Duke Energy awards economic development grants

Nine central Indiana economic development organizations have received up to $5,000 each from Plainfield-based Duke Energy Indiana to fund marketing efforts to attract new jobs and investment. The utility’s Partnership Program grants can be used to support...... Read More

EPA awards brownfield grants in Indiana

The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Authority, the Michiana Area Council of Governments, DeKalb County and Crawfordsville will receive a total of $4.4 million in federal brownfields grants for site assessment and cleanup, the Environmental Protection Agency said.... Read More

Indiana University opens Global Gateway in Ghana

Indiana University has opened one of its Global Gateway offices in Ghana, a move that makes IU the only U.S. public university to have such a presence in Africa. The international gateway launched May 20 at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra.... Read More

USI lands $2.5M gift to support scholarships

The University of Southern Indiana Foundation has received a $2.55 million gift from the Lois M. Collier Charitable Trust to establish a tuition-assistance endowment. The Lois M. and Reginald B. Collier Family Presidential Scholarship Endowment awards will...... Read More

Indiana soil conservation efforts hit new record

Indiana landowners for the second consecutive year set a record in the number of conservation practices to maintain soil health, according to the Indiana Conservation Partnership. Landowners installed more than 50,000 new conservation practices in 2023.... Read More

Indiana Wesleyan names dean of business school

A senior executive with the AAA Hoosier Motor Club and an alum of Indiana Wesleyan University has been named dean of the university’s DeVoe School of Business, Technology, and Leadership. Andy Hughes began his new role April 29.... Read More

IU names inaugural leader of research institute

A biomedical researcher and entrepreneur whose innovations have helped improve treatment for people with musculoskeletal disorders has been named executive director of the Convergent Bioscience and Technology Institute at Indiana University Indianapolis.... Read More