UDance 2023 will be held April 23 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

7,000 to attend UDance, raise $$$ for childhood cancer

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

About 7,000 University of Delaware students are expected to hit the dance floor for 12 hours later this month to try to raise at least $1.8 million for children fighting cancer.  “It’s just really incredible to see how the entire University of Delaware community comes together for such a great cause,” said senior Sabrina Schipper.  Schipper is the digital communications …

UDance 2022 raises $1.8 million for childhood cancer

Charlie MegginsonCulture, Headlines

University of Delaware students raised more than $1.8 million for The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. Submitted photo/Rob Naylor. More than $1.8 million will go toward the fight against childhood cancer after the University of Delaware’s UDance Marathon wrapped up fundraising during it’s annual event Sunday.  That brings the philanthropy’s lifetime fundraising total to $16,503,120 since its inaugural event in 2007.  …

UDance hopes to break fundraising record for childhood cancer

Charlie MegginsonEducation, Headlines

Photo courtesy of UDance. The country’s fifth-largest college dance marathon and University of Delaware’s largest student-run philanthropy event will “return to the Bob” this year for the first full-scale event since the onset of COVID.  UDance, which aims to raise awareness and funds for the fight against childhood cancer, has raised $14,688,690 since it began in 2007. The event will …