Police believe incident is connected to Thursday's home invasion
Posted Aug. 6
A university student awoke Friday to find a man lying next to her in her Wilbur Street residence. Police believe the incident is connected to a similar incident that occurred Thursday on North Chapel Street.
N. Chapel Street resident awoke to find man sleeping next to her
Posted Aug. 5
Newark police are looking for a man they say broke into a house on North Chapel Street Thursday morning and climbed into bed with a female resident.
Posted Aug. 5
University police are asking the public to be on the lookout for three homeless men who were given trespass warnings Wednesday afternoon.
Posted July 19
Jason Mraz will perform at the Bob Carpenter Center this fall, the singer-songwriter announced on his website this week.
Reality show airs Friday night
Posted July 15
Jaime Sanderson, a 2007 graduate of the university, searched for the perfect wedding dress while being followed by TLC's cameras.
Nate Henn was in Africa volunteering with Invisible Children
A former university student working for the nonprofit group Invisible Children was killed Sunday in a terrorist attack in Kampala, Uganda, the organization said in a statement.
Out-of-state tuition to increase $2,000; in-state to increase $500
Posted July 7
University officials on Tuesday announced a 9 percent hike in non-resident tuition and a 5.8 percent increase in resident tuition.
Update: Police now say woman was employee, not student as orginally reported
Posted June 25
University police are warning the university community to stay alert after a university employee reported being followed as she left Pearson Hall Thursday afternoon.
The sounds of cover band Love Seed Mama Jump drifted through campus, and blue and gold lights illuminated a massive tent on The Green on Friday, as alumni were treated to unlimited beer during the university's Mug Night event. The $25-per-ticket Mug Night party, meant to remind alumni of the popular Thursday night feature at the old Stone Balloon bar, was only part of the university’s second-annual Forum & Reunion Weekend.
Proposal for Delaware Stadium includes luxury boxes, 8,200 new seats
University officials have publicly released for the first time sketches showing the planned expansion of Delaware Stadium and have provided new details about several planned construction projects, including the former Chrysler Assembly Plant and new East Campus residence halls.
Harker 'triple-dog dares' students to blaze their own trails
Addressing a crowd of nearly 4,000 graduates on Saturday, commencement speaker Catherine Bertini challenged the class of 2010 to begin their lives with boldness and compassion
Graduating seniors went into Saturday's ceremony with a mixture of excitement and uncertainty.
Nearly 4,000 expected to earn degrees
Posted May 28 - Nearly 4,000 students are expected to graduate tomorrow as part of the university’s 161st Spring Commencement.
Counter-protest draws a mix of serious and humorous signs
Posted April 23
More than 200 students turned out to protest what they called an offensive display by a national anti-abortion group.
Demonstrators to return Thursday, be met by counter-protest
Posted April 22
The Green outside of Gore Hall was transformed into a political war zone Wednesday when the anti-abortion group Center for Bio-Ethical Reform brought its Genocide Awareness Project to the university.
Posted April 21
Notes left on a blackboard were interpreted as a bomb threat, and police swept the building with bomb-sniffing dogs before declaring it safe.
Posted April 14
Harker and the students walked a mile around campus Tuesday as part of the event, sponsored by Healthy HENS.
Posted April 13
A 27-year-old homeless man was arrested Monday after he allegedly fondled a female university student on South College Avenue, according to university police.
Posted April 11
Newark will begin charging for parking in city lots and parking meters at 1 p.m. today, eliminating the previous policy of free parking on Sundays.
Posted April 10
The three teens accused of robbing a student outside of Memorial Hall have been arrested, university police said.
Student spends $30 on fraudulent subscription, cops say
Posted April 8
In the latest in a series of recent magazine subscription scams, a man claiming to represent the university’s journalism program sold a fraudulent magazine subscription to a student,
Posted April 8
A 19-year-old student was robbed outside Memorial Hall by three teenagers early Thursday morning, university police said.
Posted April 6
Police say Robert E. Methvin III, 24, was using an e-mail account to distribute pornographic images.
Posted April 3
James W. Kwiatkowski, a 23-year employee of the university, died Wednesday, police say.
Posted April 2
Stephen Christopher Smisson, a senior at the university, died March 29 at Kent General Hospital in Dover. He was 23.
Posted March 29
The university has appointed Suzanne Austin interim dean of the College of Education and Public Policy.
Posted March 29
Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and World Cup champion Mia Hamm spoke to a crowd of more than 2,000 Tuesday night at the Bob Carpenter Center.
