DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 29 -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: University of Delaware Athletics has accepted an invitation to join Conference USA as a full member, effective July 1, 2025. As a result of this announcement, made Nov. 28, Blue Hens football will transition to the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the sport's highest level of competition in the NCAA. "Our football program has a proud, 130-year tradition of excellence, and it has achieved and maintain  more

MEDIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 1 -- The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine Campus issued the following news on Nov. 30, 2023: Sixteen students, eight from Penn State Brandywine and eight incarcerated at a nearby county jail, overcame their apprehensions, challenged their ideas about the criminal justice system and studied public speaking during a semester-long course offered through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. The students met each Tuesday evening during the fall semester at Delawa  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 29 -- Delaware Technical Community College issued the following news: Delaware Technical Community College earned six 2023 Medallion Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR), which recognizes outstanding achievement in design and communication at community and technical colleges in each of NCMPR's seven districts. The regional competition is exclusive to marketing and public relations professionals at two-year colleges. Winners were annou  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 30 -- Delaware Technical Community College issued the following news: Delaware Technical Community College is one of two state winners of Bank of America's 2023 Neighborhood Builders(R) award, which includes grant funding of $200,000 over two years, as well as workforce development leadership training. The Delaware Center for Horticulture also won this year's award, which recognizes non-profit organizations for their work advancing economic mobility and building up unders  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 30 -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued the following news: The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has finalized regulations to adopt the Advanced Clean Car II (ACC II) program, which aims to reduce pollution from light- and medium-duty vehicles, but will cap the zero emission vehicle requirement at 82%. In doing so, Delaware is taking a significant step to improve air quality and address climate change. The r  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov. 29 -- DuPont issued the following news release: DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ("DuPont") (NYSE: DD) today announced that DuPont, The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) and Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) (the "Companies") reached a settlement agreement with The State of Ohio designed to benefit Ohio's natural resources and the people of the State of Ohio. As part of the settlement, the Companies agreed to pay the State of Ohio a combined total of $110 million, 80 percent of which the   more

DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 29 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Ohio Wesleyan University is awarding more than $54,800 in OWU Connection grants this fall to help students attend the nation's largest writers' conference, explore the link between mushrooms and selenium, research antibiotic-resistant bacteria in different climates, investigate sustainable farming in Japan, and examine a teaching method born in Italy. The university awards multiple rounds of Theory-to-Practi  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 28 -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: Trustees to hold fall semiannual meeting The University of Delaware Board of Trustees will hold its fall semiannual meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. in the Audion at STAR Tower as well as broadcast on UDLive. The meeting, which will be open to the public, will include an allotment of time for members of the public to comment. The meeting agenda for this public meeting, listing the resolutions expected to be  more

DOVER, Delaware, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * Delaware Environmental Institute announces its 10th class of environmental fellows * * * The Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) has selected its 10th class of DENIN Environmental Fellows. These highly competitive and prestigious fellowships offer financial support and professional development opportunities to doctoral students at the University of Delaware whose environmentally relevant rese  more

DOVER, Delaware, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD-led study shows the unexpected expansion of rare earth element mining activities in Myanmar-China border region * * * As the demand for rare earth elements increases world-wide, so too do the mining activities associated with rare earth element extraction. Rare earth elements are listed as 15 elements on the periodic table comprising what is known as the lanthanide series, ranging in atomic num  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD student Peyton Easton uses U.S. Department of Agriculture research opportunity to explore entomology and wildlife careers * * * Emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive insect species responsible for the widespread death of millions of ash trees across the country. Stopping its spread is a daunting task, but University of Delaware students like Peyton Easton are up for the challenge. The UD sen  more

DOVER, Delaware, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * Personal threats against public health staff during COVID leaves lasting effect on workforce * * * While doctors and nurses were hailed as the frontline heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic, their counterparts in public health were experiencing threats. During the pandemic, threats against public health workers reached an all-time high. After the vaccine was released, those threats increased and chang  more