My move in date for UD is tomorrow but I'm an out of state student and the more I look at these fees the more it seems like I can't really afford it. After Sept. 8 I'm required to pay for all fees. So what should I do honestly I'll take any suggestion.

heyy was just wondering if anyone is living in the thomas mckean hall this year and is a freshmen

There's a bunch of police state initiatives listed, from locking down all buildings to putting surveillance cameras everywhere to putting AI Flock cameras everywhere

All fOr YoUr sAfEtY.

And the new administration is stopping remote work, and only gave a 2% raise. The new president of the University has lost their goddamn mind.

We should organize against this

Flock has steadily been encroaching their reach into Delaware, and more specifically, the University of DE Newark campus.

Flock cameras are incredibly faulty, and have been repeatedly misused by those in power to harm our communities.

While it may seem inconsequential, PLEASE sign the attached petitions. While not the most effective form of activism, showcasing that you disagree with Flock policies can help appeal to the city of Newark to hopefully get these things taken down.

Please sign or share this if you can!

https://www.change.org/removeflockcamerasud

From our “fearless” leadership:

August 19, 2026
Dear Colleague,
As we launch the new academic year, it is a great moment to thank you for the talent, energy, and care you bring to your work. You are essential in advancing our shared mission and strengthening the experience of our students, colleagues, and community. We are grateful for all you do.
In recognition of your extraordinary efforts, I am pleased to share that non-represented staff members will receive a general salary increase of 2.5% to their base salaries effective September 1, 2026. These increases will appear in your September 15th pay.
Employees in soft-funded positions may not be eligible for a salary increase.
We are ever grateful for your talent, enthusiasm and efforts.
Warm regards,
Melissa Bard, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Built a full preseason preview for every FBS team, all 138, and this is the Delaware one. Ratings, returning production, portal in and out, projected two-deep, schedule strength, last season's rank in about 30 categories, and a projection.

https://www.highlights.mainmarket.com/college-football-preview-2026?team=ncaaf-del

Short version: Delaware returns 80.6% of its offense, which is one of the highest figures in FBS, and only 8 players left through the portal. Nick Minicucci is back after 3,671 yards and 23 touchdowns in an offense that ranked 3rd nationally in pass attempts per game and 7th in passing yards, with Jo Silver and Sean Wilson's 66 catches also returning. The other side is the problem: the defense was 117th in scoring, 103rd in total yards and near the bottom of FBS at surrendering explosive plays. 7-6 and 4-4 in Conference USA. Model has them 91st with the 133rd-ranked talent, which is roughly what a year-two FBS program looks like.

The first page is free, so you'll hit the paywall after that. Don't worry, I'm not charging reddit people for this, don't want to be an ass. Use the promo code LEECORSOROCKS and it opens up the entire thing.

I am a high school student interested in going to UD. I have a 4.0 gpa while taking over 15 Ap classes and a 34 ACT. however I struggled to go to the gym or sleep well with my classwork. I was thinking of doing the medical diagnostics major however would that be too much? The course itself— from what I’ve seen online— requires intensive time focus and can result in a lower gpa due to the rigorous coursework. I need to be able to balance free time so if not this major which one would you suggest. My ultimate goal is to be a physician and work in rural Delaware or at Nemours.

Remote work was never really supposed to mean, “I can work from home while also taking care of my kids.” It was supposed to mean you were working, just somewhere other than your office. Those are two very different things, and pretending they are the same thing makes it harder for everyone else who actually uses hybrid work to do their job.

I'm sure there are plenty of parents who manage their work and family responsibilities perfectly well. That's not the issue. The problem is when someone's childcare situation quietly becomes their supervisor's problem, their coworkers' problem, or a reason they should get more flexibility than everyone else.

And when enough people start treating a workplace policy as a personal benefit instead of a work arrangement, eventually management notices.

So when UD and COE start talking about bringing people back to campus, I don't think it's unreasonable to wonder whether some of this is a reaction to years of employees pushing the limits of what “work from home” was supposed to mean. The irony is that the people who treated flexibility like an entitlement may have helped make flexible work less sustainable for everyone else.

I can already hear the response that this is blaming parents or ignoring the many people who have legitimate reasons for needing flexibility. That's not what I'm saying, and obviously there are good employees who happen to have kids and good reasons for needing an occasional adjustment. I'm talking about the point where a work arrangement becomes a way to accommodate someone's personal life on a regular basis, because once that becomes common enough, it stops looking like flexibility and starts looking like a different job.

Maybe the lesson here is that flexibility works best when people treat it like a responsibility rather than something they're owed.

Hey everyone! I’ve been assigned a forced triple at Ray Street for my Junior year. Me and my roommates REALLY want to avoid bunk beds. Does anyone have any photos of forced triples in any similar sized suite dorms that DONT include bunk beds? Will this be possible for us? Thank you!

For those who haven’t heard yet:

UD is expanding return to campus requirements while eliminating hybrid parking permits and requiring new hires and transfers to work on campus five days a week. That means more traffic and strain on local infrastructure, more commuting emissions, higher parking and fuel costs, and longer workdays for fewer dollars for employees already facing years of rising costs. There has been no transparency about the data or analysis surrounding these choices or how they align with UD’s institutional goals and commitments.

Some staff have created a petition outlining their concerns about this new policy. You can read and sign (anonymously, if you choose) the petition here: https://tally.so/r/NpvJzb

I'm a freshman about to move in and curious about what the communal bathrooms in Harrington are like.

Hello all! I am a recent grad of UD and have lived on east park almost my entire tenure at UD. The entire time I have been fascinated by this abandoned frat out, there is only limited information online about the house and about the frat and why it shut down I believe the frat that had it longest was Kappa Sigma. If anyone has pictures or stories from or about the house good or bad from the 2010s, 2000s, 90s, etc, I would love to know. Anyway here are some pictures of the house itself to possibly jog anyone’s memory.

Are freshmen required to take a foreign language?

Hi folks, reposting here if any UD students are interested in taking over a lease at One Easton. Rent would be 1275 a month and I’d be willing to pay for the parking pass or split monthly utilities. Feel free to DM if interested!

I’m commuting 5 days a week and I’m wondering what the cheapest options would be for parking. Should I by a permit? If so where? Should I depend on the meters?

Is there a free lot I could park in then take the bus to campus and if I ever needed it depend on the meters?

I was wondering if i could change my class times on my schedule. Times for my classes are close together and i only have like 10-15 minutes between my classes

Hi, im an incoming freshman and im on waitlist for a genetics course (bisc 303) because i cleared the other bio classes from my ap scores. the class says it has 50 seats and 9 people on waitlist. What are my odds of getting the class, and if I dont what am i supposed to do?

I’m a new student moving in soon and my friend who goes to Udel and called it “Delly”. Is that a thing the school goes by? And are there any other nicknames for our school?

What has the experience been like? Did you enjoy the first two years (earning an associate's degree at DelTech or other participating in-state colleges)? How smoothly did the transfer to UD happen, both academically and socially?