After more than four decades in Cooperative Extension at three land-grant universities, Michelle Rodgers, associate dean and director of University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, is calling it a ...

Keaira Faña-Ruiz grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, with parents who prized reading, literature and education. At age 7, she was already composing her own poetry. Her mother and father were not the only ...

After starting his first year at the University of Delaware online in the fall of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Aaron Doll was thrilled to start in-person classes for his sophomore year as a ...

Emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive insect species responsible for the widespread death of millions of ash trees across the country. Stopping its spread is a daunting task, but University of ...

Thanks to science, we already have a good idea of what gardens will look like in the future. Student members of the University of Delaware Philadelphia Flower Show Club turned to the laboratory for ...

The University of Delaware Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown invited the agriculture community to attend Agronomic, Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Poultry tours on Thursday, Aug. 14, ...

Long-term use of fertilizer and manure nutrients on the Delmarva Peninsula has led to an enrichment of agricultural soils with phosphorus (P). Consequently, many soils in Delaware are now considered ...

Many crop management decisions require farmers or their agronomist, crop consultant, or nutrient consultant to make an estimation of the expected yield from a given field. Farmers recognize that ...

Colin Pié, a UD Class of 2027 statistics major, has always been interested in sports, but also excels in statistics. When he first came to the University of Delaware, there was not a specific major ...

The mission of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) is to prepare students to become innovative leaders in the design and planning of cultural and natural landscapes with expertise in plants ...

Saltwater intrusion from sea level rise and tidal flooding is increasing soil salinity risks in coastal farm fields (Figure 1). Soil salinity is related to the presence of soluble salts and cations ...

The University of Delaware is committed to maintaining the affordability and sustainability of its healthcare program. To help offset the cost of covering spouses who have access to other ...