WEST LAFAYETTE – Aerial Agriculture LLC, a startup company launched by Purdue University students, aims to revolutionize the agricultural industry by building drones in-house to capture multispectral images of entire crop fields. This technology could allow farmers to reduce excess fertilizer and input costs while simultaneously increasing yields. Aerial Agriculture uses specialized cameras to convert […]

EAST CHICAGO – The St. Catherine Hospital Auxiliary held its annual Tea & Donation event to present more than $131,000 to scholars and various services throughout the hospital. It was the second largest donation the auxiliary has made over a span of 56 years: Since 2008, more than $1 million has been raised by the

WEST LAFAYETTE and BLOOMINGTON – Purdue University has been recognized as one of the top institutions in the world for the number of U.S. utility patents granted in 2015. A report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association determined Purdue patents rank among top universities as 15th worldwide. The report says Purdue was issued

INDIANAPOLIS – An annual business climate report brings mixed news for Indiana. The state ranks 16th overall in CNBC’s “America’s Top States For Business: 2016,” down three spots from last year. However, Indiana is ranked first in the nation in cost of doing business and infrastructure. The state lagged in areas including quality of life and

HAMMOND – Purdue University Northwest’s Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) has been selected to become part of a national manufacturing network designed to fuel industry growth and innovation. As part of the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (SMII), recently announced by President Obama, the Purdue Northwest CIVS research center joins nearly 200