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Using AI to advance biology research
POSTED: May 6, 2025
Malek Elsayyid is UD’s first student to complete the Lerner College’s Generative AI for Business graduate certificate program
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New educational partnership
POSTED: May 1, 2025
UD, Army partnership to advance joint research, tech transfer, educational outreach

Identifying salt patches and marsh
POSTED: April 24, 2025
UD researchers combine field data and machine learning algorithm to find salt patches on farmland tripled since 2011 in Delmarva

Art, exploration and sustainability
POSTED: April 24, 2025
Spark! Symposium talks convey the wonder of discovery
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UD cuts ribbon on ‘science collider’
POSTED: April 18, 2025
Research in Building X convenes experts in brain sciences, behavior, human disease, quantum science

Leveling the playing field
POSTED: April 17, 2025
Associate Professor Dominique Baker analyzes extracurricular activities in the college admissions process to improve access to college
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In pursuit of lifelong AI
POSTED: April 17, 2025
Keynote, panelists discuss adaptability, collaboration needed in the age of artificial intelligence

Surveilling strawberries
POSTED: April 16, 2025
UD Cooperative Extension specialists advise producers on emerging disease
A game-changing tool
POSTED: April 15, 2025
UD’s AI-powered model predicts post-concussion injury risk in college athletes
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Understanding muscle development
POSTED: April 14, 2025
Researchers investigate circular RNA’s influence on muscle development in cerebral palsy

Data-driven tools development
POSTED: April 9, 2025
UD researchers to help coastal military bases prepare for extreme weather impacts

The impact of teachers’ emotions in the classroom
POSTED: April 3, 2025
CEHD associate research professor shares new tool and findings on emotional transmission in the classroom

Shining a light on a technology-powered world
POSTED: April 2, 2025
Undergraduate student research focuses on light-powered photonic devices, illuminating the lifelong benefits of collaboration and teamwork

New perspectives on life sciences
POSTED: April 1, 2025
Researchers convene for UD’s first synthetic biology symposium

Recognizing scientific contributions
POSTED: March 27, 2025
Three University of Delaware professors honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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.