs. Earnshaw and Barnes looking at bullying based on stigma

    Drs. Earnshaw and Barnes looking at bullying based on stigma

    March 8, 2018

    Dr. Valerie Earnshaw and Dr. Tia Barnes have published a study in Developmental Review looking bullying based on stigmatized characteristics such as gender, sexual orientation, race, disabilities, etc. Recently, there has been an increase in stigma-bas …

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  • In Memoriam: Catherine ‘Kitty’ Bieber

    In Memoriam: Catherine ‘Kitty’ Bieber

    February 15, 2018

    Catherine “Kitty” Bieber, former associate dean of the College of Human Resources (now the College of Education and Human Development) and associate professor of home economics education (a prior academic area of Human Development and Family Sciences), …

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  • Drs. Barnes and Johnson receive grant to study culturally responsive teaching

    Drs. Barnes and Johnson receive grant to study culturally responsive teaching

    January 22, 2018

    Assistant professors Dr. Tia N. Barnes and Dr. Bridgette Johnson have been awarded a University of Delaware grant to support their study, “Examining the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, and Teacher Candidate’s Self-Ef …

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  • Newark Post features Lab School’s nature-based preschool

    Newark Post features Lab School’s nature-based preschool

    October 6, 2017

    The Laboratory Preschool’s nature-based classroom is in full swing this semester, with students connecting with nature and practicing “healthy-risk taking.” This program is believed to be the first nature-based education program in Delaware. The Newark …

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