The University's leadership in campus computing has been recognized with the prestigious CAUSE Award for Excellence in Campus Networking, which cites UD as a "model" for other institutions of higher learning across the country.

The award recognizes exemplary campus-wide network planning, management and accessibility, as well as effective use of the campus-wide network to enhance teaching, learning, research, administration and community service.

CAUSE is the national association for managing and using information resources in higher education. Its members include more than 1,200 higher education institutions and corporate partners around the world.

The University of Delaware was named tops in the nation because it implemented a network strategy that has successfully embedded information resources into the campus culture. The selection committee said the UD plan clearly supports the mission of the University and that it has used the plan to help successfully reengineer University processes and procedures.

Honorable-mention institutions in the competition were Stanford University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Alberta in Canada, Stevens Institute of Technology and Loyola College in Maryland.