HAMMOND – Researchers from Purdue University Calumet have completed a study of the Great Lakes that could be used to reduce mercury and other metals discharged into the Great Lakes by industry. Purdue Calumet researchers joined with scientists from the Argonne National Laboratory in the project, which began in 2007. “Our research teams have conducted […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Three Purdue University professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are Leah H. Jamieson, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electric and Computer Engineering; H. Jay Melosh, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Physics; and Ei-ichi Negishi,
VALPARAISO – Discoveries Unlimited, a non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring middle school girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), will hold an informational meeting about its mentoring program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. The meeting, for incoming sixth, seventh and eighth girls and their parents, will be at United Way of Porter County,
MERRILLVILLE – The University of Phoenix is offering a nine-month, 18-credit transition to teaching certificate beginning in July at its Northwest Indiana campus, 8401 Ohio St. The class is for those who already have a degree in another field and want to teach at the secondary level. “The university has established agreements with a number
CROWN POINT – Cara Voorhorst has joined the faculty of the University of St. Francis Crown Point as adjunct professor of microbiology in the School of Arts and Sciences. She has worked for the Indiana Department of Health laboratory, identifying organisms that cause disease outbreaks within the state. She also has taught general biology at
GRIFFITH – “Bank on Northwest Indiana,” a program designed to help connect the region’s 21,700 “unbanked or underbanked” residents with free or low-cost bank accounts, financial education and other financial services was launched April 13. The program, organized by the Lake Area United Way, brings together financial institutions and community partners to assist
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet and the City of Hammond will partner in the development of an outdoor sports complex to serve the university’s athletics program and city activities. The complex will be at Dowling Park in the Hessville neighborhood, about a mile from the PUC campus. When fully developed, it will have
CROWN POINT – The University of St. Francis Crown Point will hold an open house for licensed practical nurses from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 16, at Franciscan Point, 12800 Mississippi Parkway, Pavilion U. The open house is to allow LPNs to learn
WEST LAFAYETTE – A team of Purdue University students has designed and built a solar car that will compete in the 2011 Shell Eco-marathon Americas this month. The competition will be in Houston April 14-17 and is an international contest for college and high school students to design and build the most fuel-efficient
GRIFFITH – Lake Area United Way has announced an effort to provide affordable banking services and education for residents of Lake County. At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, it will unveil plans for Bank on Northwest Indiana. Participating in the announcement will be Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock; Angelisa M. Harris of
