WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University has announced a new effort aimed at cutting fuel consumption half for commercial vehicles by perfecting hybrid technologies for the world’s truck fleets. The Hoosier Heavy Hybrid Center of Excellence is funded with a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Graduate Automotive Technology Education Initiative. Buses and […]
SOUTH BEND – The University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $3.55 million research grant for nanotechnology that will be used in the next generation of high-speed computers. The amount is the total of two grants awarded to Notre Dame from the Semiconductor Research Corp.’s Nanoelectronics Research Initiative and the National Science Foundation. Professor
WEST LAFAYETTE – S. Laurel Weldon, a Purdue University professor of political science, says the critics and observers of the Occupy Wall Street movement are missing the point of most protests, which is to get people talking about an issue. “People keep saying the protesters are unorganized and lacking a policy platform, but those criticisms
WEST LAFAYETTE – Rakesh Agrawal, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama. The award is the highest honor for technological achievement. Agrawal is the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering. He holds 116 U.S. patents,
LAPORTE – The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs will hold a Regional Economic Impact Workshop from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the LaPorte County Extension office. Speakers include Jim Staton, Northwest Regional Director of the Indiana Economic Development Corp.; Derek Bjonback, an associate professor of economics at Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE – Morgan Spurlock, an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, will speak Oct. 26 at Purdue University as part of its series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics. Spurlock’s talk begins at 7 p.m. (EST) in the Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse. Admission is free and is presented by the Krannert School of Management and the College
WEST LAFAYETTE – The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University has awarded more than $10,000 to six Indiana student veterans’ organizations that are helping student service members and veterans. The grants range from $1,000 to $2,000 and are to help strengthen student veteran organizations. Among new and emerging student veteran organizations, the top grant
VALPARAISO – Mark Heckler, president of Valparaiso University, has signed a six-year contract with the university that extends her term to June 20, 2017. “The board fully supports the strategic plan and we believe that Mark provides the vision and discipline to move the university forward,” said Frederic k Kraegel, president of the VU Board
By Rick A. Richards MERRILLVILLE – When U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addressed the Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council earlier this month, he didn’t mince any words about the state of education in the region. Duncan, the former chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, said, “We have to take on the tough
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has announced fall enrollment for 2011 is down by 21 students from last year. Enrollment is 9,786, but the freshman and sophomore retention rate was 71.3 percent, up from 70.7 percent last years. “We continue to transition and develop strategies for increasing the quality of students who choose to attend
