Tucked away in the Pearson Hall computer lab on any given Thursday afternoon, all is quiet - except for the incessant clicking of computer mouses and tapping on keyboards. The students of professor David Wilson, who teaches POSC413 - Problems in American Government: Advanced Data Analysis, are frantically decoding the results of a survey.
As universities nationwide begin to expand and modernize their dining halls and offer a wider variety of healthy dining options, they are also beginning to take something away - the trays.
After a lengthy discussion about the proposed Residence Life curriculum on Monday, the Faculty Senate decided to postpone voting on the issue until its meeting next week.
Despite writing poetry since she was in high school, Joann Balingit said she still considers herself a new poet.
Last Friday from noon to 5 p.m., hundreds of students gathered on the North Green. They sat in rows of chairs cheering on performers, lounged on blankets in clusters on the lawn, danced at the edge of the main stage and stood in lines waiting for a meal. Colorful balloons decorated the perimeter fences, music echoed throughout the campus and the smell of hamburgers filled the air.
In Delaware, the poverty line is drawn at a gross income between $22,000 to $23,000 per year for a family of four.
Newark City Council will consider a proposal Monday to modify its policy on large parties and events inspired by Chapelfest, one of the biggest block parties of the year.
There is a vaguely familiar face at the door. The person walks in, exchanges a quick hello and proceeds upstairs where he will purchase and probably snort Percocet, a prescription drug.
Bernard McKenna's office is covered in books. Two walls are lined floor to ceiling with books. A quarter of the next wall is covered by the James Joyce section. Beside that bookshelf are two flags: the Irish tricolor and the Plough and the Stars, which is used to teach Seán O'Casey, the early 20th century Irish Playwright. Above is a map of Ireland. In the center of the room lies another small pile of books.
At approximately 12:20 pm on April 28, the first floor of McDowell Hall became a scene of chaos. More than 100 junior nursing majors responded to a mock shooting in one of the classrooms as a disaster drill was run by the university's school of nursing.
Construction to cover the Harrington/Russell Beach with FieldTurf began last Tuesday. However, the project has been met with mixed reactions from many students.
A study exploring incidence and mortality rates of cancer in Delaware, by district, was recently released by Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Public Health.
A 20-year-old university student was robbed Saturday morning, Cpl. Scott Simpson, of the Newark Police Department, said.
Rising food and gas prices are making it harder for nonprofit organizations to continue their work.
A national survey conducted by SELF magazine revealed six in 10 women are "disordered eaters," while another one in 10 suffer from an eating disorder.
The university will engage in a Saudi Scholarship program designed to prepare undergraduate engineering students from Saudi Arabia for an American university experience, becoming one of the top 10 universities in the country to have pre-academic programs for international students. This year marks the first time the university will be involved in the program.
Research conducted by the College Board and the University of California shows the writing section of the SAT, introduced in March 2005, is one of the best predictors of freshmen academic performance throughout college.
