UD Library Treasures: Special Collections Exhibitions
| April 4, 2013 | Filed under Library, Photography |
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During this episode of Campus Voices, we were joined by Rebecca Johnson Melvin and Maureen Cech from the University of Delaware Library’s Special Collections department, co-curators of the Library’s current featured exhibition, In Focus: Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital. This exhibition is one of… full post
Prof. Strasser: Domestic life and consumer culture
| March 21, 2013 | Filed under College of Arts & Sciences, History |
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Susie Strasser looks at the economics of domestic life in America through the lens of the kitchen window–from both sides! In a fascinating discussion, we talked about how housework has changed in America, how those changes tie into the history of mass marketing and… full post
Engineers Without Borders
| March 14, 2013 | Filed under Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Engineers Without Borders, Mechanical Engineering |
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The UD chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), recently completed two projects; a water distribution system in Cameroon and a bridge in Guatemala. The engineering students worked closely with community officials to adapt each project to the community’s needs–putting classroom theory into practice. The… full post
UD author: Disposable Heroes
| February 28, 2013 | Filed under College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology and Criminal Justice |
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Benjamin Fleury-Steiner talked about his book Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African American Veterans. As a military veteran himself, he knows the difficulty some veterans have integrating back into society after a tour of combat duty. He became particularly interested in how African American… full post
Queen Bee
| February 21, 2013 | Filed under College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Entomology |
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Assistant Professor Deborah Delaney, Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, came in and chatted with us about a hiveful of fascinating topics. She talked about how European settlers brought honeybees over from Europe, the “career” of a honeybee (which changes jobs every couple of weeks), the… full post
