WEST LAFAYETTE — New awards will be presented as part of the Purdue University celebration to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The MLK Dreamer Award, established in 2004, will continue to be presented at the annual MLK convocation, which will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 in Loeb Playhouse and feature Julian Bond as

Out of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Stephan Wanger created beauty and a new reason for the world to visit New Orleans.  In months and then years, he has transformed tons of discarded Mardi Gras beds into breathtaking works of art that dazzle the throngs who populate his galleries and workshops. Today, Wanger is setting

Porter Health Care System CEO Jonathan Nalli has announced that Northwest Indiana Cardiovascular Physicians (NICP) has joined Porter Physician Group. NICP, the largest cardiology practice in Porter County, brings a formal affiliation of eight cardiologists to the health care system. “We are pleased to welcome this esteemed group of physicians and their 59-member staff into

In 2011, trade – exports and imports – with the 11 other countries participating in the U.S. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations supported an estimated 300,000 jobs in Indiana, according to new economic data released today by the Business Roundtable. In addition to the United States, the TPP countries include Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia,

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University researchers successfully eliminated the native infection preferences of a Sindbis virus engineered to target and kill cancer cells, a milestone in the manipulation of this promising viral vector. “This virus had been known to be a good vector for delivering therapeutic cargo, however it naturally infected all kinds of cells,

CROWN POINT — The 21st annual Northwest Indiana Nursing Resource Consortium conference, “Healthy Work Environments in Nursing,” educated a sold-out crowd at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. The session, entitled “Healthy Work Environments in Nursing,” featured keynote speaker Cynthia Clark, RN, PhD, ANEF, FAAN, a professor in the School of Nursing at Boise State University in