SHARING REFUGEE STORIES

Article by Amy Wolf Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson October 28, 2022 Author Ahmed M. Badr discusses life as a refugee at First Year Common Reader event For too long, the global conversation around the refugee crisis has excluded the voices of the refugees themselves. Ahmed...

2022-23 FIRST YEAR COMMON READER

The 2022-23 First Year Common Reader for new students attending the University of Delaware is “While the Earth Sleeps We Travel: Stories, Poetry, and Art from Young Refugees Around the World,” by Ahmed M. Badr Article by Meghan Biery Photos courtesy of Ahmed M....

2021 Essay Contest Winners

Eight students were awarded prizes in the 2021 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to the book Under A White Sky, by Elizabeth Kolbert.

2019 Common Reader Essay Contest

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (2021) In Under a White Sky, author Elizabeth Kolbert presents readers with what she calls the “Anthropocene... Discover more Open to All First Year Students Westover has titled her book Educated, and much of her education...

2018 Common Reader Essay Contest Winners

Lab Girl (2018) Lab Girl Hope Jahren   Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab... Discover more Eight students were awarded prizes in the 2018 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to book Lab Girl by Hope...