| Global at Home: An Alternative Semester Abroad | Global at Home: An Alternative Semester Abroad | global-at-home-an-alternative-semester-abroad | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/aprilVeness_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/our-people/profiles/veness/isll/spring-2014">April Veness</a>,
Associate Professor of Geography, will discuss “Global at Home: An
Alternative Semester Abroad,” in which 10 students from across the
University were enrolled in anthropology, political science and Latin
American studies courses taught entirely in Spanish by bilingual
professors, as well as a geography course, taught in English. The
students visited southern Delaware six times over the course of the
semester to get a firsthand account of the social, economic and
political issues faced by the largely Guatemalan residents of
Georgetown.</p> | 2014-02-10T05:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| Math Circles | Math Circles | math-circles | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/jonManon_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.dcte.udel.edu/jon-manon-receives-webber-award/">Jon Manon</a>,
director of UD’s Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center, and
Rakesh, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, lead the University’s
chapter of the National Association of Math Circles. The Math Circles
program is geared to students in grades 8-12 who understand fundamental
algebraic and geometrical ideas and are open to experiencing new and
challenging mathematics.</p> | 2014-02-17T05:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Art Conservation & Winterthur" | "Art Conservation & Winterthur" | art-conservation-and-winterthur | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/vickiCassman_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.artcons.udel.edu/faculty/vicki-cassman">Vicki Cassman</a>,
director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Art
Conservation, advises Service Learning Scholars in collaborative
projects with Winterthur, the New London Road Community and the UD
Program in Art Conservation. Cassman has been an itinerant textile
conservator and an assistant professor of anthropology at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas. </p> | 2014-02-24T05:00:00Z | <p>She spoke on "Art Conservation & Winterthur" </p> | | | | | |
| "Artsbridge" | "Artsbridge" | artsbridge-2 | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/lynnetteOverby_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/researchmagazine/issue/vol2_no1_enviro/discoverylearning.html">Lynnette Overby</a>,
Professor of Theatre and Former Faculty Director of the Office of
Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning, will discuss
ArtsBridge, a network of 31 universities that confronts the problem of
the elimination of the arts from K-12 schools. One research project,
“Poetry in Harmony,” explored how music can enhance both literacy and
poetry curricula in an elementary school classroom. </p> | 2014-03-03T05:00:00Z | <p>She spoke about "Artsbridge"</p> | | | | | |
| "Working With Clients & Students" | "Working With Clients & Students" | working-with-clients-students | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/julesBruck_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://canr.udel.edu/faculty/bruck-jules/">Jules Bruck</a>,
Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, teaches multiple courses
with diverse subject matter ranging from landscape design process and
digital design technology to landscape construction materials, and
always includes an outreach component. She will highlight several
different projects and discuss the ups and downs of working with clients
and students. </p> | 2014-03-10T04:00:00Z | <p>She spoke about "Working With Clients & Students" </p> | | | | | |
| "Colored Conventions: Bringing 19th Century Black-Organizers to Digital Life" | "Colored Conventions: Bringing 19th Century Black-Organizers to Digital Life" | colored-conventions | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/gabrielleForeman_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://coloredconventions.org/">P. Gabrielle Foreman</a>,
Ned B. Allen Professor of English and professor of Black American
studies, will discuss the “Colored Convention Project: Bringing 19th
Century Black-Organizers to Digital Life” with her collaborators, Jim
Casey and Sarah Patterson, who are both doctoral students in English,
and Colette Gaiter, associate professor of visual communications. </p> | 2014-03-17T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "FIRST Lego League" | "FIRST Lego League" | first-lego-league | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/louisRossi_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.math.udel.edu/~rossi">Louis Rossi</a>,
Professor of Mathematical Sciences, will speak about the FIRST (U.S.
Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
Lego League, an international STEM competition organized by FIRST for
elementary and middle school children that celebrates scientific
investigation, problem solving skills and the practical application of
math and science to contemporary problems. </p> | 2014-03-24T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Community Health Outreach For HIV/AIDS" | "Community Health Outreach For HIV/AIDS" | community-health-outreach-for-hiv-aids | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/carltonCooper_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.bio.udel.edu/users/ccooper">Carlton Cooper</a>,
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and of Black American
Studies and health disparity and community outreach coordinator for the
Center for Translational Cancer Research, will co-present with nurse
Renee Beaman, the founder and executive director of the <a href="http://bgate.org/">Beautiful Gate Outreach Center</a>, about their community health outreach work as counselors and testers of primarily African-Americans for HIV/AIDS.</p> | 2014-03-31T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "The People's Report: The Link Between Structural Violence and Crime in Wilmington, DE" | "The People's Report: The Link Between Structural Violence and Crime in Wilmington, DE" | the-link-between-structural-violence-and-crime-in-wilmington | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/yasserPayne_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.bams.udel.edu/people/Pages/bio.aspx?i=68">Yasser Payne</a>,
Associate Professor of Black American Studies, will speak about “The
People's Report: The Link Between Structural Violence and Crime in
Wilmington, Delaware.” The report is an ethnographic community needs
assessment of two of Wilmington's oldest and most violent neighborhoods,
which organized 15 residents with experience in the streets and/or
criminal justice system as participatory action researchers to
empirically document the impact of community violence.</p> | 2014-04-07T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Undergraduate Field Experience: Sharing Expertise to Strengthen Expertise and ‘Soft’ Skills (and promote the major!)" | "Undergraduate Field Experience: Sharing Expertise to Strengthen Expertise and ‘Soft’ Skills (and promote the major!)" | undergraduate-field-experience-sharing-expertise-to-strengthen-expertise | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/loriPollock_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~pollock/">Lori Pollock</a>, Professor, and <a href="http://ddi.udel.edu/people/terry-harvey/">Terry Harvey</a>,
Associate Professor, both of Computer and Information Sciences, will
discuss “Undergraduate Field Experience: Sharing Expertise to Strengthen
Expertise and ‘Soft’ Skills (and promote the major!).” They have been
sending computer science students into local schools since 2009, where
they have developed projects collaboratively with teachers, delivered
lessons to classes and worked as class assistants.</p> | 2014-04-14T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Program" | "Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Program" | domestic-violence-prevention-and-services-program | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/jenniferNaccarelli_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.wgs.udel.edu/faculty-and-staff/Pages/bio.aspx?i=96">Jennifer Naccarelli</a>,
Academic Coordinator of the Domestic Violence Prevention and Services
Program and an Instructor of Women and Gender Studies, will speak about
the program. The only one of its kind available to undergraduates in the
United States, the program trains students to become advocates for
domestic violence survivors, combining coursework with practical
experience by partnering with local domestic violence service agencies.</p> | 2014-04-21T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Imani Energy" | "Imani Energy" | imani-energy | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/jeffreyRichardson_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.bams.udel.edu/people/Pages/bio.aspx?i=80">Jeffrey Richardson</a>,
an Adjunct Professor of Black American Studies and the Interim Director
of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program, will discuss
the work of Imani Energy in addressing imperatives for environmental,
economic and racial justice. Richardson is the president and CEO of
Imani, a solar-power installation company formed in Los Angeles, which
leverages solar installations to increase the participation of
low-income and people of color communities in the solar, energy and
energy efficiency sectors. He has over 25 years of experience in
organizational management, fundraising/resource acquisition and strategy
development with a focus on building effective and equitable
partnerships between businesses, nonprofits, communities and government.
</p> | 2014-04-28T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Leadership and Social Innovation" | "Leadership and Social Innovation" | leadership-and-social-innovation | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/tonyMiddlebrooks_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.ccrs.udel.edu/employee/tony-middlebrooks">Tony Middlebrooks</a>,
Associate Professor of Organizational and Community Leadership in the
School of Public Policy and Administration, will speak on “Leadership
and Social Innovation,” highlighting courses and projects that both
cross disciplines and engage community organizations to help students
learn leadership and innovation by doing. He is a former camp counselor
and director, school-age program developer, nonprofit director, doctoral
program developer, consultant, workshop facilitator, strategic planner,
designer and professor of leadership, innovation and research methods.
