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UT Permian Basin's nuclear engineering program received notice last week that it successfully obtained a $100,000 grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the HT3R reactor program.

Surveying the fiscal debris field following the end of the Indiana legislature's special session, Indiana research advocates console themselves with the fact that it could've been much worse.

The state Commission for Higher Education recommended Thursday that increases in tuition and mandatory fees not exceed 5 percent in each of the next two years at Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Southern Indiana.

Ulster Savings Bank recently announced the promotion of James Hochstatter of Rhinebeck to senior vice president/information technology.

Dozens of people attend a neighborhood forum Monday to discuss possible uses of the Taylor University campus.

MainSource Bank Promotes Lindauer to Senior Commercial Banker GREENSBURG, IN 06/29/09 Daryl R. Tressler, Chairman, President and CEO of MainSource Bank , announced today that Keith Lindauer has been named Senior Vice President and Senior Commercial Banker for MainSource Bank.

The former chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast will reimburse the college more than $5,000 that he spent without school approval to fix up part of a vacant campus building where he lived for nearly six months.

Raytheon Company has been awarded a $6 million contract, if all options are exercised, to develop nano thermal interface materials to improve the thermal performance of advanced defense electronics systems.

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and his recently appointed Home Secretary Alan Johnson are seen during a visit to offices in London of the business and technology consultancy firm Detica, which is owned by BAE Systems, Thursday June 25, 2009.

Britain is hiring former computer hackers to join a new security unit aimed at protecting cyberspace from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, the country's terrorism minister said.

Student protesters chant, "What do we want? Freedom! When do we want it? Now!" as they rally at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Tuesday.

In 1969, when I was just starting my career in newspapers, I worked with a grizzled sports reporter named Jack White.

Tiny yellow lights hover in the backyard. Kids squeal and clasp their hands around winking insects, hoping to capture their glow in a glass jar.

Rangers in Washington state have expanded their search for a hiker from Indiana who's been missing for several days in North Cascades National Park.

A new program intended to put more math, science and technology teachers in rural Indiana schools is moving ahead with a first class of nearly 60 teachers.

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Article Date: 19 Jun 2009 - 5:00 PDT There may be thousands of things large and small that can be done to better control pollution on even the smallest waterways, and a new tool developed at Purdue University may help sort out how to choose the best ones.

When a dog statue from a community summer art display was damaged in a string of thefts and vandalism, the Purdue Small Animal Hospital offered to help.

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Harvest Land Co-op recently awarded $9,000 in scholarships to high school seniors.

A workshop at Purdue University next week will give high school students a taste of college life while providing them with one heck of a souvenir -- an electric guitar.