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  • Kappa Omicron Nu Initiation Ceremony

    March 19, 2021

    On Thursday, March 18th The College of Education and Human Development participated in the Kappa Omicron Nu National Initiation Ceremony to initiate a select group of students into the Omicron Alpha Upsilon chapter. Kappa Omicron Nu is the official nat …

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  • Race and Culture Series: Reducing health disparities: What health systems are doing and why we need you too

    February 9, 2021

    Wednesday, March 10th 3:30 p.m.  – 4:30 p.m. For this presentation Alicia L. Salvatore seeks to discuss the reducing health disparities: What health systems are doing and why we need you too. More than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid to bare wides …

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    Global Research Series featuring Susan A. McDaniel, Ph.D., FRSC, University of Victoria

    January 28, 2021

    Please join us for Susan A. McDaniel’s presentation on Families and Care Labour: Reconfiguring Welfare State Regimes Globally. Tuesday, February 23rd from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. For more information, please email Sarah Yarrusso at syarr@udel.edu   …

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  • SOLUTIONS FOR WILMINGTON SCHOOLS

    SOLUTIONS FOR WILMINGTON SCHOOLS

    December 14, 2020

    Education 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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  • Fighting Coronavirus Misinformation

    Fighting Coronavirus Misinformation

    November 9, 2020

    New 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, 2020

    UD 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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  • Global Research Series featuring Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan

    Global Research Series featuring Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan

    September 28, 2020

    Please join us on Wednesday, November 4th, 3:00-4:30p.m. to see one of HDFS visiting scholars from Seinan Gakuin University, participate in a Virtual Research Presentation. Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. will be presenting “Ways of Improving Quality of Early Child …

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    Race and Culture Series: Unlocking the Gateway to Understanding Community Violence

    September 9, 2020

    Monday, October 12, 2020 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. For this presentation, Nadisha seeks to discuss how community violence exposure impacts the mental health outcomes among African American youth in Urban Contexts. Come learn and join a discussion on the need fo …

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  • Listening To Black Girls In Delaware

    August 19, 2020

    UD researcher surveying Black girls to help reduce disparities A University of Delaware researcher is surveying the experiences of Black girls in Delaware to better understand their lives and help community advocates develop targeted interventions to r …

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  • Breaking Down Stigma

    April 2, 2020

    HDFS Professor Valerie Earnshaw honored for HIV stigma research Stigma creates barriers that stifle the health and well-being of marginalized communities. Social stigma toward people struggling with substance use disorders (SUDs) has hindered the respo …

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