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Article by UDaily staff Photo by Jessica Eastburn May 24, 2021 Individuals honored for exemplary personal, professional achievements The University of Delaware will recognize five individuals with its highest accolade, the honorary degree, during Commencement ceremonies in Newark, scheduled May 28-30. Approved by the University’s Board of Trustees, the honorary degree is presented to individuals who reflect, in their personal and professional achievements, the University’s mission and who serve as exemplars for UD’s students,...

Article by UDaily staff Photo by Evan Krape May 19, 2021 Graduates will return to campus to celebrate academic accomplishments When the pandemic changed the world in 2020, the opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of the University of Delaware’s graduating Class of 2020 was one of the things converted from in-person to virtual. An online Blue Hen Celebration was streamed on May 30, 2020, with the promise that a more traditional event would be held in person when it was safe to do so. Now, a year later, the members of UD’s C...

Joe Biden as a Blue Hen Article by Diane Stopyra Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Evan Krape | Illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase January 19, 2021 America’s 46th president will bring the values of a UD education to the White House In November of 2016, Fred Sears visited the White House to see his longtime friend and former University of Delaware classmate, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Sears brought his grandchildren along for the trip, and the kids were regaled by Biden’s stories — nostalgic yarns centered on those UD day...

University of Delaware alumnus Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is scheduled to be inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, Jan. 20. During his 36 years in the U.S. Senate and his eight years as vice president, Biden often returned to UD to speak with faculty and students about public policy and the value of good government. Public policy excellence Article by Diane Stopyra and Artika Casini Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Evan Krape and courtesy of Eric Johnson, Wei-Ming Chen, Jennifer Daniels and Matt Garlipp January 19...

Solutions for Wilmington schools Article by Jordan Howell Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase December 11, 2020 Education and policy specialists from UD support commission to improve schooling in Delaware’s largest city On a chilly autumn night last November, a diverse group of educators, policy makers, researchers and community leaders gathered to discuss one of the most complicated and long-standing problems in Delaware: how to reform under-achieving schools in the city of Wilmington and New Castle County, and how to address educat...