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2 hrs ago | Data Center Knowledge

Going Off The Grid: Delaware Data Center Will Generate its Own Power

There's a major project brewing in Delaware, with a group called The Data Centers LLC planning a sizeable data center near Newark.

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Related Topix: Newark, DE

Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

660 Students Graduate From Oakton Community College

More than 660 students received degrees and certificates at Oakton Community College' s 42nd Annual Commencement, held May 14, at the College's Des Plaines campus.

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Related Topix: Des Plaines, IL, Niles, IL, University of Illinois Chicago, Lake Forest College

Wed May 15, 2013

USA Today

Study: Water pollution from poultry farms overestimated

Federal environmental programs have drastically overestimated the poultry industry's contributions to water pollution, according to a University of Delaware-led study.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Agriculture, Medicine, Nutrition

WBOC-TV Salisbury

UD-led Study: Feds Overestimate Poultry Pollution

A University of Delaware-led study has found that decades-old federal standards overestimate current poultry industry contributions to water pollution.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Scientific American

The Strange Beauty of the Sea s Microscopic Plants [Slide Show]

In the June issue of Scientific American, Ronald Martin of the University of Delaware and Antonietta Quigg of Texas A&M University at Galveston explain how increases in the quantity and nutrient content of tiny plants called phytoplankton probably helped power the rise of the modern marine mammals.

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Related Topix: Texas A&M University at Galveston, Offbeat

Tue May 14, 2013

The Reminder

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Kudosa Na'jee Wilson who was recently selected as the 2013 Boys & Girls Clubs of Vineland Youth of the Year.

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Related Topix: Vineland, NJ, Life, Food, Nutrition

The Dirt

Nearly Unknown in the West: Sub-Saharan Africa's Cultural Landscapes

According to Professor Ikem Stanley Okoye , University of Delaware, "there has been no scholarly work that explores African landscapes that doesn't somehow implicate the Europeans." That statement may be less true given a recent conference on cultural landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa at Dumbarton Oaks .

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Related Topix: College of William and Mary

The Review Times

UF names vice president for academic affairs

Darin E. Fields will join the University of Findlay in July as vice president for academic affairs.

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Related Topix: Wilkes University, University of Arizona, University of New Haven

Mon May 13, 2013

The State

Arrest made in stabbing of Delaware quarterback

The Newark Police Department made an arrest Monday in connection with the Sunday morning stabbing of Delaware senior quarterback Trevor Sasek.

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Related Topix: Newark, DE

Freshnews

Delaware BioScience Association Celebrates Life Science Accomplishments

The Delaware BioScience Association will host its 2013 Annual Awards Gala on May 22 at the DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, DE.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, DE

Sun May 12, 2013

NBC Philadelphia

Local College Student Stabbed During Fight: Police

Police say a 22-year-old University of Delaware student was arguing with another man Sunday around 1 a.m. in a parking lot on 54 East Delaware Avenue in Newark, Delaware.

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Related Topix: Newark, DE

SFGate

U-Del. student stabbed in parking lot fight

Police say the 22-year-old student was stabbed several times in the chest and abdomen early Sunday morning.

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6 ABC

University of Delaware student stabbed multiple times

The suspect, who fled, is described as a white male, 18 to 22-years-old, 5'11" to 6'00" tall, 185 to 190 pounds.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Cape Gazette

UD grad students advised: adapt, migrate or face extinction

Jerry Esposito, chairman of the University of Delaware Sea Grant Advisory Council, presents the 2013 Delaware Sea Grant Student Award to Aline Pieterse.

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Related Topix: Delaware, Environment, Science, Oceanography

UDaily

UD freshman Shattuck named second team All-CAA in men's golf

NEWARK, Del. -- University of Delaware freshman Braden Shattuck was named to the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Golf Second Team, it was announced by the league on Thursday.

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City Paper

Georgia Grads Hottest in D.C., Says Dating Company

Hinge, the Washington dating app that also does statistics, is out with some new numbers.

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Related Topix: University of Georgia

MediLexicon

Mathematical Model Measures Hidden HIV Virus Replication

Scientists have long believed that measuring the amount of HIV in a person's blood is an indicator of whether the virus is actively reproducing.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu May 09, 2013

Cape Gazette

Down on Green Acres Farm

Master Gardener Brent Marsh of Georgetown, a.k.a. Mr. McGregor, talks to a group of children about the importance of eating vegetables.

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Related Topix: Georgetown, DE, Lewes, DE, Sussex County, DE, Drink, Milk

Coastal Point

The Local Voice of YOUR Community

Two Millsboro candidates are competing for one seat on Indian River School District's Board of Education, in District 3, centered in the Millsboro/Long Neck area.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Millsboro, DE, Long Neck, DE, Sussex County, DE

Burlington Times News

College names finalists for president's post

Alamance Community College has whittled its list of finalists for its next president to six and released names of the candidates this morning.

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Related Topix: Alamance, NC, University of Arkansas, Lyon College, University of South Carolina, North Carolina