Tysheena (Ty) Denesca '27, an English major with a minor in French, received an award under the U.S. Department of State’s prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program to support a semester of study abroad. Denesca will spend the spring 2026 semester studying English at University College Dublin in Ireland.

Matthew Breece, assistant professor of marine science, entered the semester with $500,000 in grant funding over three years toward expanding a project he and collaborators began several years ago in Delaware to predict the occurrences of Atlantic Sturgeon as they traverse rivers and coastal waters.