‘STORY OF SURVIVAL’

Article by Amy Wolf Photos by Evan Krape October 18, 2023 Author Stephanie Land discusses class division and systemic poverty at First Year Common Reader event Author Stephanie Land discusses class division and systemic poverty at First Year Common Reader...

2023 Common Reader Essay Contest Winners

Seven students were awarded prizes in the 2023 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to Land’s book. The winners are: ·       First place: Kaleigh Barry, a University Studies student from Wilmington, Delaware...

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.