University of Delaware researchers are exploring a social robot’s application to pediatric rehabilitation in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. At UD’s Spencer Lab, foam flooring, steps and boxes are set up to create a playground where children with motor disabilities can interact with Nao, a social robot.

Local artist D. Marque Hall works for the City of Wilmington overnights, while also training to be a professional boxer. And in between those two pursuits, Hall produces and prints his own Black Lives Matter themed coloring books.

As election season heats up in the First State with Tuesday’s Primary election, one thing we often hear about during the campaign is the “middle class.” How can candidates appeal to the middle class? Does their tax plan help a struggling or shrinking middle class? What can be done to help middle class families afford college or retirement? What you don’t often hear is exactly who is the middle class and what it means to be middle class. This week, we’re joined by someone who has put a bit more

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Delaware is entering what is generally considered the height of the Atlantic hurricane season – where the state and the region are more likely to see major, damaging storms. Recently, Delaware’s Broadkill Beach was the site of a week-long mapping project where scientists and industry professionals used autonomous kayaks and drones in an effort to improve tracking future storm damage along coastlines. In this week’s Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media Science Reporter Katie Peikes tells us more

New Castle, Russ Smith says, “is a place sort of caught in time,” and that time was more than 200 years ago. Today, with one key construction project nearly completed and two others getting under way, the city is hoping to secure a brighter future by strengthening links to its historic past.

State officials are trying to revitalize some of Delaware’s most dilapidated or abandoned neighborhoods. And as Delaware Public Media’s James Dawson reports, they’re trying to do it a few homes at a tim

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There was a time on the Delmarva Peninsula when passenger trains took people up and down the spine of the First State.

After lack of funding forced the Delaware Symphony Orchestra to shorten its season and scale back its programs just a few years ago, the DSO is back on track and starting to expand its reach into all three First State counties. In our latest Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Mark Arehart speaks with Executive Director Alan Jordan this week about the direction of the orchestra and the new contracts it’s reached with its musicians and longtime music director.