Keisha L. White, Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at Ivy Tech Community College’s East Chicago campus, was named one of 15 fellows with the Thomas Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership (Lakin Institute). The Presidents’ Round Table, a national association dedicated to supporting African-American leaders and students in community colleges, presents the Lakin Institute annually. […]

MERRILLVILLE — Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has announced the recipients of the company’s fifth annual Luminary Awards – recognizing leaders and organizations for their outstanding commitment to strengthening local communities. The Luminary awards were created in 2012 in celebration of the utility’s 100-year anniversary to honor individuals or organizations that have displayed leadership

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University entomologist Ian Kaplan and his team have received a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture to fund their research into the environmental, ecological and socioeconomic effects of neonicotinoid pesticide use. The five-year grant is part of the USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research

VALPARAISO – In observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, Porter Health Care System will host a “Blow Away Breast Cancer” rally featuring a flag-raising ceremony and presentation on the front lawn of Porter Regional Hospital at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5. During the ceremony, Porter’s CEO Steve Lunn will read the Breast

VALPARAISO – Porter Regional Hospital is proud to announce it recently opened an Interventional Pain Clinic at Valparaiso Medical Center staffed by two board-certified pain management specialists – Benjamin H. Soeter, M.D., and Yuli Soeter, M.D. At Porter’s new Interventional Pain Clinic, the individual needs of each patient remain the focus as the physicians develop an