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Linked health risks
POSTED: July 7, 2025
UD analysis finds cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome rates rising across the US

AI for entomology
POSTED: July 2, 2025
Entomology Ph.D. student Kudzai Mafuwe uses artificial intelligence to improve pest management in agriculture

Geochemistry pioneer
POSTED: July 1, 2025
Donald Sparks’ University of Delaware career honored internationally

Irrigation and global nutrition
POSTED: June 25, 2025
Study examines connection between irrigation and improved dietary diversity in children in the Global South

University of Delaware launching First State AI Institute to push boundaries of research and innovation
POSTED: June 24, 2025
Internationally recognized expert to lead pioneering initiative
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Moving innovation to impact
POSTED: June 23, 2025
Campus innovation community shares lessons for translating discoveries to market

Firearm storage realities
POSTED: June 20, 2025
UD research finds social factors drive decisions about firearm storage

Efficacy of plastic bag bans
POSTED: June 20, 2025
UD, Columbia study looks at the efficacy of plastic bag bans and fees on reducing shoreline litter

Opening a new window into the universe
POSTED: June 18, 2025
UD researchers expect treasure trove from ‘Legacy Survey of Space and Time’

UD Day in D.C. celebrates the power of research
POSTED: June 13, 2025
‘Innovation for the Nation’ shows value of federally funded projects

Volume 8.2
From the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Innovation: Moving Forward
The UD research community continues to navigate COVID-19, with health and safety the highest priority. In spite of hardships, we’re facing the pandemic with vigilance and resilience.
News Briefs
Check out our COVID-19 research, a virtual visit with the editor-in-chief of Science, and undergrads at work on the Frontiers of Discovery.
Honors: Celebrating Excellence
UD faculty and students have won major recognition for their expertise and contributions.
Guess Who’s Powering Up UD’s Research Engine?
This issue of the University of Delaware Research magazine introduces you to a critical creative force at UD — our graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Their ingenuity is lighting new routes to discovery and solutions.
Front Edge of Discovery: Strengthening democracy for a better world
It all began with a Joseph Conrad novel. Doctoral student Pablo McConnie-Saad discusses his journey to better understand democracy, as the first Whittington Graduate Fellow at the Biden Institute.
Front Edge of Discovery: Developing resilient Black girls
Doctoral student and Graduate Scholar Nefetaria Yates is examining school discipline and the tactics Black girls have developed for dealing with the pressures they face. Her ultimate goal is to elevate voices that have been silenced.
Front Edge of Discovery: Helping children move
Entrepreneur Ahad Behboodi wants to see kids with cerebral palsy move more freely. He plans to commercialize a robotic foot device with the power to help them.
Front Edge of Discovery: A clinical science approach
Lexie Tabachnick, in her fifth year of doctoral studies, helps to mentor other grad students and undergraduates while she studies the powerful impact a UD-developed family intervention program is having on vulnerable kids.