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State Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Thursday October 30, 2025 ( 4 items )  

PUPD Offers Class: Basic Armed Suspect Evasion and Defense
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 30 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * PUPD offers new class: Basic Armed Suspect Evasion and Defense (BASED) The Purdue University Police Department has created a new self-defense course. Basic Armed Suspect Evasion and Defense (BASED) is a supplemental course that will be available to anyone who has attended Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE). BASED is a low-impact, introductory level, basic self-defense class. Attendee  more

Trine University: CSI in the Sky - Students Learn How Drones Aid Investigations
ANGOLA, Indiana, Oct. 30 -- Trine University issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * CSI in the Sky: Students learn how drones aid investigations Twenty-five Trine University students, along with high school students from Angola and Kendallville, learned how learned how drones aid law enforcement during a special presentation on Oct. 20. During the "Drone Detectives: CSI in the Sky" event, the Fort Wayne Police Department Pilot Investigation Team, hosted by Trine's Cold Case Unit,   more

USI Historic Harmony Program Receives $2.5 Million Grant From Lilly Endowment Inc.
EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Oct. 30 -- The University of Southern Indiana issued the following news release: * * * USI Historic New Harmony program receives $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The University of Southern Indiana has received a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support Historic New Harmony's efforts to strengthen exhibitions and programs focused on the history of religion and spirituality in New Harmony. Lilly Endowment made the grant through its Religion and Cu  more

UW Bat Brigade blends curiosity and conservation
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 29 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * UW Bat Brigade blends curiosity and conservation * Students on the brigade find opportunities to experience campus nature at night, take part in research, and support Wisconsin wildlife conservation. Sometimes Badgers stay up late in the library studying. Other times they stay up late to count bats in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve with the UW-Madison Bat Brigade. "When students come  more