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Dr. Bahira Trask discusses international issues of aging on Boomer Generation Radio
October 14, 2014On October 14, 2014 Dr. Trask discussed international issues of aging on Boomer Generation Radio. A podcast recording of this edition can be accessed on the Jewish Sacred Aging website. The first half of the episode features Krista McKay of the Delawar …
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Steven M. Eidelman featured in study of Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities
October 8, 2014WalletHub released 2014’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities. The study analyzed conditions in cities across the United States, and featured comments from a panel of experts including Professor Eidelman. To review WalletHub’s findings …
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Dr. Trask selected to participate in the White House Summit on Working Families
September 12, 2014The White House Council on Women and Girls, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Center for American Progress hosted a Summit on Working Families on June 23, 2014, that focused on how to re-fashion the American workplace. Read more in the September 12 …
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Recognition of Staci Perlman
April 25, 2014Staci Perlman, assistant professor, was presented with a citation from the City Council of Philadelphia in April for her work on behalf of children and families experiencing homelessness. Read UDaily’s For the Record to learn more about this recognitio …
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Dr. Bahira Trask’s recent book and research
April 1, 2014Dr. Trask, Professor and Associate Chair, explores the life-work balance of women around the world in her recent book. Read the UD Messenger to learn more.
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Dr. Bahira Trask at the United Nations
February 11, 2014On Feb. 14, Dr. Bahira Trask will present “Perspectives on Work-Family Balance and Global Transformations” during a United Nations panel discussion on Global Perspectives on Family Well-Being: Work-Family and Intergenerational Issues Reconsidered. UDai …
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Dr. Bahira Trask
December 6, 2013Bahira Sherif Trask, professor of human development and family studies, has written a book, Women, Work, and Globalization. The book explores women’s gender roles as they participate in the global labor market and discusses global initiatives that assi …
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Steven Eidelman at The Kennedy Forum
November 21, 2013Steven M. Eidelman, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership, was invited to speak at The Kennedy Forum during the plenary panel, examining how President Kennedy’s initiative helped serve people with mental disabilities and how …
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Staci Perlman reports on scope of childhood homelessness
November 18, 2013Staci Perlman, assistant professor, works in West Philadelphia to examine the extent of homelessness in children and build evidence for parenting interventions targeting mothers of young children experiencing homelessness and for exploration of prenata …
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Staci Perlman
November 18, 2013Staci Perlman, assistant professor in the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development, has partnered with Joe Willard, vice president of policy at the People’s Emergency Center in West Philadelphia, to examine the extent of home …
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