Human Development and Family Sciences
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Purpose Matters
February 12, 2026Research from UD Assistant Professor Heather Farmer shows that purpose in life can protect cognitive function January 27, 2026 New Year’s resolutions, like drinking more water or getting more exercise, aren’t the only ways to bolster health and well-be …
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Changing the Stories of Substance Use
February 12, 2026Recent UD master’s graduate collaborates with a community nonprofit fighting substance use disorder January 7, 2026 Dan Sweeney has watched family members struggle with substance use and addiction, and is in recovery himself, so he knows that these wat …
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Building Connections and Community
January 11, 2026Doctoral student supports youth with foster care experience, drawing on personal experience and strengths of UD’s program December 16, 2025 As a young person with experience in the foster care system, University of Delaware graduate student William Woe …
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Serving Students Who are Homeless
January 11, 2026Associate Professor Ann M. Aviles shares guidance for supporting students experiencing homelessness December 18, 2025 During the 2022-23 school year, the state of Delaware identified more than 4,400 students who lack a fixed, regular and adequate night …
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Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Youth
October 21, 2025Assistant Professors Eric Layland and Brittany Zakszeski share guidance for parents, teachers and school leaders October 10, 2025 During adolescence—a period defined by rapid physical, emotional and social development—LGBTQ+ youth often grapple with th …
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Research Spotlight: Eric Layland
October 21, 2025Assistant Professor Eric Layland finds elevated mental health symptoms and underage substance use among Delaware LGBT+ youth October 10, 2025 National Coming Out Day continues to be a reminder that LGBTQ+ individuals make a brave decision to disclose t …
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Whitaker and Kunjapur named Gerard J. Mangone Young Scholars
September 29, 2025Young, promising scholars recognized for their outstanding research September 18, 2025 From the tiniest microbes to the earliest years of human life, Aditya Kunjapur, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Anamarie Whitaker, …
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Swimming with Sharks
June 30, 2025Wading in the creek behind University of Delaware’s The College School, elementary students laughed and cheered as they met a challenge their teacher Laurie Drumm posed only a few months prior: build a robot that travels through water, mimics the chara …
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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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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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