In 2012, Middlebrooks and Jules Bruck, associate professor of plant and
soil sciences at UD, delivered a TEDx talk.</p> | 2014-05-04T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Dorobo Fund for Tanzania" | "Dorobo Fund for Tanzania" | dorobo-fund-for-tanzania | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/jonCox_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/art/people/faculty/people/cox.html">Jon Cox</a>,
assistant professor of art, will discuss the Dorobo Fund, a nonprofit
organization fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples of Tanzania.
The Dorobo Fund supports its vision for a sustainable future by a
variety of means, including helping indigenous and local communities to
secure rights to their land and natural resources; facilitating
sustainable resource management by communities directly dependent on
land resources; and promoting wilderness as an economic option for
communities but also for its inherent value.</p> | 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Perry Initiative / Mechanical Engineering Squad" | "Perry Initiative / Mechanical Engineering Squad" | perry-initiative-mechanical-engineering-squad | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/jenniBuckley_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.me.udel.edu/people/buckley.html">Jenni Buckley</a>,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will speak about two of
her projects. The Perry Initiative is a nonprofit organization that
conducts hands-on, daylong outreach programs for high school women to
encourage them to pursue careers in underrepresented subfields of
engineering and medicine. The Mechanical Engineering Student Squad is a
student-faculty partnership in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
with the mission to recruit, retain and advance students in mechanical
engineering in the UD community.</p> | 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "UD Center for Community Research - Partnership with Community Legal Aid Society" | "UD Center for Community Research - Partnership with Community Legal Aid Society" | ud-center-for-community-research-partnership | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/stevePeuquet_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.ccrs.udel.edu/employee/steven-w-peuquet">Steve Peuquet</a>,
director of UD’s Center for Community Research and Service and
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, will talk about
the center’s partnership with the Community Legal Aid Society, a public
interest law firm in Delaware focused on matched-pair testing for
purposes of enforcing federal, state and local (city of Wilmington) fair
housing laws to reduce discrimination. Since 2007, the two
organizations have been carrying out a variety of studies to uncover
discriminatory behavior in Delaware’s housing industry. Research
findings, which confirm that housing discrimination continues to exist
in the state, are being used to take legal action against those
violating the law, including a major insurance company.</p> | 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Engineers Without Borders: Partnering With Communities Around the Globe" | "Engineers Without Borders: Partnering With Communities Around the Globe" | engineers-without-borders-partnering-with-communities-around-the-globe | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/steveDentel_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/steven-dentel/6/4b3/578">Steve Dentel</a>, Professor, and <a href="http://www.abigailclarke-sather.com/130324AbigailClarke-SatherCV.pdf" target="_blank">Abigail Clarke-Sather </a>,
Adjunct Professor, both of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will
speak on “Engineers Without Borders: Partnering With Communities Around
the Globe," discussing their collaborative work with the international
group. Dentel works with sustainable and appropriate water and
sanitation technologies for the developing world. He is team teaching
with Clarke-Sather, an independent consultant who focuses on
“operationalizing sustainability.” Her international experience includes
studying rural household energy use in China, at the Scientific
Information Center for Resources and Environment of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences, and wastewater treatment in Bolivia, with the International
Sustainable Development Engineering Research Program.</p> | 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Marvelous Microbes Summer Camps" | "Marvelous Microbes Summer Camps" | marvelous-microbes-summer-camps | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/janineSherrier_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://canr.udel.edu/faculty/sherrier-d-janine">Janine Sherrier</a>,
Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences and of Biological Sciences, will
speak about the “Marvelous Microbes” summer camps taught by her lab to
Delaware children ages 7-14. In collaboration with the 4-H program, the
camps reach all three Delaware counties, with particular focus on
