Raising a toast to UD’s new doctors
May 29, 2023
The University of Delaware added a new twist to its tradition-rich Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on Thursday, May 25, celebrating the more than 350 students who have earned their doctorates in the past year by raising a celebratory toast. Almost 250 were in the house — the Bob Carpenter Center, that …
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In the News: Allison Karpyn
May 26, 2023
In a recent interview with WDEL, Allison Karpyn, co-director of CEHD’s Center for Research in Education and Social Policy and associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, discusses the Delaware school lunch program. While Delaware school lunch programs recently received low marks from the Department …
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In the News: Lauren Bailes and Henry May
May 22, 2023
In a recent Education Week article, Lauren Bailes, assistant professor in the School of Education (SOE), discusses new research on the schoolwide effects of chronic absenteeism in kindergarten through 3rd grade in Delaware. Bailes co-authored this study with Henry May, director of CEHD’s Center for Research in Education and Social …
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Research Spotlight: Christina Areizaga Barbieri
May 22, 2023
Christina Areizaga Barbieri, University of Delaware assistant professor, Dana Miller-Cotto of Kent State University and UD doctoral students Sarah N. Clerjuste and Kamal Chawla conducted a meta-analysis of 55 experimental studies and found that studying worked examples—or worked-out solutions to math problems—were moderately effective at improving learners’ mathematics performance when …
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National Biomechanics Day
May 19, 2023
Wearing virtual reality headsets, Delaware high school students were transported to a different world, where they learned about balance in the University of Delaware’s Virtual Reality and Orthotics Gait Lab. They were shown the links between orthopedics and engineering from a demo by The Perry Initiative, a nonprofit that seeks …
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Faculty Promotions Announced
May 19, 2023
The University of Delaware Board of Trustees approved the promotions of 80 faculty members and awarded emeritus status to 22 professors at its semiannual meeting on May 16. Promoted to the rank of professor were 25 associate professors who had already been granted tenure: Anjana Bhat, physical therapy Thomas Buckley, …
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In the News: UD College of Education and Human Development
May 18, 2023
A recent Delaware Online article shares the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD) recent ranking in U.S. News and World Report’s list of the best education graduate schools across the country. The article highlights that CEHD’s programs in the School of Education tied at number 27 for best education …
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Celebrating Excellent Teaching, Advising
May 10, 2023
Six members of the University of Delaware faculty have been recognized for outstanding work in teaching and three for excellence in advisement and mentoring. In addition, five graduate students also have been honored for excellence in teaching, and one professor was recognized for his service to the Faculty Senate.The honors …
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Forging Her Own Path
May 4, 2023
Displaced by war, Olive Hong, EHD58, did not graduate from Wilmington High School until age 22. Even then, she struggled to speak or write in English. But the Chinese immigrant, now 95 years old, became the first person in her family to matriculate from a university, and — despite one grueling gym …
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In the News: Roberta Golinkoff
May 4, 2023
In a recent Today Show article, Roberta Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair and professor in the School of Education and the Departments of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Linguistics and Cognitive Science, weighs in on the beige color trend in children’s toys and decor. Regardless of a child …
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Steele Symposium Celebrates Student Research
May 1, 2023
On April 28, the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) hosted the annual Marion H. Steele Symposium to share and celebrate the innovative research of its undergraduate and graduate students in education, human development and related disciplines. Over the past 36 years, more than 450 undergraduate and graduate students …
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I Heart UD Giving Day 2023
May 1, 2023
I Heart UD Giving Day May 3, 2023 I Heart UD Giving Day is an opportunity for the UD community to collectively support faculty, staff and student-led causes, programs and initiatives that matter most to them. Join the College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) community in supporting the …
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