Today's quilting groups represent continuity and shared experience between women's lives in the 19th century and our own,' said Patricia Keller , a curator in the History of American Civilization at the University of Delaware. The Wilmington News Journal , July 20. UD scientist in quest of baseball's minutia. The Baltimore Sun, July 19. 100 degree heat extends stay in city.
Brick rowhouses with tar roofs are particularly hot.
They're literally like brick ovens,' said Laurence S. Kalkstein , professor at the Center for Climatic Research at the University of Delaware. Heat waves may be the most important weathe r-related cause of death in the United States, more than lightning, hurricane and tornadoes,' Kalkstein said. Book examines black heritage of Delmarva. University of Delaware professor Carole C. Marks discovered that few pe ople have heard of William 'Judy' Johnson, a Snow Hill native who played in the first Negro League World Series in 1924, or Louis L. Redding, Delaware's first black attorney, and his fight to end segregation at the University. Organic Gardening , July 16.