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In the ultra-competitive world of college sports, recruiting programs dangle scholarships, exposure, and a quality education to snag prized student-athletes.Until recently, those athletes couldn’t further capitalize on their skills or celebrity. A 2021 U.S. Supreme Court changed that, giving student-athletes the right to cash in on their Name, Image, and Likeness, or NIL.Last week, we sat down with University of Delaware athletic director Chrissi Rawak to learn more about the impact of NIL and how it works at UD. The Green continues that conversation this week, learning how NIL is working on the ground at UD with women’s basketball player Tara Cousins and head football coach Ryan Carty.

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The term “influencer” gets thrown around a lot. These online celebrities are known for advertising products to followers, often leading to impulse buying decisions by viewers.But some on the internet are beginning to take a step back and question the motives behind these social media recommendations, launching a new category known as “de-influencers.”In this week’s Enlighten Me, University of Delaware senior and Delaware Public Media intern Meg Roessler looks at how this new wave of content creators is taking apps such as TikTok by storm and making users question, ‘Do I really need to buy this?’

The next step toward bringing Gov. John Carney’s Wilmington Learning Collaborative to life is being taken.The three school districts involved are working on the memorandum of understanding that will guide the effort to transform the city’s underperforming elementary and middle schools.This week, contributor Larry Nagengast explains who’s involved in the process and the issues that need to be addressed.

Over the last two years, healthcare workers have navigated through two pandemics - the coronavirus and the exhaustion, stress, and heartache that come with it.Staff at ChristianaCare say they need a lifeline - and they can’t wait.The health system’s Chief Wellness Officer Dr. Heather Farley and Delaware Public Media’s Rebecca Baer discuss a “rescue plan” for those workers.

A New Jersey woman is sharing her experience overcoming childhood trauma.Lockey Maisonneuve’s A Girl Raised by Wolves chronicles how she was neglected, abused and ultimately sold into sex trafficking by her father.In this week’s Enlighten Me, she joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele to discuss surviving that past.

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Erin Entrada Kelly volunteers at the Corbitt-Calloway Library in Odessa where she hosts a kids book club.But she doesn’t just read books for kids. She also writes them. The Louisiana native is an award-winning author who now lives here in Delaware.Her latest novel for young teens and tweens, Those Kids from Fawn Creek, was released this month.And in this week’s Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Rebecca Baer joins Kelly at her book club to chat about discuss what inspires her and her books’ impact.

The Winter Olympics are upon us. And one of the most highly anticipated events is curling - as the U.S. Men’s team seeks to defend its gold medal.Members of Delaware’s first and only curling club will certainly be watching.In this week’s Enlighten Me - Delaware Public Media’s Rebecca Baer visits the Diamond State Curling Club in Newark.

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