University of Delaware
The University of Delaware, (UD) was established in 1743 and is a privately chartered, state sponsored, land grant, sea grant institution of higher learning. The main campus is located in Newark, Delaware and there are 4 satellite campuses. In total there are nearly 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at UD. In 2006, Princeton Review named UD's School of Engineering 10th in the nation. Additionally UD has the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware Energy Institute, College of Marine and Earth Sciences among other high caliber schools devoted to the sciences. UD has a significant undergraduate program with about 100 undergraduate degrees. Students interested in a medical career may take their undergraduate and pre-med training at UD and transfer to the prestigious Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
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105 East Main Street, University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716 • USA
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mbugua [at] udel [dot] edu
Phone
302- 831-2792
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"University of Delaware" in the news:
City of Newark first in nation using cars to power grid
Jan 21, 2009 |
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This month, the City of Newark, Delaware became the first electric utility in the US to use a car to store and provide power for the local electric grid.
Changing climate likely to make 'super weed' even more powerful
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in the United States.
Novel research to root out how microbes affect rice plants
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Plants that live in the soil don't live alone -- a mere teaspoon of soil teems with an estimated billion microscopic organisms.
New labels might decrease overall demand for milk
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent increases in organic and hormone-free milk labeling might negatively affect sales of milk without such labels, and could lead to a decreased demand for all milk types, according to a new economic study ...
Babies & Robots: Infant power mobility on display
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Children with mobility issues, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, can't explore the world like other babies, because they can't crawl or walk. Infant development emerges from the thousands of daily discoveries ...
U.S., S. Koreans team for research
Nov 23, 2007 |
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A nanotechnology study will span the United States and the Pacific Ocean as University of Delaware professors team with South Korean counterparts.
Black carbon is not chemically inert as previously thought
Aug 31, 2009 |
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A paper by two University of Delaware researchers was recently highlighted on the web site of Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), which publishes papers in advance of their appearance in the print version of the jo ...
New research study to shed light on emerging seaborne pathogen
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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A new research study at the University of Delaware seeks to determine why Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a microorganism that lives in seawater and is related to the bacterium that causes cholera, is expanding its range and vi ...
Researchers show that plants can accumulate nanoparticles in tissues
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Delaware have provided what is believed to be the first experimental evidence that plants can take up nanoparticles and accumulate them in their tissues
Plants recognize siblings, researchers discover how
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered how.
Anthropologist's studies of childbirth bring new focus on women in evolution
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Contrary to the TV sitcom where the wife experiencing strong labor pains screams at her husband to stay away from her, women rarely give birth alone. There are typically doctors, nurses and husbands in hospital ...
Survey shows strong support for offshore wind power
Jan 16, 2007 |
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Delawareans are strongly in favor of offshore wind power as a future source of energy for the state, according to a survey conducted by University of Delaware researchers.
New X-ray technique illuminates reactivity of environmental contaminants
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Thanks to a new analytical method employed by researchers at the University of Delaware, scientists can now pinpoint, at the millisecond level, what happens as harmful environmental contaminants such as arsenic ...
Corn researchers discover novel gene shut-off mechanisms
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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University of Delaware scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Arizona and South Dakota State University, have identified unusual differences in the natural mechanisms that turn ...
Feather fibers fluff up hydrogen storage capacity
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Scientists in Delaware say they have developed a new hydrogen storage method -- carbonized chicken feather fibers -- that can hold vast amounts of hydrogen, a promising but difficult to corral fuel source, and do it at a ...
