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Honoring Faculty Excellence
DSI Associate Director Benjamin Bagozzi, associate professor of political science and international relations, received the fall 2023 Mid-Career Excellence in Scholarship Award. The Mid-Career Excellence in Scholarship Award recognizes excellence in research, scholarship and creative endeavors.
For the Record
On Wednesday, March 6, DSI Faculty Council member Thomas M. Powers, director of the Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy, visited Capitol Hill for “Humanities on the Hill” day to advocate for federal support for the humanities and for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For the Record
DSI Networking and External Relations Working Group member Thomas W. Ilvento, professor of applied economics and statistics, received the American Statistical Association (ASA) 2024 Philadelphia Chapter College Teaching Excellence Award for College or University Educator.
Quantum Computing and Finance
DSI Affiliated Faculty member Ilya Safro, associate professor and associate chair for graduate studies and research in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, is part of a team of researchers from industry, academia and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory that recently published a primer on quantum computing and finance.
Global Irrigation Mapping
DSI Resident Faculty member Kyle Davis, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, served as co-author on a paper which was recently published in Nature Water. The paper looked at how and where irrigated areas have expanded globally from 2000-2015 and whether that expansion has occurred in a sustainable or unsustainable fashion.
Ready To Make A Difference
From left, doctoral students John Oluwadero and Hojung Lee meet with DSI Affiliated Faculty member Kenneth A. Shores and Laura Desimone, the L. Sandra and Bruce L. Hammonds Professor in Teacher Education and director of research in the College of Education and Human Development. Doctorial students aim to create positive change through education and social policy in the Graduate College’s interdisciplinary education and social policy doctoral program.
Food Production Data Scarcity
DSI Resident Faculty member Kyle Davis and DSI Fellow Hanan Abou Ali are co-authors of a new paper from the University of Delaware which shows that across food production databases, there are substantial global variations in data timeliness, granularity — or the level of detail, both spatially and by food category — and transparency when it comes to national and international food production data.
For The Record
DSI Faculty Council member Rodrigo Vargas, professor of ecosystem ecology and environmental change, was a contributing author of the 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture National Climate Change Roadmap. The resource includes an assessment of the state of climate adaptation research in agriculture, forestry and working lands, along with key needs and gaps. For each gap, the authors identified research questions to address the impacts of climate change on agriculture, food systems, forests and natural resources.
The Role of the Ocean in Climate Change
Former DSI Fellow Kelsea Edwing (left) and Lei Huang (center) both recently had papers published in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. They are pictured here at graduation in 2023 with Edwing’s sister, former DSI Fellow Deanna Edwing (right), who was also a member of contributing co-author and DSI Faculty Council member Xiao-Hai Yan’s lab, graduated from UD and served as a co-author on Huang’s paper.
Sloan Research Fellowship
DSI Affiliated Faculty member Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to scholars early in their careers.
