The six teachers have been named finalists for the PAEMST recognition. (Clockwise, from top left: David Eroh, Shellee Wong, Dasianee Gavin, Jacalyn Jenkins, Sarah Leonard, Katie Menhart).

6 teachers named finalists for 2025 White House STEM Recognition

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The Delaware Department of Education has announced six exceptional educators as the state finalists for the 2025 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the highest honor for K-12 STEM educators in the United States. These finalists’ applications will now advance to the national level, where the final 2025 PAEMST National Awardees will be selected. The teachers …

Von Homer founded Hx Innovations in 2018 years after a traumatic knee injury halted his collegiate football career.

Hx Innovations: College knee injury spurred quest for better body movement research 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Business

WILMINGTON – A devastating knee injury sparked the creation of a sports health tech company that uses camera technology and movement analytics to measure muscle activity, physical performance, and knee injury risk. “My viewpoint of analyzing human movement was from actually experiencing an injury of my own – I got injured in college playing football, and tore every ligament in …

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Meet Padua Academy’s 4 valedictorians. Yes. 4

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

For the first time in school history, Padua Academy will honor not two, not three, but four valedictorians to top their class of 2022. Arundhati Dole, Mary Katherine (Katie) Dorsey, Esosa Ediae and Emily Malone are this year’s Padua valedictorians. The young women all say that the honor reflects the sisterhood of Padua, which is an all-girls Catholic school in …