Former Vice President Joe Biden returned to the University of Delaware Friday for an outdoor rally.
The noon event outside Memorial Hall came on the heels of the launch of the Biden Institute at his alma mater. It featured the UD Pep Band and spirit teams as well as remarks from Biden himself and school officials.
The Institute is a new research and policy center focused on domestic issues including economic reform, environmental sustainability, criminal justice and civil rights.
Biden will be the founding chair of the Institute, which will be part of the university's School of Public Policy and Administration.
Biden will be splitting his time between the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania, where he will head a foreign policy institute called the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. The foreign policy institute will be located in Washington, D.C., but Biden also will have an office on the Penn campus in Philadelphia.
