JOHN DAVIES: The science of using bugs to solve crimes

Down the hallway from a bumper sticker that reads "Back Off. I’m a Scientist," resides Neal H. Haskell, a world renowned forensic entomologist in the Evans Arts and Sciences Building at St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer.

Call for creative thinkers begins

MERRILLVILLE │ Another year of discovering the most creative thinkers and innovators of Northwest Indiana begins Friday.

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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.

JOHN DAVIES: Prince's innovation helping girls in Gary

Can children be nurtured and yet learn boundaries of behavior? Of course!

JOHN DAVIES: Route of innovation includes twists, turns

Are creative entrepreneurs self-taught?

JOHN DAVIES: 'Me and coffee pot' launch model company

Like Thomas Edison, Gregg A. VanDusseldorp Sr. got his start in a small incubator of big ideas.

JOHN DAVIES: Enough talk; let’s walk our national park

Those of us who have been around a while think we know our national park.

JOHN DAVIES: Costas driving bus to Valpo's future

So how big of a bus does Jon Costas drive?

JOHN DAVIES: Gary filmmakers tackle ‘the elephant’

One of the films featured during the Gary International Black Film Festival was called “Goners.”

JOHN DAVIES: Purdue Tech Center evolving with spirit of discovery

Which best describes the Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana?

JOHN DAVIES: IVDiagnostics calls for cancer research center

Is it possible for Northwest Indiana to blaze new trails in the complex medical field of advanced molecular cancer diagnosis and research?

JOHN DAVIES: St. John woman is granite's ‘rock star'

Stone masons split blocks of granite older than the time of dinosaurs to make modern products like counter tops.

JOHN DAVIES: Title I school is target for $100,000

When Principal Angela Hambling of Rolling Prairie Elementary School takes staff out to celebrate, she always orders dessert first!

JOHN DAVIES: A new venture to provide venture capital

Talk to Charlie McGill, the new "entrepreneur in residence" for Elevate Ventures, and get ready to be inspired about the future for Northwest Indiana.

JOHN DAVIES: A 'green shoot' grows IT in NWI

There's a "green shoot" growing in Merrillville that could lead to even more growth in the unlikely field of information technology in Northwest Indiana.

JOHN DAVIES: Legends' Compass points the way for children

Is it possible the children of Northwest Indiana will discover the immense human treasure that exists in our region?

JOHN DAVIES: Center helps re-imagine a new Northwest Indiana

Imagine Northwest Indiana as a best-in-class resource for cutting-edge solutions to high-tech problems, from trouble-shooting to "what if" scenarios.

JOHN DAVIES: An annual wake-up call for innovation

Sharing his story of being a young man confined to a wheelchair who just wanted to get to work, Ralph Braun invented a vehicle wheelchair lift that has given freedom to thousands worldwide while employing 700 people at Braun Industries.

11 Northwest Indiana business leaders get magazine honors

Eleven region chief executive officers and one chief financial officer were honored by Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly magazine. They were nominated by readers and peers.