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Graduate Program Recruitment Events (Fall 2019) Are you considering graduate school to help advance your career? The University of Delaware is recognized in many higher education rankings, reflecting its prominence as a research-intensive, technologica …

Colleen Mueller and Khadi Jackson shine a light on substance abuse recovery residences Colleen Mueller is a University of Delaware senior from Old Lyme, Connecticut who is majoring in human services with a concentration in clinical services. Khadi Jack …

UD’s College of Education and Human Development welcomes new dean, Gary T. Henry A renowned researcher in the field of education, Gary T. Henry is the new dean of University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development and Professor in the …

Innovative reading and writing program developed at UD impressing teachers Not that long ago, some of Delaware’s lowest-performing schools could be found in the neighboring school districts of Seaford and Laurel, both of which serve rural, high-poverty …

For the past two summers, a select group of Delaware high school students, primarily from underrepresented backgrounds, spent two weeks on the University of Delaware campus, as part of the new Teachers of Tomorrow (TOT) program. This program, developed …

Innovative reading and writing curriculum for K-5 teachers In hundreds of elementary schools across the nation, over 40,000 students are learning to read and write using a curriculum developed by Sharon Walpole, professor in the School of Education at …

Book authored by alumna Samantha Leonard sheds light on how predators “groom” victims. As a survivor of childhood sexual assault, University of Delaware alumna Samantha Leonard knows that sexual predators are methodical about targeting and manipulating …

Delaware school districts nominate CEHD alumni for the state teacher of the year. Three alumni and one graduate student from the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development have been named as finalists for the 2020 State Teacher …

This Woman is On a Mission to Turn Beer into Food August 23, 2019 Food insecurity isn’t uncommon in America. Allison Karpyn says that one in six people in America don’t have enough food for a healthy lifestyle and it affects children most. She says tha …

Have you ever learned something new only to realize that it’s caused you to forget something old? You’re not alone, said Charles Hohensee, associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. The phenomenon, known as “backward …