GARY – U.S. Steel Corp. will begun work soon on a $220 million project at its Gary Works site. The project includes four coke oven modules that will allow the company to more efficiently and cleanly produce the coke it needs for the steelmaking process. U.S. Steel announced the project several months […]
VALPARAISO – Porter Health System has been selected by The Center for Medicare and Medicaid and Abbott Vascular as a site for CHOICE, a post-market clinical trial that examines the use of carotid stents in high-risk surgical patients. “To gain approval as one of the study sites in the United States and Europe
HAMMOND – A.D. (Dick) Sander, 84, a former Munster resident and administrator and professor at Purdue University Calumet, has died. He played a leadership role during PUC’s formative years in the 1960s and 1970s. Sander served Purdue Calumet from 1962 to 1989 and helped the university gain approval to award baccalaureate and master’s
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has received a $50,000 donation for its Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation from BP. The money will be used to acquire equipment and develop a multidisciplinary laboratory where advanced simulation techniques are displayed using 3-D visualization and virtual reality technologies. “Over the years, Purdue Calumet
CHICAGO – A public listening session on President Barack Obama’s “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative” will be held Tuesday, Aug. 31. A general listening session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Thorne Auditorium at Northwestern University and a youth listening sessions will be held at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago from
WEST LAFAYETTE – LoadOut Technologies LLC, which develops patent-pending video and data technology, is now affiliated with the Purdue Research Park. LoadOut was founded by Purdue alumnus Neil Mylet, who is CEO. He said the technology improves safety during processes like operating conveyor belts, loading grain trucks and feeding livestock because it allows
VALPARAISO – Valparaiso University has been cited by U.S. News & World Report Magazine as one of America’s Best Colleges. Valparaiso University was rated No. 5 as a regional university in the Midwest for the 22nd consecutive year. In addition, VU was ranked No. 4 on a list of Up and Coming
GARY – The Gary City Council voted unanimously last week supporting a resolution that would allow the city to use Senate Enrolled Act 448 to provide additional property tax exemptions for technology-based businesses to develop in the city. Mayor Rudy Clay supported the resolution and is working with the Northwest Indiana Forum to
HAMMOND – City officials, along with representatives from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have announced that a leak in an underground fuel pipe has been fixed. The leak was first discovered Thursday, Aug. 19, and the one-inch break in the pipe was repaired Sunday. Final checks
MICHIGAN CITY – The LaPorte Regional Health System will hold its ninth annual Women’s Fair Tuesday, Oct. 12 at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City. The free event will include free health screenings, presentations, demonstrations and health information. Last year, more than 2,100 women attended. This year’s event will be held in
