DSU Touted by Several Online Media Organizations

Delaware State University has recently been touted by the following media organizations:

• The Jan. 9 edition of the Huffington Post’s Black Voices listed DSU among its Top 10 HBCU Successes of 2012. DSU was highlighted for receiving a $10.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for the creation of the Delaware Center for Neuroscience Research on campus. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marybeth-gasman/hbcu-successes-2012_b_2383678.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share

• On Jan. 1, the HBCU Digest’s 50 –2012’s Most Powerful People, Groups in HBCU Culture listed DSU’s Dr. Noureddine Melikechi, dean of the College of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology, and graduate student Alissa Mezzacappa for their work with other scientists in analyzing the data that is coming back from the Curiosity’s Mars Rover’s current exploration of the Red Planet. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarrett-l-carter/historically-black-colleges-2012_b_2395627.html

• EDUconnections (www.osti.gov/EDUconnections/desu) is spotlighting DSU this month, highlighting its research, green initiatives and other accomplishments.

• The Office of Economic Impact and Diversity in the U.S. Department of Energy is also featuring DSU on its webpage as a “shining example” of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy of progress and education. http://energy.gov/diversity/articles/shining-example-dr-king-s-legacy