Archive for February 2023

Think the burgeoning Discovery Park District at Purdue is benefiting only Purdue University? Not the case. It’s helping grow the Greater Lafayette economy and bringing new jobs, leading to a comparatively affordable housing market and a skilled, technology-based workforce. Lafayette is ranked No. 1 in the latest Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Market Index, winter…

A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research direction in ecology. The issue, funded by the National Science Foundation, also describes the digital data collection methods that enable the new research direction, and the applications of the work in various…

By Whitney Downard A bill earmarking funding for local public health departments advanced through a Senate committee Wednesday, despite the outcry of COVID-19 misinformation and state dictatorship. The bill, which has no price tag yet, moves to Senate Appropriations for further funding discussion. “In one sense, Senate Bill 4 is actually an infrastructure bill regarding…

Purdue University innovators who create new processes and products need capital, among other resources, to bring their ideas to reality. A Purdue fund is making financial support available to help them further develop their work. Researchers from the College of Agriculture and College of Engineering have received more than $143,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund…

Indiana Tech has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) for its Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity program. This designation is given to institutions meeting the newest standards of cybersecurity from National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—co-sponsors of a program created to develop skilled…