Blue Hens by the Numbers
In Fall 2025 what was the percentage of women in the College of Engineering
A. 10.3%
B. 36.7%
C. 27.4%
D. 8.5%
What is 27.4%?
What term describes an unconscious attitude or stereotype that can influence someone's decisions without them realizing it?
What is Implicit Bias?
True or False: UD originally admitted only male students.
What is True?
What UD office helps students obtain academic and housing accommodations for documented disabilities?
What is Disability Support Services (DSS)?
What organization supports women pursuing careers in engineering and has a student chapter at UD?
What is Society of Women Engineers (SWE)?
Which UD college had the highest percentage of female undergraduate students in Fall 2025: Engineering, Arts & Sciences, or Agriculture & Natural Resources?
What term describes the overlapping social identities, such as race, gender, and disability, that can shape a person's experiences of discrimination or privilege?
What is Intersectionality?
In what year did women first enroll at UD?
A. 1872
B. 1876
C. 1882
D. 1886
What is 1872?
What does the acronym CBC stand for at University of Delaware?
What is Center for Black Culture?
What NASA mathematician portrayed in the film Hidden Figures, helped calculate orbital trajectories for early American space missions?
Who is Katherine Johnson?
What percentage of UD's incoming first-year students received a federal Pell Grant in Fall 2025?
A. 9.0%
B. 22.0%
C. 12.0%
D. 28.0%
What is 22.0%?
Two students apply for an engineering internship. One has extensive industry connections, while the other has never had access to professional networking. The university creates a mentorship program for students without those connections. What DEI principle does this demonstrate?
What is Equity?
In what year did the University of Delaware admit its first Black undergraduate students?
A. 1949
B. 1950
C. 1951
D. 1952
What is 1950?
What UD student organization provides a community and advocates for LGBTQ+ students, promoting acceptance, visibility, and inclusion on campus?
What is Haven?
What engineering safety device has historically provided unequal protection for women because crash testing primarily used dummies modeled on male bodies?
What is Automotive airbags and seat belts?
In Fall 2025 what percentage of UD undergraduate student are first-generation college students?
A. 13.6%
B. 14.5%
C. 17.1%
D. 12.6%
What is 17.1%?
What phenomenon occurs when someone from an underrepresented group is treated as a representative of their entire demographic rather than as an individual?
What is Tokenism?
What was the name of the pioneering study abroad program established at UD in 1923?
What UD dialogue series brings students together over a meal to discuss controversial topics, share prospectives, and engage in meaningful conversations?
What transgender computer scientist pioneered techniques for very-large-scale integration (VLSI) chip design and co-authored a landmark textbook with Carver Mead?
Who is Lynn Conway?
What racial or ethnic group, excluding White students, had the largest undergraduate representation?
What is Asian students (11.9%)?
What sociological term describes the process by which individuals internalize negative stereotypes about their own social group?
What is Internalized Oppression?
What federal law, passed in 1990, helped break barriers by requiring universities like UD to provide equal access for students with disabilities?
What is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
What University of Delaware policy protects students, faculty, and staff from discrimination and harrassment based on protected characteristics?
What is Non-Discrimination, Sexual Misconduct, & Title IX Policy?
What Serbian American inventor developed the rotating magnetic field principle that made practical AC induction motors possible?
Who is Nikola Tesla?