Purdue Northwest receives $10M to study steelmaking emissions alternatives
Purdue University Northwest's team will use the federal grant to study hydrogen-based alternatives to carbon emissions in furnaces used by steelworkers.... Read More
Education
Vincennes expanding aviation maintenance program in Indy
Vincennes University is using $4.5 million in state funding to expand its Aviation Maintenance program in Indianapolis. The university said Thursday the effort aims to double enrollment and provide more high school dual-credit offerings around the state.... Read More
IU, Purdue leaders share goals for Indy campuses
During a forum Thursday, IU and Purdue officials emphasized continuing opportunities for collaboration even as both schools create two independent campuses.... Read More
Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins to step down
University of Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins will step down at the end of the school year, university officials announced Friday morning. Jenkins is Notre Dame’s 17th president and has served in his role since 2005.... Read More
Bethel University launches full tuition program
The program, called Pilot Promise, will be available to first-time and transfer students living on campus starting in fall 2024. Determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, students who receive both the full Federal Pell Grant and full Indiana State Grant will be eligible for free tuition.... Read More
Students to explore construction careers in first Building Trades Day
The South Bend Regional Chamber plans to introduce about 600 local high school students to career opportunities Friday in its inaugural Building Trades Day @ Notre Dame. The event will feature more than 50 employers and training partners.... Read More
Purdue sensor startup lands $1M federal grant
ZS Systems LLC, dba ZS Instruments, will use the Phase II SBIR National Science Foundation funds to work on a novel method to produce high-accuracy optical encoders, which will measure position and convert it into an electronic signal. It is a business working on this research with the Purdue College of Engineering researchers.... Read More
Purdue team awarded $2.8M to study wind energy efficiencies
The Purdue team will study how to apply and automate 3D printing in the manufacture of wind turbines. ... Read More
Eleven Indiana school districts seek tax increases in November elections
Smaller class sizes. School buses. Low-cost preschool. These are some of the things that eleven Indiana districts are hoping to fund via property tax increases that voters will consider in the November election.... Read More
Mendoza College of Business to discontinue one-year MBA
Though financially viable, the Mendoza program will be discontinued at the end of the school year, university officials say, to focus on two-year programs.... Read More
Vincennes to announce aviation partnership
Vincennes University will announce a new partnership Thursday afternoon meant to expand aviation education and career opportunities and support growth at the Indianapolis International Airport. ... Read More
Purdue Northwest to induct 2023 Society of Innovators class
Dozens of individual and team inductees into Purdue University Northwest's Society of Innovators will be recognized next week.... Read More
Lawmakers push for better higher education cost, debt data
Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday reviewed the results of a “first-of-its-kind” request of higher education cost and debt data — and found it lacking.... Read More
Purdue FW sees record international student class
Purdue University Fort Wayne has enrolled its largest group of first-year international students with 182 from 22 countries. Overall, the campus has 499 international students from 62 countries. Of that total, 334 are graduate students and 165 undergrads. ... Read More
$1.1M grant supports Purdue researcher to study plant stress
Gyeong Mee Yoon, an associate professor of botany and plant pathology, is researching how two different biochemical pathways, biosynthesis and signaling of the ethylene hormone play into how plants respond to stressors like drought, severe heat and cold. There may be a link between independent cellular signaling pathways of ethylene biosynthesis and autophagy.... Read More
Purdue launches broadband team to improve understanding of Indiana internet speeds
A new Purdue Broadband Team, announced Monday, will work with local communities across Indiana to determine where better broadband access is needed and what tools residents and businesses need to deploy internet services.... Read More
Education apps win The Mill’s pitch competition
Pocket, band and orchestra catalog and teaching platform, was awarded $10,000 in pre-seed funding from the Flywheel Fund. Integrate School, which is a curriculum and lesson building software, was the seed winner and received $20,000. ... Read More
IU government center receives $5.7 million award
The nonpartisan educational center received the cooperative agreement award from the Department of Defense award through its National Defense Education Program’s Civil Society program that supports programs improving and innovating civics education. It will work with several other schools to develop and pilot a new VR tool called "Democracy Quest.”... Read More
Purdue board approves president performance metrics, AD contract extension
The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday approved a list of performance metrics on which President Mung Chiang will be measured for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Additionally, the board approved a contract extension for Director of Athletics Mike Bobinski.... Read More
USF to use federal grant to support Project Catalyst
The University of Saint Francis has received a $2.1 million federal grant it says will be used to create new opportunities for students to thrive in higher education. The five-year grant will support the Fort Wayne-based university's Project Catalyst.... Read More