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📣 Homelessness in Delaware: Housing Amidst Uncertainty
Thursday, July 16, 2026
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Newark, Del.

Featuring keynote speaker Ryan Moser, Vice President, Corporation for Supportive Housing.

Sessions will focus on developing supportive housing, building shelter and transitional housing capacity, statewide and local leadership in addressing homelessness, and vulnerable homeless subpopulations.

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Biden (School) 🤝 ice cream.

We hope everyone is enjoying summer break so far!

For five seasons, All Politics Is Personal has explored the stories behind public service — the family, faith, loss, resilience, and purpose that shape leaders long before they ever hold office. In this special finale recap episode, Valerie Biden Owens, Chair of the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, reflects on unforgettable conversations with governors, senators, members of Congress, mayors, and changemakers from across the country and across the political spectrum.

Thank you to all of our guests, viewers and partners for joining us throughout this series.

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All Politics is Personal | Season 5, Episode 4 | Series Finale For five seasons, All Politics Is Personal has explored the stories...

Congratulations to the UD Biden School Class of 2026. You did it! 🎉🎓💙💛

Congratulations to Jane Case, UD Biden School Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the SNF Ithaca Initiative, and SNF Ithaca Student Leader Danielle Blachar for being recognized at the UD Honors College Distinguished Scholars Mentor Dinner earlier this month.

The event recognizes outstanding seniors and the mentors they wish to thank. The celebration was full of promise and gratitude, and an example of how the University of Delaware works to ensure individuals belong with joy and are educated with outcomes.

Reflecting on last month's day trip to Washington, DC (+ cooler temps) and wishing we could go back.

Please join us in congratulating UD Biden School faculty members Philip Barnes, Alisa Moldavanova, and Andrea Pierce on their promotions to associate and full professors, respectively, as announced at the UD Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, May 11.

Barnes, as Lead Policy Scientist with the Institute for Public Administration and Program Faculty Director of the Spring Semester in Washington, D.C. Program, Moldavanova, as Director of Master's Studies, and Pierce, as Director of Undergraduate Studies, are instrumental in driving the Biden School's mission forward in the work they do each and every day.

In S5E3 of All Politics is Personal, Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty talks with UD Biden Institute Chair Valerie Biden Owens about how serving in Iraq at 19 shaped her path to becoming the first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon.

Full episode available below.

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All Politics is Personal | Season 5, Episode 3 | Lacey Beaty Valerie Biden Owens, Chair of the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, sits down with Lacey Beaty, the first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton,...