Purdue University and North Carolina-based Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) are exploring the feasibility of used advanced nuclear energy to meet the long-term energy needs of the West Lafayette campus. The partners say they will study power generated through Small Modular Reactors.... Read More
Indianapolis-based JDA Worldwide, a full-service marketing agency, has acquired California-based public relations and strategic communications firm The KAIROS Co. JDA Worldwide says the acquisition will help it scale up to offer a full-range of public relations, government relations and communications services in 2023.... Read More
The Vigo County Capital Improvement Board is expected to receive a final design recommendation next month for the Larry Bird Museum, according to the Tribune-Star. The venue honoring the Indiana State University standout and NBA Hall of Famer will be located inside the new Terre Haute Convention Center that opened three weeks ago.... Read More
Plans are in the works to turn a vacant high school on the east side of Indianapolis into a catalyst for the neighborhood by creating a support center for residents. The John Marshall Opportunity Hub would become a source for social services, job training and food security. Indianapolis Public Schools closed John Marshall High School in 2018 due to poor academic performance and dwindling enrollment numbers.... Read More
Peter Lacy, commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, has resigned suddenly, according to a spokesperson for the governor’s office.... Read More
The Muncie Community Schools Board of Trustees has approved the largest raises in district history. MCS says teachers will receive the raises starting this fall for the 2022-23 school year.... Read More
Ohio-based The Gorman-Rupp Co. (NYSE: GRC) says it will acquire the Fill-Rite business of Tuthill Corp. in Chicago in a $525 million deal. Fill-Rite, based in Fort Wayne, manufactures the Fill-Rite and Sotera brands of liquid transfer pumps, meters and related products at facilities in Allen County and Lenexa, Kansas.... Read More
U.S. News & World Report has issued its annual list of “Best U.S. High Schools” and one Hoosier school is included in the top 100. ... Read More
South Bend-based startup Tessellated has received a $20,000 investment from Elevate Ventures in Indianapolis. The funding, which is part of Elevate’s Community Ideation Fund, will help the startup to scale up research and development and move its technology into commercial production.... Read More
Visually Impaired Preschool Services Indiana will Thursday celebrate the opening of the Simon and Estelle Knoble Family Resource Center near downtown Indianapolis. The nonprofit says the center will be the first physical space in the Hoosier State for children ages birth to three with visual impairments.... Read More
The chief executive officer of Indianapolis-based Market Wagon says the online farmers market platform was bolstered by the pandemic as farmers and local food producers scrambled to find new ways to get their products to consumers. ... Read More
Indiana University is launching a startup accelerator program to help faculty turn their research discoveries and professional insights into viable businesses. The IU Faculty Startup Accelerator Program is a collaboration between the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office and The Mill in Bloomington.... Read More
The state agency overseeing the recovery of Gary schools may extend the contract of the private company managing the district.... Read More
The Plymouth Common Council has approved a tax abatement for South Bend-based Holladay Properties, which is building a $3.1 million distribution center in the Marshall County city. The building will serve as the northern Indiana headquarters for Carmel-based replacement window company Renewal by Andersen.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Herron Classical Schools says it will buy the former Salvation Army building located next to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to open a new campus. Herron says the campus will become the permanent home of Herron Preparatory Academy.... Read More
Several Indiana companies are included on Forbes' list of the Best Employers For Diversity 2022. The list ranks 500 employers based on the diversity of their boards and executive ranks, as well as diversity and inclusion initiatives.... Read More
Lafayette-based Wabash (NYSE: WNC) is reporting first quarter net income of $12 million, up from $3.2 million during the same period a year ago. ... Read More
Two professors from Ball State University have been awarded a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funding will be used to study the effects of economic and social stress on people living in rural communities.... Read More
West Lafayette-based startup Adranos Inc. has closed on a $20 million Series A funding round to help the company continue its development of solid rocket fuel and motors for long-range missiles and space systems. ... Read More
A longtime leader in the economic development community of southern Indiana has announced his retirement plans. ... Read More
