INDIANAPOLIS – Teaching children the financial basics is important, but they are not often taught those basics in school, according to the Indiana Bankers Association. Financial literacy is important for not only future business leaders, but for customers as well. Children as young as 4 realize money is important, but they don’t understand …
MUNSTER – Community Healthcare System has implemented a high-tech solution to safeguard patients against misidentification. Community Healthcare includes Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. The hospital is using robots to dispense medication, said John Gorski, chief operating officer. “Our goal is to …
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University has become part of a research consortium led by Pennsylvania State University to develop technologies to create more energy efficient buildings. Penn State will receive $129 million over the next five years from several federal sources to create an “Energy Innovation Hub” at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Purdue …
GARY – U.S. Steel Corp. will begun work soon on a $220 million project at its Gary Works site. The project includes four coke oven modules that will allow the company to more efficiently and cleanly produce the coke it needs for the steelmaking process. U.S. Steel announced the project several months …
VALPARAISO – Porter Health System has been selected by The Center for Medicare and Medicaid and Abbott Vascular as a site for CHOICE, a post-market clinical trial that examines the use of carotid stents in high-risk surgical patients. “To gain approval as one of the study sites in the United States and Europe …
HAMMOND – A.D. (Dick) Sander, 84, a former Munster resident and administrator and professor at Purdue University Calumet, has died. He played a leadership role during PUC’s formative years in the 1960s and 1970s. Sander served Purdue Calumet from 1962 to 1989 and helped the university gain approval to award baccalaureate and master’s …
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has received a $50,000 donation for its Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation from BP. The money will be used to acquire equipment and develop a multidisciplinary laboratory where advanced simulation techniques are displayed using 3-D visualization and virtual reality technologies. “Over the years, Purdue Calumet …
CHICAGO – A public listening session on President Barack Obama’s “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative” will be held Tuesday, Aug. 31. A general listening session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Thorne Auditorium at Northwestern University and a youth listening sessions will be held at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago from …
WEST LAFAYETTE – LoadOut Technologies LLC, which develops patent-pending video and data technology, is now affiliated with the Purdue Research Park. LoadOut was founded by Purdue alumnus Neil Mylet, who is CEO. He said the technology improves safety during processes like operating conveyor belts, loading grain trucks and feeding livestock because it allows …
VALPARAISO – Valparaiso University has been cited by U.S. News & World Report Magazine as one of America’s Best Colleges. Valparaiso University was rated No. 5 as a regional university in the Midwest for the 22nd consecutive year. In addition, VU was ranked No. 4 on a list of Up and Coming …
