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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Having returned from the vacation back to campus, the UD Alumni Relations Blog went to soak in some sun behind the Little Bob on Frazer Field (map for location). Lo and behold, the field had turned to dust – not because of the oppressive heat that has struck lovely Newark, but because of some serious [...]
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For those of you who haven’t seen the mention of the University of Delaware on the most recent episode of The Cleveland Show, check it out here. We’re still trying to figure out why they mentioned UD, but as soon as we find out (or someone else does some investigating and tells us), we’ll let [...]
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The University of Delaware’s Board of Trustees approved a number of resolutions involving the reorganization of a college and the transfer of several departments during its semiannual spring meeting, held last Tuesday. While the UD Alumni Relations Blog is not on the Board of Trustees (an outrage!), we stay abreast of the meetings in preparation [...]
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The much-hyped (by this blog) University of Delaware Wind Turbine is up! Check it out at the UD Wind Turbine web site and get a glimpse of a carbon-neutral UD. While only the Lewes Campus will be carbon-neutral, it’s a step in the right direction and the UD Alumni Relations Blog cheers. Check out the [...]
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