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  • SOLUTIONS FOR WILMINGTON SCHOOLS

    SOLUTIONS FOR WILMINGTON SCHOOLS

    December 14, 2020

    Education and policy specialists from UD support commission to improve schooling in Delaware’s largest city On a chilly autumn night last November, a diverse group of educators, policy makers, researchers and community leaders gathered to discuss one o …

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  • Gia Cammisa and Abigail Cooper

    Human Resources Scholarship Recipients

    December 9, 2020

    For the third year in a row, students in the College of Education and Human Development have been awarded scholarships by the Delaware chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. Abigail Cooper and Gia Cammisa, both Human Resources Administra …

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  • Tia Barnes

    Tia Barnes Featured in WalletHub

    December 7, 2020

    Recent data suggests that Americans are doubling down on their worst habits (e.g., unnecessary spending, excessive drinking, and eating, binge-watching, etc.) to cope with the stress of the current crisis. What are some strategies that might help peopl …

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  • Fighting Coronavirus Misinformation

    Fighting Coronavirus Misinformation

    November 9, 2020

    New studies offer suggestions for combatting conspiracy theories, stereotypes The World Health Organization calls the spread of false information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) an “infodemic,” and the results are broadly visible across society. The r …

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  • Housing as a Human Right

    October 5, 2020

    UD professor shares her work on the U.S. affordable housing crisis Lack of affordable housing is a crisis both nationally and in the state of Delaware, where there are currently only 24 affordable rentals for every 100 extremely low income (ELI) renter …

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  • UD’s College of Education and Human Development’s Virtual Fall Graduate Programs Open House

    UD’s College of Education and Human Development’s Virtual Fall Graduate Programs Open House

    September 30, 2020

    Please join us at UD’s College of Education and Human Development’s Virtual Fall Graduate Programs Open House on Thursday, November 12th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Come learn more about how you can use a CEHD graduate education to advance your career and ad …

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  • Global Research Series featuring Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan

    Global Research Series featuring Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan

    September 28, 2020

    Please join us on Wednesday, November 4th, 3:00-4:30p.m. to see one of HDFS visiting scholars from Seinan Gakuin University, participate in a Virtual Research Presentation. Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. will be presenting “Ways of Improving Quality of Early Child …

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  • Race and Culture Series flyer

    Race and Culture Series: Unlocking the Gateway to Understanding Community Violence

    September 9, 2020

    Monday, October 12, 2020 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. For this presentation, Nadisha seeks to discuss how community violence exposure impacts the mental health outcomes among African American youth in Urban Contexts. Come learn and join a discussion on the need fo …

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  • Managing The Stress of Being A Working Parent

    Managing The Stress of Being A Working Parent

    September 8, 2020

    Every working parents (or grandparent) has been there, done that. Trying to balance a career while raising a family can be difficult. Throw a pandemic on top of that and it seems like the stress, the grind, and the guilt…just adds up. This is uncharted …

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  • Bahira Trask

    Bahira Trask on Looking Forward Podcast

    August 26, 2020

    Jeff Ostroff speaks with world-renowned anthropologist and family trends expert, Dr. Bahira Trask, as she discusses changes in family structures here and abroad, the impact of COVID-19 on families, her projections on where career and job opportunities …

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