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Company run by alums creates UD data scholarship

Charlie MegginsonBusiness, Education, Headlines

Predictive Analytics Group founders and University of Delaware Alumni have started a $50,000 endowed scholarship. Left to right: CEO Stephen Hoops, managing partner of U.S. operations David LaRoche, chief data and analytics officer Dee Ridgeway A Newark company founded by three University of Delaware alumni has created an endowed scholarship for current students.  Predictive Analytics Group, a data analytics company …

UD will start winter classes virtually; Wilm U closes campus

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

  The University of Delaware said students may return to campus Jan. 2, but winter classes will start virtually as the school tries to stem the tide of Omicron variant COVID-19 cases. At the same time, Wilmington University said it will react to a new Delaware State of Emergency by closing its campus starting Monday, Jan. 3. Faculty, staff and …

UD: All spring students must be vaccinated, boosted

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

  All students, whether online or in class, must be vaccinated and have a booster before returning for spring semester, UD said Thursday.   The University of Delaware will require all spring students to be vaccinated with a booster shot by Jan. 24 whether they are on campus, online or in a blended schedule. In an email announcement to students …

UD not as hard hit financially during fall semester as officials predicted

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

The Old College at the University of Delaware. University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis’s dire warnings of huge financial deficits in fall semester didn’t come true, he told UD’s Board of Trustees Tuesday. The school had expected an operating shortfall of up to $30 million. Assanis said it was actually closer to $9 million, a number that could be “completely …

Former Sanford coach, players face off in Route 1 Rivalry 

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Jyare Davis and Corey Perkins sticking each other during Delaware vs Delaware State basketball game the two are former teammates from Sanford   The University of Delaware Blue Hens made the trip down Route 1 to face Delaware State University Wednesday night for the Route 1 Rivalry basketball game. UD returned home with a 59-48 victory, but this year’s game …

UD’s Resident Ensemble returns to live theater in February

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

Fans of UD’s REP will be saying ‘Halleluiah’ at news the theater will reopen in February.   After nearly two years with its theater dark, the University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players will return in 2022 with a two-play indoor season. Its first show will be “Blue Door” by Tanya Barfield, running Feb. 24-March 13. The second production will be …

Mt. Cuba studies best way to grow a forest

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

This fall, 60 volunteers worked for two weeks to plant 3,000 native trees and shrubs, part of a test at Mt. Cuba Center on the best way to create a forest. Three thousand native trees and shrubs have been planted this fall as part of Mt. Cuba Center’s massive study on the best ways to bring back the region’s forests. …

ChristianaCare exercise routine tested at UD used by Rams, Ravens

Daniel Larlham Jr.Headlines, Health

ChristianaCare physical therapists Brian Catania, second from left, and Travis Ross, far right, have trained the Baltimore Ravens staff in how to use their new program.   Two NFL teams have picked up an exercise routine developed by ChristianaCare physical therapists to reduce muscle injuries and ankle sprains. The routine developed by Brian Catania and Travis Ross was published in …

Fewer masks = more colds. Be tested to be sure what you have

Daniel Larlham Jr.Headlines, Health

  Health officials say anyone with an upper respiratory infection should be tested to see whether it’s COVID-19. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels   “Frat flu” and “freshman flu” are two terms making a comeback on the University of Delaware campus in Newark. Those descriptions for a simple cold or flu are being bandied about again after taking a hiatus last …

UD’s REP offers free audio production of Poe’s ‘Murders in Rue Morgue’

Charlie MegginsonCulture, Headlines

  University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players will present an audio production of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue, available for streaming between Oct. 27 and Nov. 14. According to REP, “In this grisly story, all of Paris is shocked by the horrifying murders of a mother and daughter.  Their bodies are viciously brutalized – one decapitated, …