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Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation
Cool video highlights CCEI’s mission of turning cornstalks and wood chips into fuels, electricity and chemicals.
Scanlon papers now part of disaster resource collection
T. Joseph Scanlon, a respected journalism professor in Canada, had a long-time relationship with the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center, which is now the repository of his over 70,000-piece collection.
Honors
The UD community celebrates its first Gates Cambridge Scholar, two new fellows in the National Academy of Inventors, and the first woman to receive the Soil Science Society of America’s Kirkham Soil Physics Award.
News briefs
A humanoid robot joins the pediatric rehab team, a new UD study suggests online shopping may not be as “green” as we thought, a professor aims to improve student experiences in global health, and summer research all-stars take the field.
Keeping a killer flu in check
Who do you call when bird flu comes knocking? UD’s Avian Biosciences Center is working to contain the threat of bird flu—locally and globally.
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UD Authors
In her award-winning book, historian Christine Heyrman explores how the first U.S. missionaries in the Middle East influenced a nation’s attitudes toward Islam.
What science writing can teach us
Journalist, author and UD’s Distinguished Writer in Residence Mark Bowden shares lessons he learned as a science writer and recent samples of his students’ work.
New Train Station Project on Track for STAR Campus
An upgraded transportation hub in Newark will bring new riders and serve as an anchor for UD’s 272-acre Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus.
A trusted partner when the world turns upside down
Decisions made in times of disaster can be the difference between life and death, restoration and ruin. UD’s Disaster Research Center offers field-tested methods to strengthen recovery efforts.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes…
With significant change all around us, Delaware’s leaders—including the University of Delaware—are working to turn adversity into new opportunity.
Fueling the quest for green energy
Turning cornstalks and wood chips into renewable energy and valuable chemicals isn’t easy, but it is a promising focus of research at the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation.