incyte pete du Pont Freedom Award

Incyte named 2024 Pete du Pont Freedom Award winner

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

Delaware biopharmaceutical company Incyte was named the winner of the Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation’s 2024 Freedom Award. The award, named for the former Delaware governor, who died in 2021, at the age of 86. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has championed a successful idea that has led to economic growth and brought innovation …

Mountaire scholarships

7 Delaware students receive $2,500 Mountaire scholarships

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Seven Delaware high schoolers will save $2,500 in college tuition thanks to Mountaire Farms, the nation’s fourth largest chicken company. The company awarded a total of $80,000 to 32 students in the Delmarva region and North Carolina in its latest round of scholarship funds given out to children and grandchildren of employees, growers and grain producers.  “We are proud of …