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UD alum named American Society of Landscape Architects fellow

02 Dec 2009 04:45:03 PST

Rodney D. Robinson, a University of Delaware alumnus who graduated in 1975 from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has been named as a member of the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) (www.asla.org), which is among the highest honors t...

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Fashion and Apparel Studies instructor promoting sustainability worldwide

30 Nov 2009 04:46:20 PST

Kelly Cobb, an instructor in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware, has been promoting sustainable fashion initiatives in both the local community and around the world, through her 100-mile suit project and an appearance at the 2009 Ethical Fashi...

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Delaware classrooms invited to join UD researchers on Antarctic adventure

25 Nov 2009 05:16:41 PST

A University of Delaware research team is now at the South Pole helping to build IceCube, the world's largest neutrino telescope over a mile deep in the Antarctic ice, and Delaware K-12 students can join them without even putting on a parka.

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Hens to meet Michigan State in NCAA field hockey tournament

11 Nov 2009 04:03:27 PST

The University of Delaware field hockey team will open the NCAA Division I championship tournament with a first round match-up against Michigan State University at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

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Last Day to Submit Essay for 'Freedom in Academia' Essay Contest

06 Nov 2009 06:41:00 PST

Written by luke@thefire.org (Luke Sheahan)
FIRE invites college-bound high school seniors to write an essay explaining why freedom of expression is important to higher education. Applicants will first watch two short FIRE documentaries: FIRE in Action: Valdosta State University and Think What We Think...Or Else: Thought Con...

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UD alumna named Delaware Teacher of the Year

30 Oct 2009 08:28:54 PDT

Mary Pinkston, a University of Delaware alumna, has earned the top honor of Delaware's Teacher of the Year for 2010. She beat out 19 other district finalists throughout the state for the honor.

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University of Delaware news and blogs - December 03, 2009

03 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit University of Delaware news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Wind power survey shows shift in opinion -- from University of Delaware: UDaily
• Police say 6 UD students bound, gagged -- from delawareonline.com - RSS - Communities | Christiana
• Delaware field hockey players earn all-conference honors -- from delawareonline.com - RSS - Communities | Newark
• Lomax honored by American Mushroom Institute -- from University of Delaware: UDaily
• Dybowski wins magnetic resonance award -- from University of Delaware: UDaily
• Newark Police investigate home invasion at UD student apartment -- from University of Delaware: UDaily
• Dec. 8: Board of Trustees to meet -- from University of Delaware: UDaily
• Blue Hen fans recycle at record rate -- from University of Delaware: UDaily
• UD, China Agricultural University organize symposium -- from University of Delaware: UDaily
• This Month in FIRE History: University of Delaware Requires Students to Undergo Ideological Re-Education -- by claire@thefire.org (Claire Jenkins) from FIRE - The Torch

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Five UD alumni to receive 2009 Presidential Citation

22 Oct 2009 21:14:18 PDT

Five University of Delaware alumni have been awarded the 2009 Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement, which honors graduates of the past 20 years who exhibit great promise in their professional careers and/or public service activities and also recognizes the honorees'...

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UD Orchestra, Schola Cantorum receive international award

16 Oct 2009 04:48:56 PDT

The University of Delaware Orchestra and Schola Cantorum, a chorus of students and singers from the community, performed Mendelssohn's Lobgesang for a live DVD recording under the direction of Brian Stone, assistant professor of music, and the recording has won a first honor diploma...

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$15,000 in Scholarships for High School Seniors

06 Oct 2009 11:13:00 PDT

Written by luke@thefire.org (Luke Sheahan)
All interested and eligible students should write an essay of 700–1200 words explaining why freedom of expression is crucial to higher education and how infringements on these rights betray the purpose of a university education. The essay should be based upon two short FIRE documentar...

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FIRE DVD Distributed in Print Edition of ‘National Review’

30 Sep 2009 08:06:00 PDT

Written by luke@thefire.org (Luke Sheahan)
Readers and subscribers of the print edition of National Review will have a pleasant surprise as they flip through their October 5, 2009 edition. FIRE has inserted a DVD with three of our recent documentaries: Think What We Think...Or Else! Thought Control on the American Campus, which docu...

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Opinion: UD selected among 'Best 371 Colleges'

28 Jul 2009 11:12:10 PDT

The University of Delaware has been named one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education in the 2010 edition of The Princeton Review guidebook The Best 371 Colleges, published this week.

