- Eve. E. Buckley, recipient of the 2018 Humanities Book Prize by the Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association
- Emily Day, recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Award
- Danielle Dixson, recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Award
- Laura Eisenman, recipient of the Mary Custis Straughn Excellence in Higher Education Disability Advocacy Award
- Kara Ellerby, recipient of the American Political Science Associations/ Victoria Schuck Award
- Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes, recipient of the 2018 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
- Joyce Henderson, recipient of the University of Delaware Diversity Ambassador Award
- Camille Sims-Johnson, recipient of the 2018 Louis L. Redding Award
- Lena Mashayekhy, recipient of the IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers in Scalable Computing
- Robin Morgan, appointed the University of Delaware’s 11th provost
- Debra Hess Norris, recipient of the 2018 Francis Alison Faculty Award
- Ramona Neunuebel, recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Award and the 2018 Louis L. Redding Award
- Lynnette Overby, recipient of the National Dance Education Organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award
- Anna Papafragou, appointed a member of the U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science
- Sharon Walpole, recipient of the International Literacy Association’s Jerry Johns Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award
- Cathy Wu, appointed founding director of the University of Delaware’s Data Science Institute