The Purdue Food Science Pilot Lab is celebrating an over $900,000 investment Tuesday giving students a hands-on, industry-grade opportunity to study alternative protein foods. Rather than monetary, the donation is a food processor critical to create pantry stakeholders like cereal and crackers.... Read More
In partnership with MATTER, a Chicago-based health care collaborative, the health system puts on the Healthy Kids Healthy Future: A Pediatrics Innovation Competition, which seeks support management and treatment solutions for kids and teens with conditions like asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other developmental and behavioral disabilities.... Read More
An Indiana state lawmaker’s pickup truck veered down a hill, through an interstate guardrail and across traffic lanes in a crash that led to his arrest last week on suspicion of drunken driving, according to a police report.... Read More
They signed Memoranda of Understanding for academic, research and innovation collaboration and additional study abroad opportunities for students. Officials are in talks about joint programs, including physics, computer science, electrical engineering and biological sciences, with an eye toward workforce development. ... Read More
The university's campus will be in the direct path of the eclipse and the sky will go dark for over three minutes around 2:02 p.m. The university said it has 1,400 acres of unobstructed sky views. ... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College has announced that it will offer five Google Certificates at no cost to students in partnership with national not-for-profit Jobs for the Future. The program, as part of the Ivy+ IT Academy, is designed to prepare learners for...... Read More
The Gary SouthShore RailCats have been acquired by technology executive Joseph Eng. The sale, terms for which were not disclosed, comes during the team's 22nd season.... Read More
The new initiative, called the Jet Access/Vincennes University Professional Pilot Program, allows student to take general education courses while strapping in a plan for flying experience. The opportunities are available through the Aviation Flight Technology Associate Degree Program.... Read More
It was a major case of burnout that led Morgan Leigh Miller to quit her job as a hospital patient care technician and become a campus bus driver at Indiana University. But there was one element of her old job she couldn’t let go.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College announced Monday that former President Gerald Lamkin has died. Lamkin spent 40 years with the college, serving as president from 1983-2007. He was 86.... Read More
Amid the ongoing restructuring of IUPUI—both its leadership and its future as a campus solely within the Indiana University system—state and local officials are in the early stages of a project that could have big implications for downtown: an on-campus arena.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Tindley Accelerated Schools has named Jonathan Harris as its new network president. Harris, who currently serves as vice president of Indianapolis Classical Schools, will take the helm of one of the city's original charter school systems.... Read More
It's been 25 years since Inside INdiana Business debuted on television, and in that time, the state's tech sector has realized some major gains. John Wechsler, founder and CEO of Fishers-based Spokenote, says officials set some audacious goals 25 years ago.... Read More
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered Evansville-based OneMain Financial to pay $20 million over what it called deceptive sales practices. The bureau said OneMain failed to refund interest charged to 25,000 customers who canceled purchases.... Read More
The Indiana project to be constructed east of the Town of New Carlisle will be a 188-megawatt operation with Honeysuckle Solar and a long-term power purchase agreement with AEP Energy Partners. The commercial solar farm will be privately-funded, costing $250 million, and will be able to power 27,000 homes.... Read More
PepsiCo said it would work with local leadership, unions and others for the transition at the plant, located at 2901 N. Walnut St. PepsiCo did not state whether jobs at the plant would be cut or relocated.... Read More
Fountain Fletcher residents are making way toward their $17,500 goal, with support from Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, in a crowdfunding campaign to revitalize their community gathering space with bright-colored chairs and tables, a playground and a moveable gallery for local artists' work.... Read More
The company said the new name represents their vision to better the planet and offer sustainable but complex waste management. The name "Envita" comes as a combination of the word "environment" and "vita," the Latin word for life.... Read More
The use of nuclear power from small modular reactors creates a promising, carbon-free energy option for Purdue University that should be further explored, according to an interim report from Purdue and North Carolina-based Duke Energy. ... Read More
New Jersey-based Catalent Inc. is a contract drug manufacturer that significantly increased its operations at the Monroe County location during the pandemic to meet the demand for COVID-19 vaccines. It's that same plant that the company blames in part for productivity issues and unexpected costs.... Read More
