Alumni & Friends
Farm-to-glass brewery
Father and son alumni David and Aaron Hopkins continue their family’s agricultural legacy
Once and always an Ag Ambassador
Upholding a tradition of community support
Landscape architecture for conservation
Alumna Juliahna Mistretta pursues international master’s degree
Maryland's Blue Hen
UD conservation degree launches Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz into environmental career
Success in vet school
First graduate of non-thesis M.S. in Animal Science program credits her UD coursework with helping her through veterinary school
Cultivating a legacy
Our community is strong. Our relationships sustain us. Alumni, friends, families and students of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources work together to create a lasting legacy and fulfill our land-grant mission of teaching, research and extension.
Alumni have gone on to become successful growers, agribusiness leaders, scientists and policy makers. They've conducted pioneering research that has shaped our food and our planet.
Supporters have provided the resources to get them there. With new state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities on the horizon, your gift today will impact student success for decades to come.
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Alumni in the news
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Science educator
April 25, 2025 | Written by Nya WynnUniversity of Delaware Class of 2022 alumna Julia Quinn’s journey from studying entomology and wildlife ecology to becoming membership assistant manager at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science is a testament to how chance encounters can lead to unexpected opportunities. -
In Memoriam: Clifford Keil
April 22, 2025 | Written by UDaily staffClifford Keil, associate professor of entomology and applied ecology, has passed away. Keil came to UD as an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology (now the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology) in 1983 and was promoted to associate professor in 1990. He served as a study abroad adviser and was faculty adviser for Alpha Zeta. -
Farm-to-glass brewery
April 02, 2025 | Written by Molly SchaferSince the 1920s, the Hopkins Family has farmed the same plot of land in Havre De Grace, Maryland. David grows the barley, and his son Aaron Hopkins, a UD Class of 2012 UD food and agribusiness marketing and management alumnus, uses it to create a unique range of craft beers. The father and son UD alumni duo are joined in their endeavors by David’s siblings, Alice Hopkins Puckett and Daniel Hopkins, who are co-owners of the farm and managing partners of Hopkins Farm Brewery.
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) engages donors, alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff and students in a lifelong relationship and fosters a tradition of philanthropy to strengthen the University of Delaware's legacy as one of the great public institutions of higher education in America.