Delaware’s IT sector is growing continuously as new companies emerge, supported by a commitment to training young people in the field. Initiatives like Zip Code Wilmington, OpenBracket and training programs […]
Call Amy Cowperthwait the accidental entrepreneur. Cowperthwait is a School of Nursing faculty member at the University of Delaware, and a few years ago she decided that the simulated patient […]
What if you could take the spare change from your coffee runs and automatically invest it towards your retirement? That’s the concept behind Acorns, an investment application with more than […]
Chambers of Commerce Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce www.thequietresorts.com This chamber promotes businesses in what is collectively known as “The Quiet Resorts.” Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce www.cdcc.net The chamber’s purpose […]
Dora Cheatham has a pretty simple explanation for what Delaware’s chemistry sector was like pre-2000. “It used to be just DuPont,” says Cheatham, the operations manager for the Delaware Sustainable […]
In 1991, CB Research and Development was founded in a 2,000-square-foot facility to synthesize specialized chemical compounds for drug-makers. There were three employees. That same year, Incyte was founded in […]
Agriculture has long been Delaware’s single largest land use, so it’s no surprise that the sector is a strong focus for First State innovators. A potent mix of startups, researchers […]
Manufacturing has always been a driver of Delaware’s economy. But where the industry used to be dominated by a few major players such as DowDuPont and W.L. Gore, today’s manufacturing […]
As Tower Hill School began preparing to celebrate its centennial in 2019, Head of School Bessie Speers offered teachers a chance to translate their passions into special programming that would […]
Educators have known about summer learning loss for years, but Catherine Lindroth, part of a new generation of Delaware education visionaries, developed a way to do something about it. She […]
For years, educators have stressed the importance of earning a college degree, but a big buzzword in many academic circles today is “certificates,” which use a laser-like focus to acquire […]
For a small state, Delaware has big bragging rights when it comes to health care innovation. It is the home of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, whose Nemours Center […]
Newark-based TheraV makes the Elix, a non-prescription device that uses vibration to combat neuropathic pain. Founder Amira Idris received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 2015 and […]
In 1916, Dr. James Beebe Sr. and Dr. Richard Beebe opened the three-bed Beebe Hospital on property that their father owned in Lewes. The brothers, both graduates of Jefferson Medical […]
With more than 25 years of combined experience in the oncology-specialty home care sector, Meg Maley and Jill Teixeira, both oncology nurses and University of Delaware graduates, realized that patients […]
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