Lerner Student Opens Biz in West Chester
Lerner College of Business and Economics MBA student Matt Kay has opened a new weightless floating spa in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His spa is the largest of its kind within 125 miles.
During therapeutic floating, a client enters a tub containing water as well as over 1,000 pounds of Epsom salts. The density of this mixture allows the client to float effortlessly in the water, inducing a state of deep meditative relaxation and alleviating physical discomfort.
University of Delaware Alum Launch New App
A new iPhone application called Anniversary, is the brainchild of 2013 University of Delaware graduates Benjamin Klein and Kenneth Wallach. Anniversary takes the instant gratification of today’s social media and turns it on its head.
The app is like an Instagram that’s not instant, a Facebook post that can’t be “liked” or a Twitter comment that can’t be re-tweeted. That’s the idea behind Anniversary, a new iPhone application that allows users to privately surprise their friends and family with digitally gift-wrapped photos and videos delivered on a future date.
Lerner Alumni Honored With Awards
The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics honored distinguished alumni Vance A. Funk III, Ping Xu and Arlene Hogan at the 2014 Alumni Awards of Excellence ceremony and reception held on Friday, June 6, in the Lerner Hall Atrium.
During the ceremony, winners discussed the varied challenges and successes of their careers, and how their experiences at UD helped them to realize their goals.
Lerner Professor Honored with IPPY Award
Professor of economics at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, Burton Abrams, was honored with a silver Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for his book, The Terrible 10: A Century of Economic Folly, at an awards ceremony in New York City, Wednesday, May 28.
The award recognizes authors and publishers worldwide who produce books in English intended for the North American market. About 2,000 publishers participate in the awards each year from across the country, Canada and English-speaking countries overseas.
