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University of Delaware Research Online Magazine

ONLINE MAGAZINE AUG 2022 • VOL 9-1

University of Delaware Research Online Magazine

ONLINE MAGAZINE • AUG 2022 • VOL 9-1

Preserving the rich traditions of Catalan music

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

TOO TREASURED TO TOSS!

Extending the life cycle of plastics will help address a global pollution problem. Test your knowledge of plastics by taking our quiz.
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“I WAS THERE WHEN THE VOLCANO ERUPTED”

Doctoral student Abigail Nalesnik was doing fieldwork at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano when suddenly things took a spectacular turn.
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Life Cycle of a Fact
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GETTING THE MESSAGE RIGHT

Why effective communication matters more than ever
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Adding peril to a pandemic

Deadly ‘infodemic’ fueled COVID’s costly global march
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University of Delaware News Briefs
Did you know the world’s longest-operating solar research institute is at UD? Or that some old books could be poisonous? Tap into our recent discoveries.
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FEATURES

Life Cycle of a Fact

Life Cycle of a Fact

Is there any such thing as a fact? Who and what can we trust these days? Here’s the method to stem the madness.

Abigail Nalesnik, master’s student in geology at the University of Delaware, looks through a rangefinder at the eruption in Kīlauea's Halema‘uma‘u crater on the evening of September 30, 2021. She was on the first response team from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to visit the eruption and helped monitor and make measurements of the active fountains and lava lake level to track how quickly it was rising. Photo taken from a closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park by Kendra Lynn, USGS.

True Adventures

Kīlauea volcano offered up an incredible spectacle while UD doctoral student Abigail Nalesnik was there doing fieldwork.
Adding peril to a pandemic

Adding Peril to a Pandemic

Amidst COVID-19, another global threat has proven tougher to arrest, just as lethal and likely to be a key factor in crises to come.

Tsunami

Getting the Message Right

It’s a problem almost as old as time: You think your words are clear, but your audience seems to hear something different than you intended—or worse, they don’t really hear you at all.
What Happens When When Communication is Blocked

What Happens When Communication Is Blocked?

Professor Isaí Jess Muñoz has produced an award-winning recording of the music of a once-repressed region of Spain.

Test your knowldege

Test Your Knowledge

How much plastic is around us and how can we stem the plastics pollution problem? Take the quiz!
Kelvin Lee, Interim Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Innovation

Research Leadership Appointment

Kelvin Lee has been appointed interim vice president for research, scholarship and innovation at UD.

Honors

Celebrating Excellence

Check out the UD faculty and students who have won national recognition for their expertise and contributions.

News Briefs

In the News

Did you know the world’s longest-operating solar research institute is at UD? Or that some old books could be poisonous? Tap into our recent discoveries.

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There’s always something exciting to explore in UD research — check out our latest videos, from new innovations in fields ranging from energy to health care, to one undergrad’s work to assess the cooling power of gardens in hot cities. 

Video: Cooling Effects of-Urban City Gardens 2022
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Video: IEC 50 Years 2022
Video: Star Brightness
Video: Inventors recognition
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CONTRIBUTORS

Kelvin H. Lee
Kelvin H. Lee 

Interim Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Innovation

Glenn Carter
Glenn Carter

Vice President,
Office of Communications and Marketing

John Brennan
John Brennan

Assistant Vice President,
Office of Communications and Marketing

Tracey Bryant
Tracey Bryant

Senior Director, Research Communications, 
Office of Communications and Marketing

Beth Miller
Beth Miller

Science Writer,
Office of Communications and Marketing

Karen Roberts
Karen Roberts

Science Writer,
Office of Communications and Marketing

David Barczak
David Barczak

Communications Manager, Research Office

Missy Keane
Missy Keane

Assistant to the Interim Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Innovation

CONTACT

Tracey Bryant
Senior Director, Research Communications
Email: tbryant@UDel.Edu

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