Human Development and Family Sciences
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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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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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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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HRA Speaker Series Event
October 14, 2024Please join us for our first HRA Speaker Series event featuring, CEHD HR Generalist, Staci Lewis. This session will be held on Friday, Oct. 25th from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Zoom Information: https://udel.zoom.us/j/97911953370
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New Appointments in the Provost’s Office
September 12, 2024Buell, Chajes named to roles in faculty affairs and undergraduate education July 15, 2024 Two longtime members of the University of Delaware faculty will assume new positions within the Office of the Provost, President Dennis Assanis and Provost Laura …
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