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KON Networking Event
April 6, 2022Please join us on May 3, 2022, for the first annual Kappa Omicron Nu Networking Event! Time of Event: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Location: The Green Lawn between Alison Hall and Morris Library Refreshments will be served! Please click here to register for t …
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Professional Development Series: Controlling for Contamination in Child Maltreatment Studies
October 18, 2021Controlling for Contamination in Child Maltreatment Studies Please join us on Monday, November 15th at 3:00 p.m., to hear Dr. Shores discuss a recently funded NSF project to study the effects of and methods for controlling contamination in prospective …
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CRSEA Conference
September 7, 2021CRSEA Conference Critical Race Studies in Education Association October 27 – October 29, 2021 Please visit www.CRSEA.org to register for this conference.
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Demystifying Critical Race Theory: Reflections from within the field of Social Sciences
September 7, 2021Thursday, September 30, 2021 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. For this presentation, HDFS professor, Mellissa S. Gordon, seeks to discuss that Critical Race theory (CRT) is experiencing “a moment” – touching all areas of American life, including in the academy, in soc …
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Humanizing Research
March 23, 2021HUMANIZING RESEARCH New podcast produced by the UD Stigma and Health Inequities Lab interviews scientists about their research It’s more important than ever for scientists to clearly yet casually communicate their research to the general public, sugges …
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SOLUTIONS FOR WILMINGTON SCHOOLS
December 14, 2020Education and policy specialists from UD support commission to improve schooling in Delaware’s largest city On a chilly autumn night last November, a diverse group of educators, policy makers, researchers and community leaders gathered to discuss one o …
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Tia Barnes Featured in WalletHub
December 7, 2020Recent data suggests that Americans are doubling down on their worst habits (e.g., unnecessary spending, excessive drinking, and eating, binge-watching, etc.) to cope with the stress of the current crisis. What are some strategies that might help peopl …
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Fighting Coronavirus Misinformation
November 9, 2020New studies offer suggestions for combatting conspiracy theories, stereotypes The World Health Organization calls the spread of false information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) an “infodemic,” and the results are broadly visible across society. The r …
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Housing as a Human Right
October 5, 2020UD professor shares her work on the U.S. affordable housing crisis Lack of affordable housing is a crisis both nationally and in the state of Delaware, where there are currently only 24 affordable rentals for every 100 extremely low income (ELI) renter …
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Managing The Stress of Being A Working Parent
September 8, 2020Every working parents (or grandparent) has been there, done that. Trying to balance a career while raising a family can be difficult. Throw a pandemic on top of that and it seems like the stress, the grind, and the guilt…just adds up. This is uncharted …
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