Three College of Agriculture and Natural Resources students and one alumnus met during Helena’s internship training week in Columbia, South Carolina, last summer. From left to right, Dominic Lopergolo, Aaron Doll, Jarrett Robinson and Carson Mears.

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Sustainable waste

February 13, 2025 | Written by: Nya Wynn

Food science and chemical engineering double major Gensure is exploring how yeast cells take excess carbon and store it as oils. He is aiming to find ways to reduce costs by using agricultural waste to fuel yeast cells. Gensure is also investigating how he can control what kinds of oils the cells can create.
Plant pathology students organize UD’s first Carroll Symposium

February 11, 2025 | Written by Molly Schafer

Graduate students Lauren Irwin, Shiv Singla and Adelaide Mullin planned and organized the University of Delaware’s first Carroll Symposium. The student-led event was possible thanks to a generous donation made in honor of UD’s Bob Carroll, emeritus professor. The event, which included a research presentation competition, also served as a reunion for UD’s Bob Carroll and the plant pathology community.
UD agriculture and natural resources students are sought-after talents for a national agricultural powerhouse

February 04, 2025 | Written by Michele Walfred

Helena AGRI-Enterprises, a national agricultural company has placed the University of Delaware on their radar as a mecca for motivated and talented students. The recent success rate of UD student interns who move into full-time employment has cemented UD as the go to place to recruit students into careers in the field of agriculture.

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Photos of Don Sparks, the S. Hallock du Pont Chair in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Francis Alison Professor, director of the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) and a leader of the University’s Environmental Soil Chemistry Group, and recently named the 2015 American Chemical Society medalist; photographed in his office and with some of his graduate students in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Lab for an Excellence Postcard. UNEDITED IMAGE

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Freshman from the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) get some field experience in Lewes, DE with a marsh walk, seining, and catch-and-release trawling in the bay on the newly-dedicated R/V Joanne Daiber.

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Riding with technology

University of Delaware students enrolled in AGRI 130 spent their third Saturday field trip driving specialized farm equipment (combine and tractor) equipped with precision agriculture. With prices exceeding in some cases more than three-quarters of a million dollars, it was a unique hands-on experience.

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There are a number of opportunities for our undergraduate and graduate students to be honored for their scholarship and service during their time at the University of Delaware. Students are encouraged to explore financial resources to help pay for college including a select number of UD endowments, an external scholarship listing, and scholarship search engines.

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