Department News
FACE MASK FIT MATTERS
When you wear a mask in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), you protect others around you by keeping your exhalations, known as aerosols, and many of the potentially infectious particles within them, to yourself.
SOFT MATTER FOR ALL
The University of Delaware and Princeton University recently hosted a symposium to bring together a diverse group of scientists to discuss soft matter research.
AN HONORED INVENTOR
National Academy of Inventors elects UD’s Terry Papoutsakis to 2020 Fellows class
NEW AAAS FELLOWS
UD Professors Kristi Kiick, Eric Furst honored for scientific contributions
$11 MILLION FROM NIH FOR RESEARCH
UD’s COBRE Center to add five investigators with five-year grant extension
HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS
Seven University of Delaware professors have been named to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate, the global analytics company.
HEALING CHRONIC WOUNDS
Prof. Millie Sullivan receives Fulbright Award to study gene therapies promoting wound healing at University of Melbourne
SMARTER MODELS, SMARTER CHOICES
They call it artificial intelligence — not because the intelligence is somehow fake. It’s real intelligence, but it’s still made by humans. That means AI — a power tool that can add speed, efficiency, insight and accuracy to a researcher’s work — has many limitations.
NEW DRUG CARRIER SYSTEMS
University of Delaware Professor Kristi Kiick is leading collaborative research to create new drug delivery systems with the potential to improve treatment for diseases that affect connective tissues, such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, which is an autoimmune disease.
A LEGACY OF GENEROSITY
Alumnus, trustee emeritus Robert W. “Bob” Gore shaped past, present and future of UD
IN MEMORIAM: ROBERT W. GORE
University of Delaware alumnus and benefactor Robert W. “Bob” Gore, chairman emeritus of the board of directors of W. L. Gore & Associates, died on Sept. 17 at the age of 83.
ADVANCING CARBON DIOXIDE CATALYSIS
Feng Jiao is the Robert Grasselli Development Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, receives major Department of Energy grants.