Jan 14, 2019 | Conservation, Delaware State University, Delaware Tech, Environment, University of Delaware, Water, Water security, Wesley College
DOVER, Del. – Delaware state leaders and faculty members at Delaware State University celebrated a $19.2 million dollar grant that will help fund research to solve several water issues in the First State. “There are water quality issues mostly at the southern part of...
Jan 14, 2019 | Delaware State University, Environment, University of Delaware, Water
A new delicacy coming to local restaurants in Sussex County are Inland Bays Oysters. Thanks to a federal grant from the USDA, and help for growers from the state, the christening of this new menu item was made possible Friday. It’s a new market for Delaware, one that...
Jan 14, 2019 | Conservation, Delaware State University, Delaware Tech, Environment, University of Delaware, Water, Water security, Wesley College
As the country’s lowest-lying state, Delaware is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels — and the influence of saltwater on the wildlife that depends on freshwater wetlands. What’s more, water quality throughout the state is poor. More than 90 percent of...
Jan 11, 2019 | Delaware State University, Delaware Tech, Environment, Land, University of Delaware, Water, Water security, Wesley College
Project Director Kent Messer and Co-PI and Research Lead Holly Michael discuss how we must all work together to address the threats facing Delaware’s water, and how Project WiCCED can help lead these efforts, in an op-ed in The News...
Oct 25, 2018 | Environment, Student Opportunities, Student Research, University of Delaware
The DENIN Environmental Scholars Program is a paid undergraduate research internship that provides interested students with a sustained environmental research experience during the academic year. Scholars work with faculty research mentors at the University of...
Oct 2, 2018 | University of Delaware, Water, Wesley College
Wesley College will serve as project co-lead in the University of Delaware’s five-year $23M Research Infrastructure Improvement grant from the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research program. The focus of this new round of...
