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2019 Essay Contest Winners

by busranur | Nov 13, 2019 | News

Nine students were awarded prizes in the 2019 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to the book Educated, by Tara Westover.

Tara Westover on Campus Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 5:30pm

by busranur | Sep 11, 2019 | News

Tara Westover, the author of Educated, will visit the University of Delaware on Tuesday, November 12, at 5:30 pm in Mitchell Hall.

2019 Common Reader Essay Contest

by busranur | Aug 27, 2019 | News

Educated: A Memoir (2019) Educated: A MemoirTara Westover Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first... Discover more Open to All First Year Students Westover has titled her book Educated, and much of her education takes...

2018 Common Reader Essay Contest Winners

by Meghan | Sep 26, 2018 | News

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...

2018 Common Reader Essay Contest

by Meghan | Jul 23, 2018 | News

Educated: A Memoir (2019) Educated: A MemoirTara Westover Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first... Discover more Open to All First Year Students On page 29 author Hope Jahren writes: “Science has taught me...

‘LAB GIRL’ IS THE 2018 FIRST YEAR COMMON READER

by Meghan | Jun 19, 2018 | News

Lab Girl (2018) Lab Girl Hope Jahren Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab... Discover more Lab Girl, a book written by scientist Hope Jahren, has been selected as the University of Delaware’s 2018 First Year...