News Releases
March 31, 2021
Couple’s Donation Helps PNW Establish State-of-the-Art Engineering Design Studio
With support from PNW alumnus Stewart McMillan, BS ’77, and his wife, Kathryn, the School of Engineering has opened the PNW Design Studio, featuring state-of-the-art facilities and equipment and offering a new level of experience in design and innovation for engineering students.
March 31, 2021
Purdue Northwest Powers Onward with a Month of Homecoming Activities
PNW students, faculty and staff have powered through this academic year and are ready to celebrate with Homecoming during the month of April.
March 30, 2021
John J. Durocher, associate professor of Health Studies at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) who recently was named to a Nils K. Nelson Endowed Professorship, was selected the 2021 recipient of the ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award by the American Physiological Society (APS).
February 22, 2021
Purdue Northwest to Host GLIAC Basketball Tournament
Purdue University Northwest has been selected as the host institution for the 2021 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments.
February 22, 2021
Purdue Northwest Selected for $7 Million Grant by Department of Energy for Blast Furnace Research
Purdue University Northwest researchers at the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) are leading a team selected for a $7 million federal grant to improve steelmaking processes.
February 16, 2021
Purdue Northwest scholars and community experts to discuss “the post-COVID world”
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) will host a series of virtual conversations with PNW scholars and community experts to explore the post-COVID world and the opportunity for reinvention. The series, titled “On the Other Side: PNW Examines the Post-COVID World,” will challenge thinking about what the future holds.
February 16, 2021
Purdue Northwest plans in-person spring commencement ceremonies
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) announced today (Feb. 16) plans for outdoor, in-person ceremonies, with appropriate health and safety protocols, to celebrate the academic achievements of the spring Class of 2021.
February 15, 2021
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) and the Society of Innovators at PNW have partnered with Innovate WithIN (IWI), the most elite pitch competition in the country for aspiring high school innovators, to encourage youth entrepreneurship across Northwest Indiana.
February 12, 2021
Kim Kardashian visits Purdue University Northwest criminal justice class
Students in Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Associate Professor Nicky Ali Jackson’s Wrongful Convictions class were astonished and thrilled Thursday (Feb. 11) when Kim Kardashian joined their Zoom class to discuss her work on wrongful conviction and mass incarceration.
February 9, 2021
Couple Establishes Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Retired PNW Professor
The Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Department of Political Science, Economics and World Languages has announced the creation of a future endowed scholarship, a planned gift, to benefit undergraduate political science majors.