Posted March 24
Catherine Bertini, now a professor at Syracuse University, will address graduates at the May 29 ceremony.
Posted March 19
The Saturday Night Live cast member will appear at the Bob Carpenter Center as SCPAB's spring performance.
Richmond knocks off Delaware, 67-49
Posted March 18
Richmond took advantage of a hot first half, a sick Elena Delle Donne, and a banged-up Delaware to defeat the Hens.
Posted March 17
The homeless sex offender banned from the university campus was arrested Monday in Linwood, Pa.
Posted March 17
Michael Gamel-McCormick, the dean of the College of Education and Public Policy, will remain at the university as a professor.
Posted March 16
Delaware will seek its first-ever WNIT win Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Bob Carpenter Center.
Posted March 12
Filming for “Delaware The Musical,” originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, has been postponed due to rain, organizer Avi Amon announced Friday evening.
Police say former tenant and former employee used master key to steal jewelry
Posted March 12
Two Newark men have been arrested in connection with the February burglaries of several residences in the Pine Brook apartment complex located on Wharton Drive, Newark police said.
Lecture on education reform sparks protest
Posted Feb. 25
Ayers' speech well received by audience, but protesters slam university for hosting the 1970s radical.
Region's fourth storm could bring 8-12 inches of snow by Friday
Posted Feb. 24
Snow is expected to start falling early Thursday morning and continue through Friday.
Posted Feb. 24
After three days of investigation, police have tentatively uncovered the identity of the young girl found alone in a South College Avenue Shell gas station restroom.
Posted Feb. 20
The speakers discussed the delicate balance between free speech on college campuses and the responsibility of those colleges to educate.
Posted Feb. 19
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) spoke at the university on Monday, serving as the opening speaker in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy’s spring seminar series.
Posted Feb. 18
Two Dover men were arrested Saturday, 20 minutes after allegedly robbing two university students.
Cop saves two after woman drives onto Main Street train tracks
Posted Feb. 18
Police say the student was impaired by alcohol when she drove onto the train tracks, getting out of the car just seconds before a train hit it.
Posted Feb. 12
A 15-year-old Newark boy has been arrested for allegedly breaking into four student rental houses late last year.
Posted Feb. 12
Police responded to a report that a man was stabbed during a large fight that had broken out after several men were ejected from Kildare’s.
The university will be closed for a second day tomorrow, officials announced this afternoon. A state of emergency and a travel ban, imposed last night by Gov. Jack Markell, remain in effect. No campus buses will run tomorrow, but all four dining halls, Morris Library, the Carpenter Sports Building and Perkins Student Center will remain open.
Posted Feb. 8
As students moving back onto campus Monday dodged the piles of snow crowding area streets, forecasters warned of another significant storm headed for Delaware.
Posted Feb. 6
A driver allegedly lost control of is vehicle and hit a parked car, sending he and a passenger to the hospital and damaging two houses.
Posted Feb. 5
More than 140 teams of grade students competed Saturday at the LEGO League championship at the Bob Carpenter Center.
Markell sends his first-ever tweet
Posted Feb. 4
More than 170 Twitter users met at Kildare's Irish Pub on Main Street to network and to meet in real life the people they've gotten to know through the popular social media Web site.
Posted Jan. 30
The snow began falling shortly before 1 p.m. and is expected to increase in intensity throughout the day before tapering off overnight
Posted Jan. 30
Democrats praise president's call for bipartisanship, but Republicans say it's a hollow promise.
Posted Jan. 30
University Police are asking the public’s help in finding a man who attempted to steal a laptop from Morris Library earlier this month.
Newark man has spent 20 years stealing shoes, police say
Posted Jan. 30
The man who police say has spent 20 years stealing shoes from Newark-area residences was arrested Friday, after officers raided his house and confiscated three truckloads of shoes and other stolen goods.
Posted Jan. 29
Twelve Grotto Pizza restaurants in the area, including the one on Main Street, donated 15 percent of their pizza sales last week to support relief efforts.
Posted Jan. 29
Despite losing Elena Delle Donne due to an elbow injury, women’s basketball head coach Tina Martin earned her 250th victory Thursday night,
Lowery apprehended after asking to borrow resident's phone
Posted Jan. 27
The search continues into the night for a robbery suspect who drove his car toward a Newark police officer in a parking lot on South College Avenue.
Posted Jan. 26
Newark City Council on Monday unanimously approved a student’s request to remove three parking spaces in front of his house on North Chapel Street.
