Coverage of the Delaware Debates

The UD Alumni Relations Blog has been away for quite some time. While we would love to say that we’ve been away living vicariously through ourselves, we’ve really just been a bit lazy. Moving on. It’s been a wild few weeks on campus as politics and the upcoming mid-term election taking front seat. The madness [...]

UD bus gets new life

The UD Football team is flying high with its undefeated record and #2 national ranking. The Philadelphia Eagles just lost a game to a guy they traded away and about zero people are enthusiastic about their season. Knowing that, one would surmise that the two programs are about as far apart as you get. Yet [...]

That’s just a little bit more than the law will allow

Previously we complained about “semi-suicidal jaywalkers” in Newark and it appears Newark’s finest have a bone to pick with illegal street crossing as well. With the beginning of the fall semester, UDaily reports “the Newark Police Department has announced that it will be enforcing laws pertaining to pedestrians and crosswalk safety, as well as vehicle [...]

After New Student Convocation

Yesterday at the Bob Carpenter Center the Class of 2014 was officially welcomed to the University of Delaware by President Pat Harker, Provost Tom Apple ’82PHD and a host of UD dignitaries. President Harker told the freshman, “You’re a student today, but you’re a Blue Hen forever. You’re tied to this University and its people, [...]

You know what they call macaroni with cheese in Paris?

So the students are back and photos from move in day and all that will be posted eventually, but before we get to the Sturm und Drang of Arrival Survival and lugging refrigerators up flights of steps, the UD Alumni Relations Blog feels compelled to tell you, loyal reader, about an amazing development in the [...]

Trickle about to become a tsunami

Off campus Blue Hens have been coming back to Newark throughout the week. Student-Athletes have been in the dorms since preseason started. And some students have been on campus because they’ve been taking classes. But all that isn’t the same as move-in day. Yesterday marked the beginning the what the UD Alumni Relations Blog has [...]

Campus prepares for “The Return”

We have to admit it – summer in Newark is pretty nice without the students: There’s little traffic on Cleveland Ave. Newark Bagel doesn’t have a permanent line out the door. Semi-suicidal jaywalkers don’t roam the street, jumping in front of your car. One need not dodge bikers riding on the sidewalk (when they shouldn’t [...]

Company picked to tear down Chrysler Plant

According to sister-site UDaily, URS Corporation has been selected by 1743 Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Delaware, to manage the demolition of the former Newark Chrysler Assembly Plant site. The 272-acre (!) site was purchased for approximately $24 million in November 2009 and was possibly home to a zombie attack [...]

Shark Week Over, Back to Regular Programming

Shark Week is always great and , thanks to UD’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, it is especially awesome at the University of Delaware. There are lots of reasons why Shark Week rocks and it’s a big hit on campus. That said, the UD Alumni Relations Blog thinks that it’s time to recognize the [...]

Three cheers!

The UD Alumni Relations Blog rarely delves into matters all that serious, but when we read that former UD Alumni Association President Len Stark ’91 was confirmed as a judge to the US District Court in Delaware, we sat up straight, buttoned our top buttons and wiped that smirk off our faces. Stark, a Rhodes [...]

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