DOUG ROSS: Colleges need more state support

Ivy Tech Community College has merged the large northwest and north central regions in a cost-cutting move. The university has a nearly $60 million funding gap, according to Ivy Tech President Thomas Snyder.

JOHN DAVIES: CIVS provides innovative solutions beyond engineering

This is a place where ideas and complexity come to life on the screen from the beauty of intricate French poetry to the grandeur of a massive blast furnace.

Creating a culture of continuous improvement

Andy Harshaw says steel companies need to promote a culture of continuous improvement. Focusing on the future and being able to foster innovation is critical to the industry’s survival, he believes.

Grow economy through investment, collaboration

Today, I write as a devoted lifelong resident of Northwest Indiana and challenge us to relish in risk-taking once again, making real a vision of a brighter economic future.

Celebrating Innovation at CIVS

Purdue University Calumet's Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation's 2012-13 Chanute Prize is shown from the the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana.

Celebrating innovation at CIVS

HAMMOND | Purdue University Calumet's Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation Research Engineer Bin Wu, left, talks with guest and PUC undergraduate student Steven Malone, right, about a 3D mapping project for ArcelorMittal at the center in Hammond on Thursday. The center …

Celebrating innovation at CIVS

Purdue University Calumet graduate student Guangwn Tang, center, talks with visiting scholar Hongbo Yang, right, about Tang's project sponsored by BP at the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation at the university in Hammond on Thursday, November 29, 2012. The center won …

PUC ‘Celebrating Innovation’ Thursday

HAMMOND | Recently recognized by The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, Purdue University Calumet’s cutting edge Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation will host a day of Celebrating Innovation on Thursday.

Purdue Calumet Presents “Celebrating Innovation”

HAMMOND | Join Purdue Calumet in celebrating their Chanute Prize for Team Innovation from the Society of Innovators on November 29, Powers Building, Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS), Rm. 123, from 8:00 am– 4:00 pm. Enjoy networking, refreshments, and student …

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Boy Scout Justin Meyers, from Calumet Council Troop 276 in Lansing, interacts in a model of the Purdue University main campus in a 3-D Immersive Virtual Reality System on Monday at the Center for Innovation Through Visualization and Simulation at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond.

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Boy Scouts from Calumet Council Troop 276 in Lansing, including Jack Downs, foreground, walk Monday through the Miner Cluster super computer at the Center for Innovation Through Visualization and Simulation at Purdue Unversity Calumet in Hammond.

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Brandon Meyers, a member of Boy Scouts of America Calumet Council Troop 276 in Lansing, interacts in a groundwater simulation model in a 3-D Immersive Virtual Reality System on Monday at the Center for Innovation Through Visualization and Simulation at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond. T…