Delaware State University News

Almost four years ago, more than 600 students entered Delaware Technical & Community College as the first recipients of state-funded SEED tuition scholarships.

Keka Biswas, assistant professor of biology and environmental sciences at Wesley College, and EPSCoR interns Allison Moran and Crystal Weesner discuss a poster at the EPSCoR annual meeting.

Deborah Hall of Bear wiped dirt from her face, tired and sweaty after hours of weeding around cabbages and corn sprouts, pepper and tomato plants, and row on row of carrots, radishes, herbs and beans.

Loyer Braden's attorney contends the DSU student was railroaded. Prosecutors say police mistake doomed a difficult murder case.

Class may be out of session but the learning isn't over for students whose summer vacation blasted off at space camp! And guess who their teacher is, the first African-American astronaut to ever walk in space.

During these tough economic times it can be difficult for families to pay for college.

Astronaut Bernard Harris told the middle school students at the camp named for him at Delaware State University in Dover that it was "pretty cool" 16 years ago when he felt the 2.5 million pounds of thrust beneath him and in less than 10 minutes was looking out the window of his spacecraft at Europe.

Delaware State University says it will not raise tuition for the next school year.

Students at Delaware State University will not face a tuition increase in the 2009-10 academic year.

Despite a shrinking endowment and other financial challenges, Delaware State University will not raise tuition this year.

The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on higher education Thursday, cutting appropriations to Delaware's three institutions by more than $7 million.

A legislative committee has approved a 2.5 percent funding reduction at the state's three universities but federal stimulus funding could make it possible to avoid pay cuts.

Legislators voted Monday to have higher education share the pain of state employees' proposed 2.5 percent pay cut -- though whether the pain is actually felt remains to be seen.

Delaware State University is moving forward with plans to expand its distance learning program.

Area researchers reported to the beach north of Rehoboth to take samples from an Atlantic sturgeon, an endangered fish that washed ashore Sunday.

An endangered fish has washed up near Rehoboth. Delaware State University research assistant Mike Everett says the dead Atlantic sturgeon provides a good opportunity to learn more about the health and condition of that species' population.

Frank White, who runs Fading Ad Blog , sent this my way. He is also a school teacher and is raising money for a deserving friend.

The state Supreme Court has upheld a lower court decision finding that two private citizens had no right to mount a legal challenge against alleged double-dipping by a state representative.

Due to the forecasted inclement weather, Dover High School is moving the commencement ceremony to the Delaware State University Fieldhouse Wednesday night starting at 6PM.

The Delaware Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to make the General Assembly abide by open government rules, ending more than two decades of decision-making behind closed committee doors.