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Holding out or holding back?
POSTED: October 21, 2026
New UD research finds that kindergarten redshirting and retention shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic
Freezer swap drives energy savings
POSTED: October 16, 2026
Research Office leads charge to replace old freezers across campus
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Fighting food waste
POSTED: October 15, 2026
University of Delaware researchers use black soldier fly larvae to keep food scraps out of landfills
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U.S. Department of Energy honor
POSTED: October 14, 2026
UD’s Thomas H. Epps, III one of nine recognized with E.O. Lawrence Award
Plant biology breakthrough
POSTED: October 13, 2026
UD-developed method helps researchers study proteins involved in plant health, disease
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Kickstarting Mid-Atlantic Kernza
POSTED: October 9, 2026
UD researchers team up with U.S. Department of Agriculture, MIT to understand the crop’s roots
UD’s strong ties to the Physics Nobel Prize
POSTED: October 7, 2026
UD researchers play key role in pioneering research that helped launch Laureate’s extraordinary IceCube Observatory
Innovation Ambassadors: Daniel Stevens and Matthew Mauriello
POSTED: October 6, 2026
Invention and community engagement help children with autism enjoy music
Communicating plant stress
POSTED: October 6, 2026
UD researchers evaluate cell-to-cell signals that help plants mount defenses
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Bassoonists under the microscope
POSTED: October 2, 2026
UD senior’s summer research focused on female composers for bassoon
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.