This Week’s Top Stories Include Cindy Marten appointed Delaware Secretary of Education Christiana Care house staff becomes first to unionize in DE, 2nd pool of docs Chamber Executive Director Jo Schmeiser reflects on 2024, looks ahead at 2025 Melissa Stewart caters to customers with a sweet tooth EastSide Charter unveils long-awaited, $27M Chemours STEM Hub Wilmington City Council to launch …
University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis offered a grab-bag of ideas to the UD board of trustees at their semiannual meeting on Tuesday. They include increasing stipends for graduate students (reaching $24,500 to $36,000, depending on how much they teach and other factors), expanding the honors college (“now exceeding 17,000 applications for 600 spots”), “strengthening our entrepreneurship ecosystem” (hopefully increasing …
The University of Delaware will jump to Division 1 play in 2025 when it ditches its current conference to join Conference USA. The Blue Hens will become the 11th full-time member of the conference, following Georgia’s Kennesaw State as No. 10 when it joins at the beginning of the 2024 season. The University of Delaware will also become the …
