Human Development and Family Sciences
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Championing student speech
June 17, 2025UD alumnus’s career as speech-language pathologist inspired by his sister, shaped by UD For University of Delaware alumnus Jon Tressler, the inspiration behind his career as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) has always been close to home — his younge …
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Celebrating UD’s newest doctors
May 28, 2025Doctoral Hooding Ceremony recognizes study, sacrifice and perseverance Alexis Omar’s father, aunt and grandfather all earned University of Delaware degrees, so Blue Hen pride was instilled in her at a young age and reinforced throughout her youth. Visi …
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Rethinking Food Systems
May 22, 2025Sustainable food systems major Evyn Appel bridges the gap between agriculture, policy and food access to create a more sustainable and equitable food system Many students seeking careers in agriculture grew up on or near a farm, but for Evyn Appel, a s …
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Leaders in Student Government
May 13, 2025Two Human Development and Family Sciences students represent their peers in UD’s undergraduate and graduate student government associations Next academic year, Amy Gordon and Stephanie Kuntz, two outstanding students in the College of Education and Hum …
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Research Spotlight: Jennifer Gallo-Fox and Dorit Radnai-Griffin
May 13, 2025UD Associate Professor Jennifer Gallo-Fox, Lab School Director Dorit Radnai-Griffin and their co-authors show how laboratory schools respond to challenges in early childhood education More than 100 years ago, laboratory schools—like University o …
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Register for the Summer Institute on Teaching 2025
May 13, 2025SIT is going back to the basics, with more than 25 sessions over two days. The Summer Institute on Teaching (SIT) is an intensive and celebratory multi-day event that brings together educators from across the University of Delaware to build and strengt …
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Treble makers in perfect harmony
May 8, 2025UD’s rich a cappella community makes campus life feel like home for students Ed Yu was no stranger to applause. As a theater kid, he’d taken bows and heard audiences clapping, but he wasn’t prepared for the experience of auditioning for the YChromes, t …
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HRA Speaker Series Event featuring Amanda Novak
November 4, 2024Please join is for the November Speaker Series Event Featuring Amanda Novak Thursday, November 14th from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Alison 220 Amanda Novak is the Chief People Officer at The Tri-M Group, LLC, where she leads the company’s people strategy, foste …
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President’s Student Advisory Council
November 4, 2024Panel to provide perspective and recommendations on UD topics November 4, 2024 Now in its third year, the President’s Student Advisory Council has begun meeting with President Dennis Assanis and other administrators to offer their views and recommendat …
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Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth
November 4, 2024Assistant Professor Eric Layland and doctoral student Mohammad Mousavi share new research and strategies for supporting the coming out process October 11, 2024 In honor of National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, University of Delaware researchers are shedd …
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