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Delaware alumnus wins New York Academy of Sciences award

04 Jun 2009 05:47:52 PDT

Jason Reiss, a University of Delaware alumnus who earned a doctorate in the cognitive psychology program, is one of three recipients of the 2008 James McKeen Cattell Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation from the psychology section of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).

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UD graduate programs ranked in new U.S. News guide

28 Apr 2009 11:05:54 PDT

University of Delaware graduate programs in engineering and education have been ranked in the 2010 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, available online at [www.usnews.com/grad] and featured in the May U.S.News & World Report, which is now on sale.

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Opinion: Lerner ranked 26th among public undergrad B-schools

12 Mar 2009 16:45:57 PDT

DE 4:05 pm, March 12, 2009----The fourth annual BusinessWeek review of the "Best Undergraduate B-Schools" ranked the University of Delaware's Lerner College of Business and Economics 26th among the nation's top 59 public university programs and 58th among ...

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University of Delaware Releases Results of Residence Life Survey

24 Feb 2009 14:06:00 PST

Written by adam@thefire.org (Adam Kissel)
About 51 percent of the 6,769 residence hall students responded to survey questions sent out in December 2008, Robinson said. If you are one of the 100 students or 83 students who believe that the University of Delaware is still violating students' rights, please let us know.

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Opinion: A letter to the University of Delaware community

08 Jan 2009 17:03:18 PST

DE - Further evidence of the value of a UD education is found in two recent publications. Today The Princeton Review named the University of Delaware one of the ... Faith in today's world WDEL 1150AM all 2 news articles

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Opinion: UD among nation's 50 'best value' public universities

08 Jan 2009 11:31:03 PST

The University of Delaware is one of the nation's 50 "best value" public colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review, one of America's most widely known education services companies.

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Liberty on Campus in 2008: FIRE’s Year in Review

30 Dec 2008 07:29:00 PST

PHILADELPHIA, December 30, 2008—While restrictions on freedom of speech and other First Amendment rights once again abounded on America's campuses in 2008, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) enlisted more students and faculty members than ever in its fight ag...

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Citing University of Delaware Case, UGA Student Calls For Respect of Students’ Rights in Dorm Life

19 Nov 2008 12:05:00 PST

Written by brandon@thefire.org (Brandon Stewart)
Chiego then transitions into a discussion of the residential life reeducation program at the University of Delaware (UD), which FIRE helped to expose and end last year. "As unusual as our University's Department of Housing may seem," he cautions, "we still have nothing on the Universit...

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‘All whites racist’ plan won’t die

01 Nov 2008 07:29:00 PDT

Written by none (Bob Unruh)
Leaders for The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education say they are continuing to monitor the University of Delaware, which last year was imposing mandatory "all whites are racist" indoctrination on students in residential halls, because there have been multiple attempts to...

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FIRE Launches New Journal, ‘The Lantern,’ on Anniversary of University of Delaware Thought Reform Case

31 Oct 2008 07:30:00 PDT

Written by adam@thefire.org (Adam Kissel)
FIRE representatives continue to be asked to speak about the University of Delaware case. I spoke about it at conferences in St. Louis and Los Angeles, and the NAS will be hosting a panel on these topics in January 2009. UD became a case study for students in Chicago. Journalists continue to wri...

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After battle, UD students allowed to distribute conservative paper

08 Oct 2008 13:42:00 PDT

Written by none (Joe Backer)
A group of University of Delaware students have been cleared to distribute a locally produced, conservative newspaper, The Lamplighter, on the Newark campus. The University already has a sanctioned student newspaper, The Review, which has been on campus for more than 50 years.

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Princeton Review includes UD among 'Best 368'

31 Jul 2008 07:42:12 PDT

The University of Delaware is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review.

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Opinion: UD-Led Team Sets Solar Cell Efficiency Record of 42.8%; Joins DuPont on $100M Project

28 Jul 2007 08:29:21 PDT

Written by Mike Millikin
Combined with the demonstrated efficiency performance of the very high efficiency solar cells’ spectral splitting optics, which is more than 93%, these recent results put the pieces in place for a solar cell module with a net efficiency 30% greater than any previous module efficiency...

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Opinion: The SEC and Delaware

21 May 2007 17:35:10 PDT

Written by Steve Bainbridge
As if it wasn’t already influential enough, the Delaware state legislature recently amended its constitution to allow the SEC to ask the Delaware Supreme Court to answer questions of Delaware law. Here is a page-one story from Saturday’s Wilmington’s News Journal on the news (HT: Pileg...

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