It was a historic day for the Hornets of Delaware State University Wednesday, as the school announced it has received the largest research grant in DSU history. The 5-year, $18.36 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health will help establish an Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research Center on campus. The center will investigate how certain populations, typically underserved communities, …
It was a two-fer day of celebration Thursday at Delaware State University, as officials broke ground for a new $10 million agriculture building and unveiled a $1 million grant that will pay full tuition for 21 STEM students. âWe want to produce agriculture professionals and agriculture scientists, and we believe the addition of this building will provide a greater environment …
Delaware State University president Tony Allen has promised an investigation into an April 20 incident during which a bus carrying the schoolâs womenâs lacrosse team was pulled over and searched while returning from a tournament in Florida. DSU is a historically Black university in Dover. Approximately 70% of the student population is Black. According to The Hornet, DSUâs student newspaper, …
Dr. Tony Allen with his mother, R. Leatha Allen. Photo courtesy of Dr. Allen R. Leatha Allen, mother of Dr. Tony Allen, president of Delaware State University, died early Tuesday morning from non-COVID pneumonia. Dr. Allen wrote this appreciation of his mother’s life. If you ever reached my mother’s old-school voice message, you would hear R. Leatha Allen say, …
Flanked by Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, DSU President Tony Allen holds two beneficiaries of the governorâs initiative to strengthen early childhood education in Delaware â the 2021-22 Little Mr. and Miss DSU, Corey Bazemore and Alessandra Spence. Photo courtesy of Delaware State University. With Delawareâs unemployment rate hovering around 5 percent, state …
Delaware State University will help the stateâs environmental agency improve public outreach and community engagement with a two-year research project set to begin next month. The university will hold town hall meetings on Nov. 17 and Dec. 1 to solicit input from community members on how DNREC can conduct effective outreach regarding regulatory actions and policies. The research project is …
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âThe programmatic, regulatory and financial hurdles to operating two athletic programs were either too high and/or uncertain,â DSU President Tony Allen said.