Posred Jan. 26
Three economic experts spoke at Clayton Hall Wednesday morning, spending nearly three hours discussing the recession and their expectations for 2010.
Posted Jan. 25
Newark police have recovered more than 250 shoes they think could be connected to the recent rash of shoe burglaries in the area.
Posted Jan. 23
Snapping their six-game losing streak, the men's basketball team won an overtime thriller against Georgia State 76-74 Saturday afternoon.
Posted Jan. 22
This month, the university is holding its sixth annual winter indie film series in an attempt to get winter session students and the campus community out and about.
Posted Jan. 22
State police have arrested three men they say were involved in as many as 13 robberies including two at the Elkton Road Dunkin' Donuts.
Posted Jan. 21
The mascot team joined the cheerleading and dance teams to represent the university at this weekend’s 2010 College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships in Orlando, Fla.
Posted Jan. 20
The men's basketball team dropped its sixth straight game to Old Dominion University Wednesday night 68-49 in a game of two distinctly different halves
Posted Jan. 19.
The entire senior class of 60 students at Sanford School, a private K-12 school in Hockessin, turned out to volunteer at the food bank instead of taking the day off.
Posted Jan. 19
For the second time in three weeks, a gunman held up the Dunkin’ Donuts store on Elkton Road, but police are not yet sure if the two incidents are related.
Student who raised $13K for Haitian medical clinic is now helping rebuild country after quake
Posted Jan. 18
Now his focus is on getting immediate relief to the existing St. Boniface hospital in Fond des Blancs, about 30 miles from the epicenter of the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Posted Jan. 18
Under a new program launched last month by the Downtown Newark Partnership, Newark shoppers can purchase gift cards they can use in many downtown Newark businesses.
Posted Jan. 18
Senior Sarah Raulli squeaked by her competition on “Wheel of Fortune” earlier this month, bringing home more than $12,000 worth of cash and prizes.
Posted Jan. 17
Sixteen restaurants will offer lunch and dinner specials though Sunday.
Posted Jan 17
The Delaware women's basketball team lost a frustrating, double-overtime game to Drexel at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday, 70-67.
Posted Jan. 16
Delaware lost to Towson in the last seconds of the game 71-68 to join the Tigers in the basement of the CAA standings.
Posted Jan. 16
Students now have something else to look forward to when returning to campus for Spring Semester: a new place to get grub.
Posted Jan. 15
Their lead nearly slipped away, but the Hens were able to hang on to beat UNC Wilmington 63-59 Thursday night.
Posted Jan. 15
Three university students were robbed early Friday morning on the Ray Street Bridge, according to University Police. One was hit in the head before the suspect fled.
Posted Jan. 12
The swine flu vaccine is now available to the general university community at Student Health Services and area pharmacies.
Posted Jan. 12
The university marching band joined with their counterparts from the University of Massachusetts to perform in Ireland.
Posted Jan. 11
For the second time this season, Delaware men’s and women’s swimming teams split a meet with Towson
Everyone has the ability, and obligation, to inspire others, second lady Jill Biden told members of the Class of 2009 graduating Saturday morning. “I have no doubt that each and every one of you has the power to mentor and inspire our future generations of business leaders, artists, statesmen, and scientists,” Biden said.
For Jubril Onaneye, Saturday’s Winter Commencement ceremony signified the end of a long journey, one that took him halfway across the world.
Posted Jan. 8
University spokesman John Brennan confirmed late this afternoon that Biden’s speech will go on as planned at the 10:30 a.m. ceremony.
Posted Jan. 7
Five houses have been broken into by a burglar that takes only shoes and photographs of men.
Posted Jan. 6
The Hens led by 7 with 20 seconds left in overtime, but William & Mary mounted an improbable comeback and won 74-73.
Posted Jan. 6
A gunman robbed the Dunkin’ Donuts on Elkton Road Tuesday night, Newark police said.
Posted Jan. 6
The two suspects both had young children in tow as they paid in phony $50 and $100 bills in College Square Shopping Center.
Posted. Jan. 3
The Hens women's basketball team fell to ODU 60-59 on Sunday.
Posted Dec. 28
The University of Delaware Marching Band is in Ireland preparing to perform in Dublin’s New Year’s Day parade.
Posted Dec. 28
Senior Sarah Raulli will appear on Wheel of Fortune Friday, the second of three university students picked to be a contestant on the game show.
Posted Dec. 27
"Perishable items on the shelf beyond their expiration dates is unacceptable," said Margot Carroll, associate vice president for Auxiliary Services.
