NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Oct. 11 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: University of Notre Dame alumna Jessica Ashman and graduate student Maria Caterina "Cat" Gargano have been selected as Fulbright-John Lewis Civil Rights Fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. Established through bipartisan legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, the Fulbright-John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship honors the legacy of the late civil rights leader and lawmaker, who  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Oct. 11 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: University of Notre Dame Executive Vice President Shannon Cullinan has announced that Doug Marsh, vice president for facilities design and operations and University architect, will retire May 31, 2025, after a 30-year career at the University. "Over the past three decades, Notre Dame's campus has experienced tremendous growth, and Doug has been at the forefront of ensuring that we have world-class facilitie  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Oct. 11 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Kirk Doran, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame, has won the 2024 Adam Smith Panmure House Prize. Established in 2021, the prize is named after the forefather of economics and celebrates those who embody his empiricism and long-term interdisciplinary thinking in their research. One of the United Kingdom's largest academic prizes open to researchers globally,  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 12 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: October 11, 2024 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisions  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 12 -- The Indiana Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2024: TELL CITY, Ind. (Oct. 11, 2024) - The Indiana Economic Development Corporation joined local and regional officials in Tell City today to break ground on Hoosier Heights, a new single family residential subdivision being supported by matching funds from Indiana's Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI). Governor Eric J. Holcomb established the $1  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: On Thursday, Indiana's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jennifer McCormick outlined the ways that she would stand up for the reproductive freedom of Hoosiers if elected governor. In 2022, Indiana Republicans passed one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, banning abortion at any time during pregnancy, with only narrow exceptions up to 10 weeks. Polling from earlier this year found that 64% of Hoosi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Today, new reporting revealed that Mike Braun's running mate, Indiana's GOP nominee for lieutenant governor Micah Beckwith, is running on a plan to dig through emails and "fire state workers with email signature pronouns."The Advocate added: "His remarks are part of a broader attack on LGBTQ+ rights and personal freedom in Indiana, raising serious concerns about the future of workplace inclusion and the state  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news wrap up: * * * 'Purdue News Now' Purdue announces a new member on the Board of Trustees and its chief semiconductor officer earns the highest citizen honor for the state of Indiana. Trevor Peters has everything you need to know in this week's "Purdue News Now." * * * Plus, check out five good stories below you may have missed. Purdue rises to No. 79 globally, improves to No. 32 in the U.S. in latest Ti  more