The Cornerstone: College of Arts & Sciences News, June 2016

An inside look at the College of Arts & Sciences @ UD

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June 2016

Volume 2, Issue 10

We have much to celebrate this time of year, from the many student, faculty and alumni honors we recognized in May, to the thousands of Blue Hens who flocked home for Alumni Weekend reunions, awards and activities, including our semiannual College Advisory Council meeting. The Council helped us with important planning on the college's diversity initiatives, and we recognized Grace T. Leong '88, for her dedicated service as chair, as well as outgoing member Charlotte W. Brown '81. We welcomed Joe Krauss '78 as the new chair, along with new members Beth Monaghan Cohen '89 and Harlan L. Landes '98. And our Power of PBL session was a great success, with alumni, friends and future Blue Hens working side-by-side in UD's Harker ISE Lab. Now, we may not have brought home the President's Cup in this year's Blue Hen 5K, but our team represented with a win for "Most Spirited" and CAS alumni swept the 2016 Alumni Wall of Fame awards. These are just some of the many reasons I remain impressed with you, our active and engaged community of alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff. I hope you'll enjoy reading about even more of our accomplishments and successes below.

Art of Colombia: Graduate student Juan Pablo Cárdenas is studying collections at the Gold Museum in Bogotá.

Healing through music: Watch a video of Lakota hip-hop musician Frank Wain with children’s hospital patients.

‘Bedrock’ exhibit: Works by Robert Straight, professor of art, are on display in Philadelphia through July 17.

Interplanetary advance: Plasma physics is poised to make a giant leap as NASA gathers vast amounts of data.

Alison Award: Mary Dozier, internationally known for her work in child development, received the 2016 honor.

Power of PBL: Alumni Weekend featured the opportunity to learn about problem-based learning at Harker Lab.

Discoveries in Egypt: Steven Sidebotham’s archaeological dig near the Red Sea uncovered important artifacts.

Honoring the dead: Literature students shared stories of those who died in World War I at a memorial ceremony.

French theatre: A class performed a full-length contemporary comedy in French and spoke with the playwright.

ROTC success: Army cadets won high honors at an international military skills competition at West Point.

Young leaders: UD students teamed up with 10th-graders to coach them in developing leadership skills.

Model UN: Nearly 500 participants came to campus this spring to discuss global affairs and challenges.

Alumni Spotlight: Wall of Fame
Four College of Arts and Sciences graduates were honored for their professional and public service accomplishments at a special Alumni Weekend ceremony where they were inducted into the UD Alumni Wall of Fame.

CAS Up Close
Can you identify this extreme close-up? If you think you know the location, email CASCommTeam@udel.edu with your answer. All correct answers will be entered into a drawing to help us choose our next close-up! Find our previous features here.

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