Feb. 19-25: Engineers Week

Feb. 19-25: Engineers Week

National event encourages engineers to dream big The University of Delaware will join organizations across the country in celebrating National Engineers Week, Feb. 19-25. E-Week is aimed at celebrating how engineers make a difference in the world, increasing public...
Pitch Competition Winners

Pitch Competition Winners

Two UD student startup teams compete in College Pitch Philly University of Delaware teams placed first and fourth in the College Pitch Philly competition at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s (USASBE) annual conference on Saturday,...
Finding a Needle in the Ocean

Finding a Needle in the Ocean

UD’s Xia shares perspective on bringing a systematic approach to big data Big data is being used in a broad range of applications from targeting customers and improving sports performance to operating self-driving cars and decoding DNA. But what exactly is big data?...
Timing is Everything

Timing is Everything

PNAS paper details mathematical model that sheds light on timing of key intracellular events Phage therapy, which exploits the ability of certain viruses to infect and replicate within bacteria, shows promise for treating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. But...

Supporting Economic Development

Delaware Bioscience CAT program fosters local collaborations, start-ups The Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology (Bioscience CAT) has awarded six new Applied Research Collaborations (ARC) or Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept (EPoC) grants. The Bioscience...
Ramping up the Cyberforces

Ramping up the Cyberforces

UD’s new Cyber Range adds strategic proving ground to expanding cybersecurity program It’s that ho-ho-ho season again. Shopping carts are filling up, money is changing hands and shady characters are looking for easy targets. With most merchants offering...