Posted Dec. 21
Delawareans spent the weekend cleaning up after a massive nor’easter left most of the state buried under more than a foot of snow.
Posted Dec. 19
Newark Police have arrested two people in connection with a Nov. 17 armed robbery in the Cherry Hill Manor neighborhood. One of the defendants was originally thought to be a victim.
Posted Dec. 19
University Police say Steven A. Emmons Jr,. 23, of Newark and Robert Hynes-Tyre, 22, of Newark are accused of at least six vehicle break-ins on campus since Dec. 10.
Posted Dec. 14
City councilman Ezra Temko kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday with an event in his Newark home.
Posted Dec. 14
Newark Police have arrested four men in connection with the Nov. 30 robbery at the University Courtyard Apartments.
Posted Dec. 9
University officials have announced a replacement for George Brelsford, who resigned as dean of students
Posted Dec. 9
The university showed off its latest acquisition in grand style Tuesday night
Posted Dec. 8
A university student was robbed Monday as he was walking down South College Avenue, near Morris Library, Newark police said.
Posted Dec.4
The city of Newark will host its annual Winterfest Friday night from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Academy Lawn and Main Street.
Posted Dec. 3
A Dining Services manager was robbed near Morris Library late Wednesday as she carried the nightly deposits to her car, according to University Police.
Posted Dec. 1
Six students were bound and gagged early Monday by four armed robbers who broke into the students' University Courtyard apartment looking for drug money, Newark police said.
Posted Dec. 1
Second lady Jill Biden, the wife of vice president Joe Biden and a university alumna, will speak at Winter Commencement, university officials announced Tuesday.
Posted Nov. 30
The outage, caused by a faulty underground transmission cable, lasted approximately 20 minutes on Monday.
Posted Nov. 30
Student Centers officials have a founded a new program to help teach students leadership skills
Music by DJ Andrew Hugh blared from the speakers at Klondike Kate’s while colored neon lights flashed blue, green and red in sync with the sounds at the Nov. 23 Battle for Life fundraiser sponsored by Alpha Lambda Delta to benefit children affected by AIDS in South Africa.
Posted Nov. 27
More than 4,000 students at the university have joined a Facebook group as part of a contest to win a free Weezer concert.
Artificial turf will be installed at Delaware Stadium this winter, university officials announced Tuesday. The new surface will allow other teams besides the football team to hold games in the 22,000-seat stadium.
A Wilmington man, already in prison on other charges, was arrested Friday in connection to the Nov. 18 robbery of a university student on Prospect Avenue.
The university has officially acquired the former Chrysler Assembly Plant on South College Avenue, officials announced Monday.
Group altercation at Klondike Kate's; Laptop theft leads to chase on Cleveland Avenue
VILLLANOVA, Pa. — The Hens season is over as they lose to Villanova 30-12 in a game where Delaware's run game never got off the ground. After a 32-yard field goal by Wildcat kicker Nick Yako to open the game, the Hens took over at their 17 yard line.
Posted Nov. 19
A 21-year-old university student was the victim of a robbery on Prospect Avenue Wednesday. In an unrelated case, two Newark residents were robbed at gunpoint near Barksdale Road.
Posted Nov. 19
University Police are looking for a gray SUV that hit a police cruiser Saturday morning.
Posted Nov. 18
The university teamed up with the Blood Bank of Delmarva Wednesday to hold the fifth annual Colonial Athletic Association Blood Challenge in the Trabant Multipurpose Room.
With blankets laid out across the floor and music coming from local bands and university students, the mood was set Thursday night for Coffeehouse for a Cause, a fundraising event hosted by Uganda Untold,
Senior Chris Gage won $40,550 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Cancun, after being a contestant on an episode of Wheel of Fortune’s College Week last Wednesday.
Joerg Fibelkorn, a retired German army officer, told the story of Major Plaggea Nazi who saved Jews in the Holocaust, to students in a lecture Nov. 9.
Delaware defeats the Pride 28-24 Saturday
Delaware improved its record to 6-3 Saturday when it defeated the Hofstra pride 28-24 at Delaware Stadium.
Posted Oct. 31
James Madison University upset the Blue Hens 20-8 on a soggy Homecoming Saturday at Delaware Stadium.
Posted Oct. 30
Newark police have arrested an Elkton, Md. teen for allegedly stealing a university student’s car and selling it on Craigslist.
Posted Oct. 29
On Tuesday, a tractor was parked on the Trabant University Center patio, packed with 115 pumpkins to be sold by the Animal Science Club for $10 each.
