Our News on Newswise

Choosing March Madness underdogs: Study finds people are riskier in gambles, forecasts made later in a sequence

A new study offers potential insights into how and when we fill out March Madness brackets. The paper found that people are more risk seeking (more likely to predict a relatively improbable outcome) in their later forecasts and are thus more likely...
12-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Children with autism benefit from use of video games

A University of Delaware lab is now pioneering the use of video games – specifically Nintendo Switch's Ring Fit – as an intervention to enhance movement and motor skills for children with autism. The research further demonstrates the positive...
1-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

The University of Delaware is a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Students

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized the University of Delaware as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
13-Feb-2024 3:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Newswise: 65b26db947240_SpacePlant1.png

A salad space oddity: Lettuce more susceptible to bacterial infections away from Earth

University of Delaware researchers grew lettuce under conditions that imitated the weightless environment aboard the International Space Station and found those plants grown under the manufactured microgravity were more prone to infections from...
25-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Newswise: 659ebb65c7ae5_Farkas.png

University of Delaware taps food science industry leader as new dean of its College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Brian E. Farkas, an industry leader, researcher and professor in food science, has been appointed dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR).
10-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Study: Access to quality parks not equal

University of Delaware researchers found inequality in access to high quality parks. Focusing on Philadelphia, they discovered that the majority of parks with strong ratings were found in affluent areas, while green spaces in marginalized...
10-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Newswise: 650dd22eb17c3_HVPresearch1.png

Discovery highlights need for new approach to STI vaccine

University of Delaware researchers conducted exhaustive studies of human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. They confirmed 25 different types of HPV prevalent in Nigeria, a discovery that...
19-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Newswise: 64cbc916f366a_GolfTurf.png

Taking a swing at protecting turfgrass

A team of researchers found that UD1022, a University of Delaware-patented beneficial bacteria, could be effective against fungal pathogens that affect turfgrass ( such as creeping bent grass) found on golf courses and other professionally managed...
3-Aug-2023 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites


See All News

Our YouTube Videos

About

The University of Delaware exists to cultivate learning, develop knowledge and foster the free exchange of ideas. State-assisted yet privately governed, the University has a strong tradition of distinguished scholarship, research, teaching and service that is grounded in a commitment to increasing and disseminating scientific, humanistic and social knowledge for the benefit of the larger society. Tracing its origins to 1743 and chartered by the state in 1833, the University of Delaware today is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant university.

Contacts

Peter Bothum
Director of Media Relations

pbothum@udel.edu

302-766-5103

Marina Jones
Media Relations Manager

marinajo@udel.edu

3025095327

Larry McAllister
Senior Director, Digital Communications

email@email.com

Twitter

close
0.35424