WEST LAFAYETTE — A team of researchers has created a way to quickly and remotely evaluate fluid flow in subsurface fractures that could impact aquifers, oil and gas extraction, sequestration of greenhouse gases or nuclear waste and remediation of leaked contaminants. Laura Pyrak-Nolte and David Nolte, both professors of physics at Purdue University, found a […]

WEST LAFAYETTE —After more than a century of waiting in the wings, planning is under way for a second Aviation Day at Purdue University. Student organizers are bringing back the event to celebrate the past, present and future of Purdue University aviation and the Purdue Polytechnic Institute School of Aviation and Transportation Technology. This year’s

HAMMOND – In an agreement with the Northwest Indiana Forum and South Shore Arts, the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority replaces the previous joint management of the region’s iconic South Shore Poster series as the South Shore Poster Arts Management Company. The Northwest Indiana Forum most recently oversaw the production and printing of the

WEST LAFAYETTE — Agriculture and food played powerful roles for both the North and South during the Civil War, according to a new book by a Purdue University historian. “Both regions saw agriculture as a form of power,” said R. Douglas Hurt, professor and head of Purdue’s Department of History. “In 1861, when the war

Porter Regional Hospital’s Center for Cardiovascular Medicine is one of only three hospitals in the state and the only one in Northwest Indiana to earn the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for 2015, placing the hospital among an elite group to be recognized by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue Extension has developed a pair of Web-based, interactive resources to help new producers and anyone thinking about starting a small-scale livestock operation to make critical budgeting decisions. The Purdue Comparative Decision Support matrix, known as PCDS, includes a spreadsheet tool that allows users to create an operating budget based on their

SOUTH BEND – South Bend International Airport (SBN) is pleased to report increased passenger numbers in 2015. Year-end reports show that enplanements grew 4.11% to 314,300. Enplanements are the aviation industry’s measure used to count the number of people getting on a commercial aircraft at the departure airport. Each carrier experienced growth at SBN. Delta