Human Development and Family Sciences

  • Graduate Programs Virtual Open House

    October 21, 2025

    Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. EST 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.  General information for all participants; panel of current students 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.  Breakout sessions by academic program   Graduates of our master’s and doctoral programs emerge wi …

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  • Research Spotlight: Eric Layland

    October 21, 2025

    Assistant Professor Eric Layland finds elevated mental health symptoms and underage substance use among Delaware LGBT+ youth October 10, 2025 National Coming Out Day continues to be a reminder that LGBTQ+ individuals make a brave decision to disclose t …

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  • Whitaker and Kunjapur named Gerard J. Mangone Young Scholars

    September 29, 2025

    Young, promising scholars recognized for their outstanding research September 18, 2025 From the tiniest microbes to the earliest years of human life, Aditya Kunjapur, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Anamarie Whitaker, …

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  • Graduate Programs Virtual Open House

    September 29, 2025

    Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. EST 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.  General information for all participants; panel of current students 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.  Breakout sessions by academic program   Graduates of our master’s and doctoral programs emerge w …

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  • Elementary students test their aquatic robots in the creek behind University of Delaware’s The College School.

    Swimming with Sharks

    June 30, 2025

    Wading in the creek behind University of Delaware’s The College School, elementary students laughed and cheered as they met a challenge their teacher Laurie Drumm posed only a few months prior: build a robot that travels through water, mimics the chara …

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  • Jon Tressler, a 2024 graduate from the Speech-Language Pathology master’s program in UD’s College of Health Sciences, works with kids at Brader Elementary School. Pictured here, Mr. Jon, as students call him, has students practicing pronouncing “L” words and describing objects in complete sentences.

    Championing student speech

    June 17, 2025

    UD alumnus’s career as speech-language pathologist inspired by his sister, shaped by UD For University of Delaware alumnus Jon Tressler, the inspiration behind his career as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) has always been close to home — his younge …

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  • Celebrating UD’s newest doctors

    May 28, 2025

    Doctoral Hooding Ceremony recognizes study, sacrifice and perseverance Alexis Omar’s father, aunt and grandfather all earned University of Delaware degrees, so Blue Hen pride was instilled in her at a young age and reinforced throughout her youth. Visi …

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  • Rethinking Food Systems

    May 22, 2025

    Sustainable food systems major Evyn Appel bridges the gap between agriculture, policy and food access to create a more sustainable and equitable food system Many students seeking careers in agriculture grew up on or near a farm, but for Evyn Appel, a s …

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  • Leaders in Student Government

    May 13, 2025

    Two Human Development and Family Sciences students represent their peers in UD’s undergraduate and graduate student government associations Next academic year, Amy Gordon and Stephanie Kuntz, two outstanding students in the College of Education and Hum …

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  • Research Spotlight: Jennifer Gallo-Fox and Dorit Radnai-Griffin

    May 13, 2025

      UD Associate Professor Jennifer Gallo-Fox, Lab School Director Dorit Radnai-Griffin and their co-authors show how laboratory schools respond to challenges in early childhood education More than 100 years ago, laboratory schools—like University o …

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