University of Delaware

Delaware’s first surgeon general is set to deliver the keynote at the Jefferson Life Sciences Lecture, an event associated with the University of Delaware. The appearance highlights the state’s newly created surgeon general role and its growing focus on public health and life sciences. Details of the lecture’s date and topic have not been widely reported.

The University of Delaware is examining the history and meaning of tarot cards, looking to explain what the centuries-old deck was originally used for and how it became linked to fortune-telling. The piece walks through tarot's origins as a card game in Europe and its later adoption by mystics, offering context for the deck's enduring cultural presence.