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With the start of the 2025-2026 academic year, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) is pleased to announce new leadership in its Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS). Beginning on August 16, Jason Hustedt, professor and interim chair of HDFS, began his term …

With the help of warm afternoon sun and a late-summer breeze, University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) welcomed its faculty back to campus with a college-wide barbeque on August 27. Set at the Early Learning Center (ELC), the outdoor event gave faculty and staff the opportunity …

Representing every inhabited continent on the globe, more than 400 scholars gathered in the University of Delaware’s Trabant University Center for the fall semester’s New Graduate Student Orientation. UD’s latest pursuers of doctorates, master’s degrees and graduate certificates include first-generation graduate students, parents and other types of caregivers, musicians, athletes, …

The back-to-school season is often marked by a flurry of nerves and excitement as children and parents return to their school communities after summer break. These feelings may be even more acute for children who will start the year as a brand-new kindergartener, middle schooler or high school student. University …

  During National Wellness Month this August, many people are taking the time to drink more water, reconsider their exercise routines or prioritize their mental health. As a double major in human services and psychology, supporting the well-being of their community members is often top of mind for University of …

In his first week working with Delaware Sea Grant, University of Delaware undergraduate student Theodore McKinney made a splash — both figuratively and literally. Figuratively because his mentor, Emily Maung-Douglass, Delaware Sea Grant’s urban watershed specialist, could tell how enthusiastic he was about teaching science to Delaware’s youth. Literally, because …

More than 500 undergraduate students got a taste of research this summer at the University of Delaware, drawing from a lengthy menu of options that spanned an extraordinary array of subjects — from the arts to the sciences, from public policy and civic engagement to blazing new trails for people …

Puberty education can be uncomfortable for many students and teachers, given the sensitive and sometimes emotionally-charged nature of the content. The barriers to this important health topic can be even greater for students with disabilities, who may struggle to learn in a traditional, lecture-style classroom. With these challenges in mind, …

As summer comes to an end, some parents and caregivers may notice that their children’s summer reading books still remain untouched on their children’s bedside tables. How can they encourage a love of reading while their children are out of school? Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair and …

Read the latest on CEHD faculty, staff and programs featured in news publications. July 2025   Stephanie Del Tufo Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening, The Conversation, July 28 Dominique Baker  Columbia Deal a ‘Threat’ to Higher Ed, Experts Warn, Inside Higher Ed, …