Delaware First: Engineering the Future

Delaware First: Engineering the Future

David and Connie Helwig, both 1973 UD graduates, committed a multimillion gift to launch the Institute for Engineering Driven Health at UD. Transformational gift from David and Connie Helwig will establish UD’s new Institute for Engineering Driven Health With rapid...
Empowering Graduate Students

Empowering Graduate Students

During social distancing, UD Mom helps grad student community stay strong and safe Empathic Peers Offering Wisdom, Encouragement, and Resources (EmPOWER) is a College of Engineering initiative to promote mental health and wellness among engineering graduate students....
New Gore Centennial Chair

New Gore Centennial Chair

Marianthi Ierapetritou joins UD as Gore Centennial Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Marianthi Ierapetritou, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University, joined the University of Delaware as the Bob and Jane Gore...
Support for Biopharmaceutical Research

Support for Biopharmaceutical Research

Unidel Foundation grants up to $15 million, but hopes to inspire others The University of Delaware just got one step closer in its pioneering research to help prevent and treat some of the most prevalent and debilitating diseases that affect human health — including...
President’s Scholarship Challenge Reaches Goal

President’s Scholarship Challenge Reaches Goal

Matching funds double the value of 56 new endowed scholarships Blue Hens have no problem answering a call for support — whether it’s on the field, in the classroom or in the community. Now, less than a year after University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis...
$2 Million Gift to UD

$2 Million Gift to UD

Alumni couple gives back with donation to engineering, athletics Terri and John Kelly, dedicated University of Delaware alumni and volunteers, have generously committed $2 million through the Delaware First Campaign in support of the University’s College of...