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Delaware daily roundup: Startup302 winners; Cal Ripken Jr.’s STEM endeavor; DOL unemployment report

Plus, Incyte to purchase Bracebridge I and III.

IMAGE OF THE DAY: DEAD PRESIDENTS (HOLLY QUINN)

Who won Startup302?

Startups from all over descended on the Delaware Art Museum last Thursday for the finals of Startup302. Five of the startups are from Delaware – here’s how they did.

➡️ Read my full report here

Ripken STEM Center coming to Wilmington

Baseball legend Cal Ripken, Jr. and his family launched the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation in Aberdeen, Maryland, to honor his father after his passing in 1999. Since then, the foundation with a mission to help kids through sports has grown substantially, adding a STEM initiative in 2016. It now has 525 STEM Centers and counting. One of the future state-of-the art centers is slated for Wilmington.

➡️ Read Cal Ripkin Jr’s guest post

News Incubator: What else to know today

• Incyte to purchase Bracebridge I and III. [Incyte]

• New Castle County is working to decrease light pollution. [Town Square Delaware]

• DOL report: Delaware’s unemployment rate mirror’s the nation’s. [Delaware Business Times]

•  The Selbyville Swamp Monster still haunts the Delaware’s Great Cypress Swamp. [Delaware Online]

🗓️ On the Calendar

•Wednesday, May 22 — AI-in-DE: How Local Businesses are Leveraging Artificial Intelligence, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Theatre N, Wilmington [Details here]

• Thursday, May 30 — Delaware State Chamber of Commerce End-of-Session Policy Conference, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Delaware State University, Dover [Details here]

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