Posted Oct. 27, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden returned home on Tuesday to help state officials announce plans for an electric car manufacturer to reopen a vacant auto plant in northern Delaware.
Three separate armed robberies were reported near campus early Saturday morning. Newark police are asking the public's help to find the suspects.
Posted Oct. 24
The 272-acre property on South College Avenue will be used primarily for a research and technology park.
Posted Oct. 23
A Delaware woman has died of complications from swine flu, state officials announced Thursday.
Posted Oct. 22
David Plouffe, a university alumnus who directed Obama's presidential campaign, returned to UD Wednesday for a discussion assessing Obama's first year in office.
Posted Oct. 22
David Plouffe and Steve Schmidt, rival political advisers from the 2008 campaign who both attended the university, are teaming up to help form a Center for Political Communications at the university.
Posted Thursday, Oct. 15
During the latest jaywalking enforcement Oct. 7, 18 tickets were written in a three-hour period, a decrease from the 44 on Sept. 23,
Posted Tuesday, Oct. 13
Located on the Academy Lawn on Main Street, the Harvest Arts Festival was hosted by the Newark Arts Alliance on Saturday.
The Hens jumped out to an early lead Saturday and never looked back, beating Massachusetts 43-27.
Updated Oct. 5 at 3:40 p.m.
A woman was struck and killed by a train this morning on Elkton Road, police said.
Posted Oct. 2
As the state awaits its first shipment of H1N1 vaccine next week, the illness is now considered "widespread" in Delaware.
Posted Sept. 29
A Delaware State police captain will become the new director of Public Safety, university officials announced in a statement Tuesday.
Posted Sept. 29
Lang Development Group will tear down the tuxedo shop and build a three-story building that will house retail and residential space.
Posted Sept. 25
The University Bookstore will move to the former Christina School District building across from Caffe Gelato on Main Street by 2011.
Posted Sept. 23
V-Day and STAND held an educational lecture Tuesday to raise awareness about ongoing violence against women in eastern Congo.
Posted Sept. 23
University students traded in their textbooks for Play-Doh and their pens and pencils for finger-paint Tuesday night during Kindergarten Day, hosted by the Russell Fellows.
Posted Sept. 19
Badfish performed at the university Monday in a concert for charity.
Late-game scoring drives leave Hens on top
Posted 4:30 p.m. Sept. 19
After a slow start, the Hens defeated Delaware State Saturday afternoon.
Posted 11:19 p.m. Sept. 18
The annual festival will include craft vendors, food and live entertainment.
Posted at 12:48 a.m. Sept. 17
A university student spent the night at the closed Chrysler Assembly Plant last week after getting lost walking home from a party, police said.
Striefsky's field goal attempt blocked in last second attempt
Posted 10:27 Sept. 12
Posted 2:20 p.m. Sept. 9
Police say sophomore Amar Yakhou attempted to steal a laptop from a party on Cleveland Avenue by hiding it under his shirt.
Posted 11:08 p.m. Sept. 8
TE Josh Baker's injury in Friday's game is worse than originally thought.
Posted 10:53 p.m. Sept. 8
The two Delaware schools will battle it out later this month for the "First State Cup."
Posted Aug. 25 The former secretary of state will speak at the Bob Carpenter Center Nov. 3 as part of the UD Speaks series. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15.
Cooke likely to get new trial
The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of James E. Cooke, who had been found guilty of raping and murdering then-sophomore Lindsey Bonistall in 2005.
Mark Duncan, a senior wide receiver for the Hens, has been charged with filing a false police report after alleging he was stabbed last month on Cleveland Avenue.
Ginn suspended for two weeks
Brian Ginn, wide receivers coach for the Blue Hen football team, was suspended Friday after being charged with drunk driving.
Up-and-coming rapper opens up about new album, inspirations and writing techiniques
Drake's is about fresh as could be right now. The 22-year old hot-spitter is decked out in Billionaire Boys Club. A blue buttoned sweater lays atop a dollar symbol t-shirt that gave one message - Drake is so money.
Hundreds gather at inaugural Forum and Reunion Weekend
With a Bud Light truck parked in front of DuPont Hall, empty Corona cans stacked up on tables and Love Seed Mama Jump rocking the night away, the Green looked a lot different than it did in the days when they crossed it on their way to class.
Students have mixed emotions as college years come to a close
As graduates gathered under early-morning sun on the practice fields surrounding Delaware Stadium on Saturday, they revealed a mix of emotions through their smiles, hugs and tears.
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