WEST LAFAYETTE – A Purdue University biochemist has determined the function of a gene that when mutated leads to a genetic variation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. James Clemens, an assistant professor of biochemistry, found that a gene called VAPB is responsible for transporting certain proteins to their proper places along neurons. […]
HAMMOND – Through a grant from the Hammond Gaming Advisory Council, the Challenger Learning Center has begun offering Hammond first graders a chance to try their hands at being junior astronauts. The students are participating in Challenger’s newest STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program called Moonbase Explorers. “The hands-on science, coupled with reading directions, recording
SOUTH BEND – Holy Cross College in South Bend has formed a partnership with Ancilla College in Donaldson that will allow two-year students from Ancilla to transfer seamlessly to Holy Cross to complete their bachelor’s degree. Both are Catholic schools and said the partnership was a way for them to expand educational opportunities for residents
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has announced it is buying the Kaplan Commons building about half a mile from the campus near Indianapolis Boulevard and 171st Street. Purdue is spending $1 million for the 18,000-square-foot building, which will require another $1 million in improvements. The site will be converted into a business development center for
HAMMOND – Research reported in an article written by two Purdue University Calumet professors and a colleague that was published recently in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies has been cited as research of note by a prominent consulting firm. In their article, “Founder-CEOs, External Board Appointments, and the Likelihood of Corporate Turnaround in
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet associate professor of history Wendy St. Jean has been selected a 2012-13 Indiana Campus Compact Senior Faculty Fellow. St. Jean, of Hammond, is part of a class of faculty recognized for demonstrating that service-learning and community engagement effectively can integrate faculty teaching, research and professional service. “I am engaged in
SOUTH BEND – F Cubed, a start-up company based in Innovation Park on the campus of the University of Notre Dame is moving out of the incubator because of business growth. The company will soon move into the former St. Joseph High School across from the campus. The company will invest $2.6 million into a
HAMMOND – A Purdue University Calumet mathematics major from Hobart has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship from the American Mathematical Society. Tyler Billingsley, 21, is among seven students selected nationally to receive The Trjitzinsky Scholarship. The late namesake of the award was a higher educator who wrote some 60 papers about mathematical topics and was
INDIANAPOLIS – WGU Indiana, the state’s online university, has created a new scholarship for working IT professionals, the “Go Further in Information Technology Scholarship.” WGU will award up to 10 scholarships of $2,000 year to students with associate degrees who enroll in any of WGU’s bachelor’s degree programs in Information Technology or Health Informatics. The
HAMMOND – A Purdue University Calumet nursing professor has been inducted into the American Academy of Nursing. Lisa Hopp of Valparaiso is now a Fellow of the Academy for her record of scholarship and leadership relating to evidence-based nursing practice. “Being inducted into the American Academy of Nursing means having the opportunity to work with
