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.

ArcelorMittal honored for innovative steel use in cars

EAST CHICAGO │ ArcelorMittal’s Global Research and Development Center was honored Thursday for its design and creation of steel for cars that will meet future higher fuel standards.

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.

Society selects March Innovators of the Month

As part of its effort to highlight its 2012-13 class, the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana has selected Anthony Thurman and Connie Bachmann as its March Innovators of the Month.

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?

Society of Innovators selects new members, fellows

GARY | Ivy Tech Community College Northwest and The Society of Innovators announced the 2012-13 Class of Fellows, Chanute Prize recipients and Members to be inducted at the eighth annual Innovators Induction Ceremony tonight at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond.

JOHN DAVIES: Gary filmmakers tackle ‘the elephant’

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

Marilyn’s Bakery celebrated for innovation

HOBART | A second-generation bakery in its 26th year of business was showcased during the 18th Innovators Café on Thursday.

Society of Innovators calls for nominations

Ivy Tech Community College Northwest's Society of Innovators is seeking nominations through 5 p.m. Friday

Innovators Cafe

MERRILLVILLE | Jeff Lewis talks about the design and contruction of the IBEW Local 697 building at the Innovators Cafe sponsored by the Society of Innovators Thursday, June 14, 2012.

Innovators Cafe

A new South Shore poster was unveiled Thursday in Merrillville at the Innovators Cafe sponsored by the Society of Innovators.

Innovators Cafe

IBEW Local 697 apprentice Dan Hayden gives a tour of the facility's application lab following the Innovators Cafe sponsored by the Society of Innovators Thursday. The new, sustainable 18-acre, $10.1 million facility in Merrillville is seven times larger than the old one yet the cost of utili…

Society of Innovators calls for nominations

Ivy Tech Community College Northwest's Society of Innovators seeks to celebrate the "thinkers, dreamers and doers" throughout Northwest Indiana’s seven-county region.

Pride and Pedestal: Pass the Torch of Innovation

HAMMOND | Members from the Society of Innovators will be at the Indiana Welcome Center on Saturday, April 21, from 11 am - 2 pm, to conclude World Creativity and Innovation Week. The open house format allows attendees the opportunity to speak with innovators about their initiatives and stori…