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Support Linguistics & Cognitive Science Students
The Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware is at the forefront of research and education about how our brains process information. By making a donation today, you can play a vital role in sustaining and expanding this vital field of study.
Your gift will directly fund student research and travel, and provide scholarships and awards for undergraduate students, such as the Chichester-Dupont scholarship given to a student in the speech/language pathology pre-professional program, and three academic achievement awards given to outstanding students. Invest in the future of this essential discipline by contributing to the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences.
The Chichester-Dupont Scholarship
Through a generous donation, the Department is able to award the Chichester-Dupont Scholarship every year to an undergraduate student in the pre-professional program in speech/language pathology.
Achievement Awards
The Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science recognizes outstanding academic achievement with the following annual awards to top undergraduate students. These awards are supported by gift funds contributed by friends of the department. Consider making a gift to help recognize and award undergraduate student achievement:
- The Louis A. Arena Award for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Speech/Language Pathology.
- The Robert J. Di Pietro Award for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Linguistics.
- The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Cognitive Science.
Student Research and Travel
Gift funds support student research projects and travel, such as research by undergraduate students Adam Breiner and Alex Reichel (pictured above).
Gift funds support graduate student travel. Ph.D. students and M.A. students travel to important conferences to present the results of their research. These include such conferences as the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, the annual meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, the Boston University Conference on Language Development, and the Society for the Neurobiology of Language. Students also travel to various locales to gather data, for instance to Guatemala to gather data on Mayan languages, or to Greece to record acoustic properties of spoken Greek.
