Students & Alumni News

As the summer draws to a close, students, teachers and administrators across Delaware are trading swimsuits for backpacks as they return to the classroom for a new academic year. While the back-to-school season is often exciting, many families and school staff may also be feeling nervous or concerned, especially in …

In a recent article, The Delaware News Journal highlighted University of Delaware’s Teacher Residency program, housed within the College of Education and Human Development’s Center for Excellence and Equity in Teacher Preparation. To support student learning and address Delaware teacher shortages, UD has established year-long residencies where education students work …

Celebrity sightings are rare in Newark, but when 95-year-old Olive Hong walked into the University of Delaware’s Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE) earlier this summer, there was a palpable, contagious, undeniable buzz. “It is such an honor to meet you,” squealed junior Dulcine Stephens, practically leaping over the front desk …

After a summer of exploration, hundreds of students have stories to tell, insights to share, findings to celebrate. On Thursday, Aug. 10, they will gather at the University of Delaware’s Patrick T. Harker Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Lab to present what they’ve done and what they’ve learned at the …

Angela Trani, a Spanish teacher at Olive B. Loss Elementary School in Bear, Delaware, has taught at every level — elementary through college — during her career as a Spanish and Italian language teacher. But until recently, she didn’t know much about the culture of Spain. As an undergraduate student …

For more than two decades, University of Delaware Professor Emerita Norma Gaines-Hanks has taken predominantly white groups of students to the predominantly Black countries of South Africa and Barbados. “I have to remind them, ‘These places are neither better nor worse. They’re different,” said Gaines-Hanks. “I hope students return with a greater …

On a warm Friday morning in early May, more than 30 pre-K students from the University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center (ELC) experienced what it’s like to jump on the moon, pretended to be different types of fluid flow, and launched their own miniature rockets into the sky. Tyler Van …

On May 26, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) celebrated 471 degree candidates in the fields of education and human development at its 2023 Convocation ceremony at UD’s Field House. With the graduating students, their families and CEHD faculty and staff in attendance, the ceremony …

In the classroom, in research labs, on the athletic fields, in the community — and in ways both large and small — the University of Delaware’s Class of 2023 is already changing the world. Blue Hen pride was overflowing at Delaware Stadium as UD celebrated its newest class of graduates …

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 …