CEOE is dedicated to advancing the understanding of our planet’s natural systems, from plate tectonics and turbulent hurricanes to historic coastal estuaries and the deepest reaches of the ocean. 

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Student handling UAV aboard a ship

Hands-on learning


Our faculty, researchers, and students are always asking big questions. Determined and curious, they seek answers in the field: aboard research vessels, hiking in marshes, combing beaches and diving underwater.
 

Where will your ideas take you?

“It’s really neat that the majority of the [CEOE] graduate student body in Lewes lives together. That building of a bond, of a community, is something that I have carried with me decades later.”  
 

Dr. Brandon Jones

UD alumnus and president-elect of the American Geophysical Union

Brandon Jones at CEOE commencement 2023

News & Events

Global irrigation mapping
  • Steele Symposium 2024

    Article by Jessica Henderson | April 15, 2024

    College of Education and Human Development will host celebration of student research on April 19

  • Arctic Scholar

    Article by Adam Thomas | April 08, 2024

    UD’s Jonathan Cohen receives Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar Award

  • Storm student

    Article by Adam Thomas | April 03, 2024

    UD undergraduate student Laura Dailey set to graduate and pursue her interest in climate science

  • Steele Symposium 2024

    Article by Jessica Henderson | April 15, 2024

    College of Education and Human Development will host celebration of student research on April 19

  • Storm student

    Article by Adam Thomas | April 03, 2024

    UD undergraduate student Laura Dailey set to graduate and pursue her interest in climate science

  • Arctic Scholar

    Article by Adam Thomas | April 08, 2024

    UD’s Jonathan Cohen receives Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar Award