WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University and Indiana University are ranked among the top universities in the nation for international student enrollment. The Institute of International Education said Purdue had the fourth-highest international enrollment with 7,500 students on its West Lafayette campus, while Indiana was ranked 11th with 5,400 students. Nationally, 22 percent of international students […]
CROWN POINT – Bill Gregory has been named interim director of the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center. He takes over for LeAnn McCrum who left to pursue another employment opportunity. “I hope to continue to infuse the SBDC with the same level of energy that LeAnn gave it,” said Gregory. “Our biggest goal is
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central will host the American Veterans Traveling Tribute from July 3-7, 2012. The tribute will provide visitors an opportunity to experience and 80 percent scale version of the Vietnam Wall. “It is a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to host the American Veterans Traveling Tribute on our campus,” said
HAMMOND – Mass. Electric Construction Co. of Irving, Texas, has donated $52,000 to Purdue University Calumet to support its construction management and engineering technologies program. MEC has employed several Purdue Calumet graduates. It is one of the nation’s largest electrical contractors. The donation will be used to enhance a Purdue Calumet Construction Management and Engineering
HAMMOND – Becky Manis has been named executive director of the Challenger Learning Center, 2300 173rd Ave. She will be responsible for promoting the center as an educational destination for corporate and school groups. She also will be responsible for selling its educational programs to schools, children’s groups, private events, civic and corporate groups. Manis
SOUTH BEND – The University of Notre Dame has announced a $32 million renovation of its historic Morris Inn. A major portion of funding for the project came from a $15 million grant from South Bend philanthropist Ernestine Raclin. Her parents, Ernest and Ella Morris, presented the initial $1 million grant that opened the Morris
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s Oncological Sciences Center and Indiana University will share a National Institutes of Health grant to launch a cancer advocacy network and advance research for systems-engineering principles to cancer prevention and treatment. The $500,000 grant will be used through the joint Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. It will fund a
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has awarded $20,640 in grants to support 62 undergraduate students. The Undergraduate Research Grant Program provides funding for student researchers to help them gain insight about their anticipated career. Biological Sciences – Ryan Mihalic, Hammond, and Amy Poortinga, Dyer, $1,889; Yu-pin Chiao, Taipei, China, $500; and Carolyn Brunt, Highland, $422.
WESTVILLE – The Purdue University North Central Astronomy Club will present a seminar on the Laser Intereromet Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in the Library-Student-Faculty Assembly Hall. The presentation on the solar system is free and open to the public. When completed in 2014, LIGO will be the first detector
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet is organizing an academic trip to Cuba for the spring semester. The trip is set for May 12 to 21 and will be a for-credit, experiential learning opportunity for students through the university’s International Programs Office. The trip will include meetings with Cuban urban planners, health professionals, community organizers and
