WILMINGTON –Senior nursing students from the University of Delaware will work with the Wilmington Hope Commission to provide Free Walk-In Health Screenings in February to celebrate American Heart Month. The screenings, which do not require an appointment, will occur every Thursday and Friday from February 6, 2025, through February 28, 2025, at the Hope Commission’s offices at 38 Vandever Ave. …
Delaware young people aged 18-25 who responded to a survey by career.io asking their preferred university and preferred first employer, chose the University of Delaware + DuPont combination as their top career path. The second and third combination among young Delawareans was Delaware State + Navient (student loan servicing company) and Goldey-Beacom College to W.L. Gore & Associates. There was …
Three First Staters tied to the University of Delaware tragically died in the Wednesday night air crash near Washington D.C. that left 67 dead. Former UD Figure Skating Club Coach Sasha Kirsanov and competitive figure skaters Sean Kay and Angela Yang died in the American Airlines flight traveling from Wichita, Kansas when it collided with an army helicopter just before …
The Delaware Department of Justice’s Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) closed out Human Trafficking Awareness Month with the shutdown of the 25th Illicit Massage Establishment (IME) since the Unit’s inception in 2022. This announcement comes in the wake of a successful campaign targeting prostitution and patronization issues across the state. The HTU focuses on a holistic approach that emphasizes collaboration with public and nonprofit partners, raising …
WILMINGTON — The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation will host Five Ways to Freedom: Wilmington’s Underground Railroad on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 1:30-4:30 pm at 1124 East 7th St to kick off Black History Month. Children and adults can explore the five ways freedom seekers traveled on Wilmington’s Underground Railroad at this fourth annual Five Ways to Freedom event, including free crafts, …
Colonel James (Jamie) J. Leonard III has been sworn in as the new chief of police for the New Castle County Division of Police and promoted to colonel from his previous rank as captain. “Jamie is a highly accomplished law enforcement officer and has a proven track record of success and dedication to public safety,” New Castle County Executive Marcus …
Andrew Diego, RN, of Christiana Care’s Union Hospital has received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. ChristianaCare DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, calm, respect and partnership. Diego was nominated by a patient and the husband of a patient who both acknowledged his …
SALSTHON, the annual student-led fundraising initiative organized by Salesianum, Padua, and Ursuline high schools, has selected Read Aloud Delaware as its 2025 beneficiary. Over the past 10 years, SALSTHON has raised more than $1.8 million for local non-profit organizations. SALSTHON, which stands for Students About Life Saving, brings together students from these three schools to support a worthy cause each …
WILMINGTON – Wilmington-based developer Buccini Pollin Group, Inc. is joining BPGS Construction and ResideBPG to announce the grand opening of Humble Park Place, a brand new 61-unit apartment community on Lower Market Street. Founder of Buccini Pollin Group Rob Buccini, and Executive Vice President of Development for BPG Michael Hare, project stakeholders gathered to cut a ceremonial ribbon in front …
U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester, and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) announced that Delaware will receive a federal investment of approximately $8 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for STEM research capacity and workforce development. The award was granted to E-CORE RII: Strengthening Partnerships for Advancing Research Capacity in Delaware, a project led by the …
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has chosen Brian Raphael Nabors as its 2025 A.I. duPont Composer’s Award recipient. The A. I. duPont Composer’s Award was instituted in 1985 by the DSO to recognize a distinguished living American composer or conductor who has made a significant contribution in the field of contemporary classical music. Nabors, 34, is the assistant professor of …
SMYRNA – The ACLU of Delaware (ACLU-DE) filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court of Delaware on behalf of six incarcerated individuals at the James T. Vaughan Correctional Center (Vaughan) in response to severe constitutional violations during a coordinated, unprovoked September 2024 raid by prison officials, including members of the Delaware Department of Corrections’ (DOC) Correctional Emergency …
