WILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov. 9 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: AstraZeneca (AZN) is leveraging its global industrial-scale manufacturing and digital capabilities to boost US renewable natural gas (RNG) productivity through a planned expanded collaboration with Vanguard Renewables. With an ambition of achieving a multiple fold increase in productivity, the collaboration aims to accelerate parity with fossil fuel-generated natural gas. Drawing on Ast  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: Positive high-level results from the EMERALD-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca's IMFINZI(R) (durvalumab) in combination with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and bevacizumab demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) versus TACE alone in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 11 -- Delaware State University issued the following news: DSU's College of Agriculture, Sciences and Technology (CAST) expanded its advocacy and resources facilitator roles as it held its first annual Black Farmers' Conference on Nov. 8-9. The two-day, well-attended Conference connected African American farmers with a wide variety of state and national resources for support and opportunities. Dr. Cherese Winstead Casson, Dean of CAST, said the conference signals the Uni  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 8 -- Delaware State University issued the following news: The Delaware ACE Women's Network has awarded a 2023 DAWN Rising Star Award to Tamekca Faria-Frisby, Director of Advisement in the DSU College of Business. The DAWN Rising Star Award is presented annually to one outstanding woman in each higher education institution in Delaware whose potential to achieve is evident. Ms. Faria-Frisby is the awardee this year from Delaware State University. A number of DSU staff and   more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- Delaware State University issued the following news: Delaware State University is joining research forces with Kansas State University and other universities and international partners in a project to develop crops that are resistant to climate change. Dr. Kalpalatha Melmaiee, Associate Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resource, and Dr. Bertrand Hankoua, Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Human Ecology, are part of a U.S. Agency for Internati  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov. 6 -- DuPont issued the following news release: DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced the official opening of its new DuPont(TM) Kalrez(R) manufacturing site in Newark, Delaware to meet growing global customer demand from the semiconductor and industrials sectors. The new facility, the Tralee Park Annex, was officially inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included DuPont executives, Delaware Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey Bu  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov. 9 -- DuPont issued the following news release: DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it has achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at its DuPont(TM) Tyvek(R) manufacturing facility in Luxembourg. ISCC PLUS is a globally recognized certification system for developing sustainable supply chains through the incorporation of bio and/or circular materials. This certification verifies and validates the adoption of clear, tr  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, Nov. 7 -- Hope College issued the following news: By Cory Lakatos The Saint Benedict Institute will host physicist Dr. Stephen Barr, who is president of the Society of Catholic Scientists and retired from the University of Delaware faculty, for a talk titled "The Big Bang, the Beginning, and Creation" on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in the Maas Center auditorium. The public is invited. Admission is free. A video recording of the event will be made available  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- Delaware State University issued the following news: Delaware State University is once again returning to outer space pursuits! The National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) has awarded the University a three-year $899,000 grant to contribute its engineering and optics expertise to the future Lunar Land Rover Mission that will take place on the moon. Dr. Mohammed Amir Khan, Professor and Director of the Engineer Physics Program, and Dr. Yuri Markushin, Asso  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 10 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Blair Kisker, vice president of finance and accounting for FC Cincinnati, will discuss "Following Passion to Career: From Accounting to the World of Soccer," when the 2012 Ohio Wesleyan University graduate presents the 2023-2024 Robert L. Milligan Leaders in Business Lecture. Kisker, MBA, who joined the Major League Soccer franchise in 2018, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Benes Rooms inside OWU's Hami  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * Well-designed urban land patterns can reduce population exposures to weather extremes * * * Weather extremes, such as heatwaves and torrential rainfalls, are becoming more frequent and more intense across the United States under climate change. In late September of this year, flash-flooding surged down neighborhood streets and subway stairways in New York City, as a historic rainfall led to canc  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * High school students get hands-on experience in experimental and applied economics * * * The field of economics historically has had disproportionately fewer women than men as well as a lack of minority representation. A 2020 economics panel at the Allied Social Science Associations annual meeting said reforms to introductory courses could help solve this problem. Work the University of Delawar  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD Biden School doctoral students reflect on four consecutive years of prestigious fellowship designation from nationally recognized public policy organization * * * In mid-November, Calaia S. Jackson, a third-year doctoral student in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware, will attend the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Managem  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * University of Delaware community reports new presentations, awards and publications * * * For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni. Recent presentations, awards and publications include the following: Presentations Trevor A. Dawes, vice provost for libraries and museums and May Morris Unive  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD School of Nursing alumna a nurse leader in veterans' mental health * * * In the mid-2000s, John/*, a U.S. Navy SEAL, was on board a vessel for a search and seizure operation in rough seas near Africa. He was wearing heavy body armor and carrying equipment, weighing 90 pounds. John had to board the ship by climbing up a rope. As he twisted and turned, climbing up the rope amid high winds, he inj  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * Twin brothers spend the summer together as part of UD's Research Experience for Undergraduates program * * * Growing up in Long Island, New York, meant that twin brothers Jordan and Jason Rosales spent their childhood by the ocean. Since a young age, they have been infatuated with the water, leading to constant trips to aquariums, beaches and museums. Their childhood passion grew in high school a  more