at-risk children. The camp curriculum is designed to introduce basic
microbiology through active learning exercises and to challenge common
stereotypes about science and scientists. Sherrier says the participants
gain self-confidence through their successes doing their own
experiments, learn that science can be fun and are introduced to the
idea that all kinds of people — people just like themselves — are
scientists.</p> | 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Museum Studies Program" | "Museum Studies Program" | museum-studies-program | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/kaseyGrier_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.history.udel.edu/katherinegrier/fac-bio/katherine-grier/">Katherine C. (Kasey) Grier</a>,
professor of history and director of the Museum Studies Program, will
explain how that program has made outreach and service to small museums a
core value of its curriculum. She will discuss service projects
embedded into courses, the annual "Collections SWAT Team" service
project in which students assist small museums, and the activities of
the Sustaining Places project, funded by a 21st Century Museum
Professionals Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services,
an agency of the federal government.</p> | 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "The Many Faces of Healthcare Theatre" | "The Many Faces of Healthcare Theatre" | the-many-faces-of-healthcare-theatre | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/allanCarlsen_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.rep.udel.edu/education/undergraduate-offerings/Pages/undergraduate-faculty-bio.aspx?PageID=35">Allan Carlsen</a>, Assistant Professor of Theatre, and <a href="https://www.udel.edu/chs/facultystaff/cowperthwait.html">Amy Cowperthwait</a>,
Instructor in Nursing, will speak about “The Many Faces of Healthcare
Theatre,” a UD partnership founded by Carlsen and Cowperthwait in 2009.
The program helps current and prospective health care professionals
develop communication skills through interactive scenarios presented by
theatre students. The program has enhanced UD’s Healthcare
Communications course as well as delivering an educational experience to
practicing healthcare providers. Healthcare Theatre has collaborated
with state health agencies, hospitals and other colleges and
universities.</p> | 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Coast Day" | "Coast Day" | coast-day | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/christopherPetrone_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.deseagrant.org/christopher-petrone-marine-education-specialist">Christopher Petrone</a>,
Marine Education Specialist with Delaware Sea Grant and the College of
Earth, Ocean, and Environment, will talk about Coast Day, a popular
annual event and a southern Delaware tradition now in its 38th year. He
will discuss the emphasis on visitor engagement, family-friendly
activities, community partnerships and social-media engagement and
describe how Coast Day provides a showcase for the work of UD
scientists, staff and students as they seek to better understand coastal
resources and the ocean environment.</p> | 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Delaware Museum of Natural History" | "Delaware Museum of Natural History" | delaware-museum-of-natural-history | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/aprilKloxin_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.cbe.udel.edu/directory/facultyprofile.html?id=25132">April M. Kloxin</a>,
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is
involved in a number of education, outreach and diversity activities
with elementary and middle schools. She will speak about her work with
the Delaware Museum of Natural History, where she is building an
interactive biomaterials and bioengineering kiosk. Kloxin also is
collaborating with Melissa Jurist, UD’s K-12 engineering program
manager, to create a mini-camp for students in grades five through
seven, to encourage careers in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.</p> | 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |
| "Go Baby Go" | "Go Baby Go" | go-baby-go-2 | <img alt="" src="/SpeakerSeriesFiles/pics/2014%20Spring/coleGalloway_small.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/PT/About%20Us/People/galloway.html">James C. (Cole) Galloway</a>,
Professor of Physical Therapy and Co-Director of the Pediatric Mobility
Lab and Design Studio at UD, is an infant behavior expert whose lab has
a very clear mission: to provide mobility to children with cognitive or
physical disabilities. He will discuss his “Go Baby Go” project, in
which he has collaborated with engineers and fashion designers, parents
and grandparents, to provide mobility to kids who have trouble moving on
their own. He started with custom robot-driven devices and later began
modifying off-the-shelf toy racecars to empower children to be part of
the action at home, in the daycare center and on the playground.</p> | 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z | | | | | | |