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Deep sea exploration
POSTED: March 3, 2026
UD’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment uses robotics to study the depths of the ocean
Get ready: The moon is about to blush
POSTED: February 26, 2026
UD expert explains what to expect during March 3 Blood Moon
Aching jaw? UD scientist works to unlock mystery
POSTED: February 25, 2026
UD developmental biologist studies genetics of jaw joint disorder with NIH funding
Exposing a hidden anchor for HIV replication
POSTED: February 18, 2026
International collaboration involving UD uncovers key piece of virus’s machinery
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Power of paradox propels UD’s Wendy Smith
POSTED: February 17, 2026
Pioneering business professor wins Francis Alison Award, University’s top faculty honor
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Assessing Delaware’s changing climate
POSTED: February 13, 2026
UD’s Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis releases Delaware 2025 Climate Change Projections
Protecting turfgrass from fungal foes
POSTED: February 11, 2026
UD researchers report new understandings in how microbes protect plants
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Designing protein building blocks for advanced materials
POSTED: February 5, 2026
UD researchers design protein fragments that self-assemble under extreme conditions
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Delaware Biotechnology Institute director appointed
POSTED: February 2, 2026
Recognized research leader, collaborative force heading up biotech hub
The neuroscience of eating
POSTED: January 29, 2026
UD professor discovers neural network that could unlock the mystery of how we decide what food is rewarding
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.