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Vitamin D and healthy pregnancies
POSTED: August 5, 2025
About a third of pregnant women in U.S. lack sufficient vitamin D for healthy pregnancies
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Studying the wind
POSTED: July 31, 2025
Future atmospheric scientist studies tropical cyclone wind profiles to better understand their risks

Texas flood aftermath
POSTED: July 28, 2025
UD graduate student brings back difficult lessons from Texas flood disaster

Shark scientists
POSTED: July 28, 2025
UD study uses sharks as mobile researchers to take measurements throughout the ocean
Fueling research careers
POSTED: July 22, 2025
Hands-on biotech training at UD opens doors to elite cancer research labs

Insect discovery hub
POSTED: July 21, 2025
UD’s Insect Research Collection provides Solomon Hendrix the tools to turn a passion for identifying insects into a future in entomological discovery

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

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.