• Delaware County Leadership: Dr. Austin Duckett, Chief Student Affairs Officer, Penn State Brandywine

    Delaware County Leadership: Dr. Austin Duckett, Chief Student Affairs Officer, Penn State Brandywine

    Dr. Austin Duckett, Chief Student Affairs Officer at Penn State Brandywine, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Conshohocken — spending time outdoors with his brother, exploring neighborhood parks, and learning early lessons in leadership and responsibility while delivering newspapers and serving customers as a cashier at the local ACME. Those early experiences helped…

  • Radnor’s Mitochon Pharmaceuticals Receives $1.6M from Private Stock Sale

    Radnor’s Mitochon Pharmaceuticals Receives $1.6M from Private Stock Sale

    Radnor-based Mitochon Pharmaceuticals recently completed a private stock sale, generating $1.6 million for the biotech company. Among the investors involved in the equity financing is Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The start-up company will use the funds to advance the development and testing of its lead…

  • Decline in Oil Prices Forces Radnor Company to File for Bankruptcy

    Decline in Oil Prices Forces Radnor Company to File for Bankruptcy

    The recent, dramatic decline in oil and natural gas prices has forced Radnor’s Penn Virginia Corp., one of the region’s oldest surviving business, to file for bankruptcy protection, writes Andrew Maykuth of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Penn Virginia Corp. was founded in 1882 by Philadelphia coal barons, and had transitioned to shale-oil production in recent years.…