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 …
Lerner College and Charles Schwab to Launch Financial Planning Center at UD this fall
NEWARK — The University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business and Economics is partnering with Charles Schwab to create a new Financial Planning Center that will open this fall at the STAR Campus FinTech Innovation Hub. The Center will enable senior financial planning majors to provide peer-to-peer coaching to fellow students on such topics as student loan repayment, 401k investing, …
UD Students Develop Milton Coastal Resilience Plan
Three University of Delaware landscape architecture students have completed a comprehensive resilience plan for Milton, Delaware, addressing the town’s vulnerability to sea level rise and storm surges. The project was conducted through the university’s Coastal Resilience Design Studio (CRDS). The plan focuses on three key areas: stormwater management, wildlife habitat preservation, and community connectivity through trail systems. The students—Bri Egan, …
UD to pay $715K to U.S. for NASA grant violations, professor’s ties to China
The University of Delaware has reached a settlement to pay the federal government $715,580 after withholding information about a professor’s ties to China. David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced Monday that the agreement resolves civil allegations that the institution of higher education failed to disclose a professor’s affiliations with and support from the government of …
Educators grapple with how to use AI in Delaware classrooms
Every conversation with leaders from nine Delaware colleges and high schools about artificial intelligence’s presence in the classroom reveals unique ways the evolving technology is being used. It’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. “AI has been in the education space for …
Delaware Roundup: 38 (Really) Quick Reads (11/15)
The Delaware Roundup is published every weekend. Send submissions for News Briefs and Calendar items to editor@delawarelive.com. If possible, please forward submissions within the email or in a Word document. BUSINESS Cover & Rossiter, one of Wilmington’s oldest full-service accounting firms will merge with and be rebranded by the Bonadio Group, which will help Upstate New York’s largest professional services firm …
LaVante’ Dorsey shatters stigma of mental health with women-focused business
LaVante’ Dorsey spends many of her free days at Battery Park in New Castle, where she sets up a chair and a little table with a sign that says “Need to talk it out? Have a seat.” It’s the latest example of her dedication to civil and social service, coming on the heels of her winning the 2024 Minority Small …
SBDC gets $200,000 federal grant to help underserved communities
The Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is getting $200,000 in federal money as part of a larger $9 million grant to help underserved communities access development funding and innovative research. The grant is part of a five-year federal program that runs through 2029, said Mike Bowman, director of the center and associate director of the Office of Economic Innovation …
18-year-old woman, freshman at UD killed by motorcyclist
Update (Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 at 9:12 a.m.): Newark Police announced the identity of the motorcyclist. 27-year-old Brian Briddle of Newark was released from Christiana Hospital and is now being held at Howard Young Correctional Institution on $362,005 cash bail. He’s charged with second degree murder and a number of traffic offenses. The day after the University of Delaware welcomed the …
State board’s new student rep. focus on STEM, mental health
Caesar Rodney High School senior Sage Sawhney has always had a passion for service and promoting student well-being, and he hopes to carry that into a new position at the state level. Sawhney thought he had no shot being selected among a pool of nearly 50 applicants to be the lone student representative on the Delaware State Board of Education. …
TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – August 15, 2024
This Week’s Top Stories Include Ursuline plans adjacent performing arts, community space Crumbl opens new store in Prices Corner Shopping Center Some voters can choose a primary on election day Christina board has heated meeting again, votes for superintendent St. Mark’s DiGennaro named state track coach of year Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
UD launches 10-day research cruise to study ocean’s micro layer
A University of Delaware research cruise that was initially supposed to take off in 2022 and was delayed several times due to inclement weather and problems with the ship finally was launched Sunday. “There is plenty of excitement,” said Dr. Andrew Wozniak, a professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy who is one of the cruise leaders, Sunday. …