Delaware weekly roundup: The Eagles’ River; CAFE opens apps; Prelude Therapeutics hires CFO

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📰 News Incubator: What else to know today

• Now we’ll have to do it every time: Gov. Matt Meyer signed a proclamation officially renaming the Delaware River to the Eagles’ River over Super Bowl Sunday in celebration of the now-champion Philadelphia Eagles. (Town Square Delaware)

• Bryant Lim has been named as Prelude Therapeutics’ permanent chief financial officer. Lim has been its interim CFO since April. (Delaware Business Times)
  
• UD received a state workforce grant to launch the Lerner-Delaware Early Career Co-op Program, a one-year, paid internship/co-op with college credits. The goal of the program is to keep graduates in Delaware. (Delaware Business Now)
  
• The Center for Accelerating Financial Equity (CAFE) is now accepting applications for its two-month hybrid-virtual startup accelerator program for fintech startups with a focus on equity. The application deadline is March 1. (CAFE)
  
• The Delaware Public Education Funding Commission will review three funding models as it moves forward with plans to make K-12 changes for a more equitable school system. The review will happen in March. (Delaware Public Media)
  
• The New Republic profiles Rep. Sarah McBride, and asks: Why doesn’t Congress’s first openly transgender member talk about it more? (The New Republic)
  
• Attention stargazers: This week’s full moon will include a bonus opportunity to see Venus — named for the Roman goddess of love — just in time for Valentine’s Day (Delaware Online)
  
• Delaware has lots of options for Valentine’s Day dinner, from downtown Wilmington to Rehoboth Beach. (Delaware Today)

🗓️ On the Calendar

• Feb. 11 and 12 — The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit at the Chase Center on the Riverfront [Details]

• Tuesday, Feb. 18 — The Cookout Black History Month Speaker Series: Ruby Bridges book signing at Wilmington Library [Details]

• Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 — Delaware Business First Monthly Mixer at The Post in Wilmington [Details]

• Wednesday, March 5 — RASCL Summit: AIMing for Action: Adapting, Innovating and Mitigating the Impacts of Delaware’s Changing Climate, Del-One Conference Center in Dover [Details]