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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 8, 2021
PNW faculty member selected as researcher on $40 million U.S. Department of Defense-funded project
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Professor of Mechanical Engineering Harvey Abramowitz was selected to participate as a researcher in a U.S. Department of Defense-funded project aimed at advancing the adoption of lead-free electronics in defense systems.
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 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.
February 8, 2021
Purdue Northwest names two science faculty members to endowed professorships
Two Purdue University Northwest (PNW) faculty members of the College of Engineering and Sciences have been awarded Nils K. Nelson Endowed Professorships.
