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My Social Media Coach has a new name
VALPARAISO – My Social Media Coach has changed its name to Kathy Sipple & Associates. At the same time, owner Kathy Sipple unveiled a redesigned web site.
“Along with social media coaching and training, I have branched out into other area: event marketing, business sustainability, branding, email/data management, web design support, webinar productions and also providing community management for 219GreenConnect, an environmental networking group …
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PUC, Tri-State create robotic partnership
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet and Tri-State Industries Inc. have formed a partnership that allows students to receive real world robotic experience.
The partnership could eventually include internships to train engineering students how to program robots for manufacturing use. Tri-State has formed a new division to handle its rapidly expanding robotics business.
The company buys used robots, refurbishes them and programs them for use in …
Read Full ArticleMerrillville hosts Department of Energy meeting
MERRILLVILLE – Northern Indiana organizations that are promoting clean vehicle technologies and alternative fuels will be featured during the 2012 annual meeting of South Shore Clean Cities Inc., a nonprofit organization sponsored through a U.S. Department of Energy program.
South Shore Clean Cities Inc. officials have invited business owners, nonprofit organization leaders and community members to join them in speaking about the benefits of …
Read Full ArticlePorter site of first heart failure device implant
VALPARAISO – Cardiac Electrophysiologist Mark Dixon is the first in Northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area to implant the Unity Quadra TM Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CT-D) and Quartel Left Ventricular Quadripolar Pacing Lead.
The new technology developed by St. Jude Medical offers additional pacing options which can reduce the need for re-operation to reposition a lead and offers physicians the ability to more efficiently …
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University Park Mall add charging stations
MISHAWAKA – University Park Mall in Mishawaka has added two charging stations for electric cars. Shoppers will be able to charge their cars while they shop.
The mall, owned by Simon Property Group, plans to install charging stations at several of its properties. Shoppers who use the charging stations will be able to fully charge their car’s batteries in 60 to 90 minutes.
For …
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PNC looking for high-tech intern partners
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central is recruiting high-tech start-up companies to take part in a system wide initiative called “Interns for Indiana.” It is a competitive program that assists start-up companies by partially funding high-quality undergraduate interns.
Companies are matched with student interns who are expected to work 400 hours starting in May and ending in August. In exchange for their work, students receive …
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Ignition Park development moves ahead
SOUTH BEND – Mayor Steve Leucke has announced that South Bend is more than two-thirds of the way to acquiring the properties it needs to expand Ignition Park.
Of 150 parcels targets for acquisition along the north side of Indiana Avenue between Franklin Street and Prairie Avenue, the city has acquired 104 parcels, including one recently purchased in a tax sale. The sale of …
Read Full ArticleNew director at Challenger Learning Center
HAMMOND – Becky Manis has been named executive director of the Challenger Learning Center, 2300 173rd Ave.
She will be responsible for promoting the center as an educational destination for corporate and school groups. She also will be responsible for selling its educational programs to schools, children’s groups, private events, civic and corporate groups.
Manis is a graduate of Indiana University and received …
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Community Hospital installs new MRI
MUNSTER – Community Hospital has expanded and renovated its MRI services at Community Hospital MRI Center in Crown Point and the Community Diagnostic Center in Munster.
A $1.7 million Panorama 1.0T Open MRI from Philips Medical Systems is being installed in Munster and the existing system in Crown Point is being converted to an open MRI format.
“Both MRI systems offer an unprecedented combination of …
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Professor receives medal from Obama
WEST LAFAYETTE – Rakesh Agrawal, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama.
The award is the highest honor for technological achievement.
Agrawal is the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering. He holds 116 U.S. patents, nearly 500 non-U.S. patents and has written 93 …
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