New angel investment group starts in NWI

CROWN POINT | Northwest Indiana is now home to its own so-called "angel" investment group, the Lakeshore ArchAngels.

Purdue Alumni Club hosts Coaches Caravan

MERRILLVILLE | The Purdue Alumni Club of Northwest Indiana is bringing the Boilermaker Coaches Caravan back to the area, with a stop at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza, 800 E. 81st Ave.

The Week Ahead - Lake County

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GUEST COMMENTARY: Grads can transform uncertain world

Purdue is known for the pioneers and adventurers it produces, those whose sense of wonder has led them to frontiers of new knowledge, across our planet and beyond it. But even a Nobel Laureate or an astronaut could not surpass by much the curiosity of a newly minted college graduate: I wonde…

Purdue's proposed budget includes increases for PNC

WEST LAFAYETTE | The Purdue University board of trustees on Friday approved a proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 that includes a decrease for Hammond's Purdue University Calumet and increases for Purdue University North Central in Westville and Valparaiso.

Purdue student from Munster on winning corn product innovation team

MUNSTER | Munster High School graduate and Purdue University junior Alexander Parobek was part of a four-member team winning $20,000 for their innovative project at a recent competition sponsored by Indiana’s Soybean Alliance and Corn Marketing Council.

Purdue student from Schererville arrested on alcohol, other charges

SCHERERVILLE | A Schererville man is accused of using a fake identification to buy alcohol in West Lafayette and then fighting with police officers.

Purdue resources available to recover from floods

WEST LAFAYETTE | Purdue University has resources to help people deal with flooding problems.

Outstanding Senior from Purdue headed to medical school

Dyer resident Lauren Rigg was recently chosen as this year's Outstanding Senior for the School of Health Sciences in the College of Health and Human Science at Purdue University, West Lafayette.

Purdue researchers seeking 4- and 5-year-olds who stutter

Researchers with the Purdue Stuttering Project in West Lafayette are looking for 4- and 5-year-old children who stutter to participate in a five-year study to help university researchers understand why some children continue to stutter and others grow out of it.

Cedar Lake native and PU grad flying high as engineering exec

A love of airplanes has propelled Cedar Lake native Mark Burgess to a successful career at Boeing, and recently earned him recognition from Purdue University.

Chesterton man seriously hurt in crash at Purdue University

CHESTERTON | A Purdue University student from Chesterton was seriously injured Monday after crashing into a Lafayette city bus, police said.

RICH JAMES: Much of education reform is about politics, not kids

What is it with the last two governors and the General Assembly’s obsession with rating and grading Indiana’s schools?

Nutrition adviser to speak at library branch in Lake Station

LAKE STATION | Belinda Stepnowski, family nutrition adviser from Purdue University, will speak at 11 a.m. Friday at the Lake Station-New Chicago branch of the Lake County Public Library, 2007 Central Ave.

Five to be inducted into East Chicago Sports Hall of Fame

Orlando Magic guard E'Twaun Moore and future NFL draft pick Kawaan Short are among the five chosen for the 2013 East Chicago Sports Hall of Fame induction class.

Intro: An 'Uncommon' start to handmade art

For Vincent and Jessie Leman, turning their crafty creations into sellable decor was the most unexpected and enjoyable wedding presents they received.

Asteroid set to fly past Earth

A giant asteroid as wide as a football field is set to zoom past the region Friday afternoon at 37,000 mph with no evidence of its presence here on Earth.

PUC physics professor speaks Feb. 22 at church in Hobart

HOBART | Aaron Warren, an associate professor of physics at Purdue North Central, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at First Unitarian Church, 497 Main St.

ANDREA NEAL: Daniels sets sights on higher ed reform

Mitch Daniels’ recent letter to the Purdue University community was the equivalent of a 12-page research paper on the state of higher education, so Boilermakers can be forgiven if they didn't read every word of it. The content merits attention from all Hoosiers, no matter their college loyalties.