- By Topic:
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Entertainment
University of Delaware
Updates for March 9, 2010
Student groups team up for concert to aid Haiti
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:39 am
By:
Several local bands to headline Thursday night’s fundraising event
Several university performance groups and local bands will take to the Trabant University Center stage Thursday as part of a universitywide effort to raise money for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The concert is organized by UniteD Students for Haiti, a group …
Ag department sponsors event to raise funds for food bank
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:38 am
By: Elliot Grossman
More than 150 volunteers aid at ‘Spring Fling’
Newark Mayor Vance A. Funk III kicked off the first “Think Spring Fling” event on Thursday in Townsend Hall, which focused on the relationship between the university and the Food Bank of Delaware. The event, sponsored by the College of Agricul…
Ewing Towing provides discount to students
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:36 am
By: Lisa Steinberg
Getting towed from a university lot cheaper than from a Newark lot
Students towed from either the city of Newark or the university find themselves on their way to Ewing Towing Company.
Pomeroy Trail to be completed by 2011
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:34 am
By: Krista Levy
The Pomeroy Trail, a new asphalt trail to be constructed by the city of Newark along the abandoned Pomeroy rail line, is now in its final stage. The two-mile stretch will begin at the James F. Hall Trail just east of South Chapel Street and run north into…
Freshman invites students to share their ‘PostSecrets’
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:32 am
By: Sean Rader
The card read: “I once told my friends that I was going to get ice cream with another friend, but instead I went to a tanning bed at 7:30 at night so no one would see me.” This was just one of the anonymous confessions turned in to the UD Post…
Postal service trucks could get UD-developed innovation
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:29 am
By: Lauren Zaremba
Vehicle-to-grid technology could save money, protect environment from fuel emissions
If passed, a bill introduced late last year in the US House of Representatives would put a university-developed technology in thousands of US Postal Service vehicles. Willett Kempton, professor in the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, began working…
Newark proposes plans to expand train station
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:27 am
By: Sean Rader
Funk hopes for partnership with SEPTA, MARC
When Mayor Vance A. Funk III spoke of his plans for the Newark train station of the future, he drew on his memory. He reminisced about the old train station of Newark that he recalled from years past.
Planets align throughout university campus
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:25 am
By: Kristen Eastman
Astronomy and physics professor Henry Shipman has used every round object he could think of, from soccer balls to peppercorns, to represent the various structures of the solar system for his classes. Ten years ago, Shipman realized he could illustrate the…
Faculty Senate cuts all concentrations from nutrition major
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:23 am
By: Melissa Howard
The Faculty Senate voted to remove all of the concentrations in the nutrition program, including gerontology, health and exercise, pediatric and weight management, Sandra Baker, instructor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise science, said….
Sorority big/little week proves pricey for some
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:22 am
By: Katherine DiMaggio
Sisters spend upwards of $500 on gifts, decorations for new members
After big/little shopping, Christina Wamboldt heads home with a blanket and two shirts embroidered with her sorority’s letters, her wallet $100 lighter. And that was just in one day. Big/little week at the university is a week-long gift-giving marat…
Miss Klondike Kate pageant to become annual tradition
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:19 am
By: Chelsea Caltuna
Six students strut their stuff for gift cards, VIP access card and private party
On Wednesday night, six university students, dressed in outfits ranging from footie pajamas to a revealing schoolgirl uniform, took the stage to compete for the first-ever title of Miss Klondike Kate’s. The pageant, sponsored by the Main Street rest…
New pedicab company to provide competition
Posted from University of Delaware in news on March 9th, 2010 at 2:17 am
By: Pat Gillespie
College Taxi, Green Ride back in business after winter hiatus
After its absence during Winter Session, College Taxi, the student-run pedicab service founded last fall, is back in operation but facing new competition with Newark’s newest pedicab company, URide. College Taxi, currently a gratuity-only transporta…
-
Find news by location
