Eight students were awarded prizes in the 2018 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to book Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Here are the winners: First place: Valerie Light, an Honors Program student and Communications Interest major from Marietta, GA Second place: Liam...

Open to All First Year Students     On page 29 author Hope Jahren writes: “Science has taught me that everything is more complicated than we first assume, and that being able to derive happiness from discovery is a recipe for a beautiful life.” As you enter...

Lab Girl, a book written by scientist Hope Jahren, has been selected as the University of Delaware’s 2018 First Year Common Reader. The First Year Common Reader is read by UD’s first year students, providing  a unique opportunity for students to engage in a meaningful...

Novelist Colson Whitehead engages UD audience Begin your intellectual journey

Ten students were awarded prizes in the 2017 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to book The Underground Railroad by Colsen Whitehead. Here are the winners: First place: Jillian Krol, a nursing major from Rockaway Park, NY Second place: Michael Szczechowski, an...

Colson Whitehead on Campus Tuesday October 3, at 4:30pm. Colson Whitehead will visit the University of Delaware on Tuesday, October 3rd, at 4:30pm in Mitchell Hall. Begin your intellectual journey

The Underground Railroad Wins the Pulitzer Prize Colson Whitehead's 'Underground Railroad' Is A Literal Train To Freedom   Begin your intellectual journey

Colson Whitehead on Campus Tuesday October 3, 2017 Colson Whitehead will visit the University of Delaware on Tuesday, October 3rd. More details to come… Begin your intellectual journey

Open to All First Year Students Discuss how you see the similarities and differences in the perception and treatment of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and of Muslim Americans following the attacks of September 11, 2001, and current events...