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Valparaiso University’s MBA program is one of the best in the country, and has been cited by Princeton Review seven years running. But there was one problem-making it easy for full-time working professionals, who comprise two-thirds of the program’s enrollment, to get their degree. Many of them traveled and entertained for work, and then there […]

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Porter offers new cancer treatment option

            VALPARAISO – Porter is the only hospital in Northwest Indiana offering a new treatment option for patients with inoperable liver cancer, the Selective Internal Radiation Therapy procedure.             “SIRT is suitable for patients who have liver tumors where the liver is the only site or the major site of disease,” said Dr. Amjad Alkadri,

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St. Anthony starts $6 million project

            CROWN POINT – Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point has announced it will begin construction on a $6 million Radiology Oncology Department that will include a Trilogy Linear Accelerator from Varian Medical Systems of California.             Construction is expected to be completed by November.             “The Trilogy radiation therapy machine will offer fast, more precise,

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Purdue professor studies system failure

            WEST LAFAYETTE – A Purdue University researcher has proposed development of a new cross-disciplinary approach for analyzing and preventing systemic failures in complex systems that play a role in calamities from power blackouts to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and the subprime mortgage crisis.             “The striking similarities in such catastrophes necessitate a broader

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Innovation Park lab helps start-ups

            SOUTH BEND – Its small size belies its importance to economic development in South Bend. An analytical laboratory only 847 square feet in size is now open in Notre Dame’s Innovation Park.             The lab can be leased by the hour or by the day by businesses. And along with the lab, tenants have

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Golden Technologies opens Chicago office

            VALPARAISO – Golden Technologies has announced it is opening a business development office in Chicago.             Golden Technologies is a full-service technology company specializing in information technology and support, custom web development and web design. The office will be in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.             “As the demand for our services continues to exceed our

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SBA unveils new Web site

            WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Small Business Administration has unveiled a redesigned Web site to help small business owners and entrepreneurs have access to the latest information.             The site features the launch of SBA Direct, a new Web tool with a variety of personalization features.             “With the launch of the new SBA.gov, we

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Consulting firm opens in research park

            WEST LAFAYETTE – Development Consultants Inc. has opened an office in the Purdue Research Park. The company provides guidance to startups, and establishes networks and relationships with government entities for research organizations.             The company was founded in 2008 by Mark R. Pipes, whose background is in project management and small business development.            

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PUC receives $749,853 federal grant

            HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet’s Center for Innovation Through Visualization and Simulation has received a $749,853 federal grant to advance wind energy education.             The three-year grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education. The money will support a project, “Mixed Reality Simulators for Wind Energy Education.” Five simulators will be developed to

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Unique ID firm now at tech center

            MERRILLVILLE – A high-tech life sciences company that uses radio frequency identification technology for patient identification has moved into the Purdue Technology Center in the Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana.             I-DENTI-FIED Inc., founded by dentist Kevin M. Brunski in 2008, has developed a patent-pending system in which a unique patient ID on

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