The usage and policies surrounding artificial intelligence vary widely in Delaware schools as the technology behind AI rapidly advances.

Educators grapple with how to use AI in Delaware classrooms

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Every conversation with leaders from nine Delaware colleges and high schools about artificial intelligenceā€™s presence in the classroom reveals unique ways the evolving technology is being used.Ā  Itā€™s created a problem for schools and colleges wrestling with setting up their guardrails and adopting recent guidance published by the Delaware Department of Education. ā€œAI has been in the education space for …

Goldey-Beacom College has been named a 2025 Hidden Gem by College Raptor.

Goldey-Beacom named 2025 college Hidden Gem

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A leading college planning platform has named Goldey-Beacom College a ā€œhidden gem.ā€ College Raptor, a company that helps families discover college matches driven by AI algorithms to find the best colleges at the best price, designated the Wilmington school a 2025 Hidden Gem. That recognition means the school is one of the best colleges in the country based on a …

TSD Review Sept 5

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review ā€“ September 5, 2024

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This Weekā€™s Top Stories Include American Idol hosts virtual Delaware auditions Sept. 9 Relief in sight for Route 9 communities after decades of heavy truck traffic Julieta Zavalaā€™s Mercado Kitsch MĆ©xico exhibit starts Friday What gov, lt gov candidates want to say in campaign signs Mobile Holocaust museum comes to Delaware Jan. 2025 Click on the image below to view …

The Americans and the Holocaust traveling museum will be on display in Delaware from Jan. 11 to Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Mobile Holocaust museum comes to Delaware Jan. 2025

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A mobile museum dedicated to teaching the history and horrors of the Holocaust is coming to Delaware.Ā  Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling museum exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association, is making its way to the Hirons Library of Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington.Ā  It will be on display from Jan. 11 to Feb. 22, …

The event celebrated the inaugural year of the UpNext program and allowed participants to network. (All photos courtesy of the Boys & Girls Club of Delaware)

Boys & Girls Club caps UpNext pilot year with networking event

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware held a networking seminar earlier this month to showcase the participants of a new program focused on developing skills, experience and knowledge for the workforce. Wilmingtonā€™s Goldey-Beacom College hosted the event on Friday, Aug. 2 in which the Boys & Girls Clubsā€™ UpNext enrollees had their talents and achievements highlighted and while they …

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Improvements in reconstruction one focus of DBCC breast cancer update

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines, Health

The mechanics of breast reconstruction after cancer was one of the issues focused on Wednesday during Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition’s annual Breast Cancer Update. The free event, held for the 26th time, is designed to update Delawareans about new treatments and services, as well as bring together patients, healthcare workers and others interested in the topic. About 170 people signed …

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Advances in mammography among Breast Cancer Update topics

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

  The use of artificial intelligence in screening for breast cancers and a little used technique that can efficiently and economically find cancers in women at high risk for that cancer areĀ  among the topics to be tackled during the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition’s annual update in May. Dr. Jacqueline Holt, medical director of the Delaware Imaging Network, says that …

Goldey-Beacom College will host the school fair event on Jan. 27.

Delaware school fair on Jan. 27 part of national choice week

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

An all-day event for students to explore the various educational opportunities in Delaware is coming to a state college later this month. The National School Choice Awareness Foundation is having dozens of school fairs across the country in January for National School Choice Week 2024. Independently planned by local organizations, these events provide parents with the opportunity to meet with …

Goldey-Beacom College is adding several degree programs.

Goldey-Beacom adds eSports, cyber security degree programsĀ 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Wilmingtonā€™s Goldey-Beacom College has launched three new undergraduate degree programs focused on marketing and the hot, hot, hot areas of gaming and cybersecurity, continuing the collegeā€™s expansion of degree options. The Delaware Department of Education officially approved the following programs, which will start this year: Bachelor of Science in Digital Marketing Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration …

TSD Review Sept 7

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review ā€“ September 7, 2023

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This Weekā€™s Top Headlines Include: Brandywine Festival of Arts to offer largest show yet Survey on road rage calls Del. drivers the most polite Delaware confirms case of new COVID strain Pirola Health marketplace adds another insurer; ā€™24 rates announced On the Pitch: Preseason boys soccer rankings Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey