WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Award-winning writer, documentarian to headline Presidential Lecture Series event, kicking off Purdue's celebration of America's 250th Bestselling writer, documentarian and television producer Timothy Ferris will kick off the spring semester's Presidential Lecture Series on Feb. 26 with a conversation with Purdue University President Mung Chiang addressing the pivotal role of science in advancing dem more PR

MUNCIE, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: * * * Ball State IDIA Lab Partners with Mechdyne to Expand Access to Immersive Educational 3D Experiences * Ball State University's Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA Lab) has partnered with Mechdyne to help deliver immersive, educational 3D experiences to higher education institutions, museums, and other organizations through Mechdyne's getReal3D for Unity platform. The collaboration combines Mech more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Boiler Up, Hammer Data winners announced; voting is open for the BTAA Data Viz Championship Institutional Data Analytics + Assessment (IDA+A) has announced the winners of the 2026 Boiler Up, Hammer Data Challenge, held as part of Love Data Week today through Friday (Feb. 9-13). This annual event celebrates data and its impact on research and education. One student winner and one faculty/staff winner  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following written testimony by Century Foundation President Julie Margetta Morgan from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Runaway College Spending Meets the Working Families Tax Cuts": * * * My name is Julie Margetta Morgan, and I am the President of The Century Foundation, a nonprofit public policy organization that conducts research and analysis on a number of issue more PR

GOSHEN, Indiana, Feb. 10 -- Goshen College issued the following news: * * * Communication department faculty named 2026 faculty champions by the Center for Community News Goshen College communication faculty are two of the 150 journalism leaders named as 2026 Faculty Champions by the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont. Kyle Hufford, professor of communication, and Anna Groff, associate professor of communication, join the 2026 class of Faculty Champions, which recognizes  more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Feb. 10 -- Indiana University issued the following news: * * * Grant to IU's Media School will fund learning lab that expands local news coverage The Indiana Newsroom, a new learning lab in The Media School at Indiana University Bloomington, will expand local coverage on underreported issues affecting communities across southern Indiana, while providing paid experiential learning opportunities for IU student journalists. Launching this fall and funded by a two-year, $3 more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Feb. 10 -- Indiana University Media School issued the following news: * * * Grant to IU's Media School will fund learning lab that expands local news coverage The Indiana Newsroom, a new learning lab in The Media School at Indiana University Bloomington, will expand local coverage on underreported issues affecting communities across southern Indiana, while providing paid experiential learning opportunities for IU student journalists. Launching this fall and funded by a more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 10 -- The Indiana University Indianapolis campus issued the following news: * * * Pandemic-era gains in childhood obesity persist; young children most affected The Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health at IU Indianapolis has released updated findings on childhood obesity trends through 2024. The new report shows that while the sharp pandemic-era increase in obesity rates has stabilized, overall prevalence remains significantly higher than before COVI more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Feb. 10 -- Indiana University issued the following news: * * * IU anchors decades of academic leadership in Washington, DC, with permanent hub Indiana University's presence in Washington, D.C., spans nearly half a century due to its academic leadership in public policy and international affairs. Now, with the advent of the new Capital Campus, IU not only anchors its history but paves the way for future scholarship and experiential learning. Multiple schools across the u more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 10 -- The Indiana University Indianapolis campus issued the following news: * * * IU anchors decades of academic leadership in Washington, DC, with permanent hub Indiana University's presence in Washington, D.C., spans nearly half a century due to its academic leadership in public policy and international affairs. Now, with the advent of the new Capital Campus, IU not only anchors its history but paves the way for future scholarship and experiential learning. Mult more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued the following news: * * * Local Officials Endorse Bipartisan Transportation BASICS Act to Invest in Priority Infrastructure Projects Across America * WASHINGTON, D.C. -The nation's leading local and regional governments organizations-representing individual counties, cities, towns, planning agencies, and regional economic development organizations across the United States-announced their s more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National League of Cities issued the following news release: * * * Local Officials Endorse Bipartisan Transportation BASICS Act to Invest in Top Priority Infrastructure Projects Across America * Washington, D.C. -Eight of the nation's leading local and regional governments organizations -representing more than 25,000 individual counties, cities, towns, planning agencies and regional economic development organizations acro more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Mrvan Announces DOT Safety Grants for Northwest Indiana * Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced federal grant awards for Burns Harbor, Gary, Hobart, Michigan City, and Munster under the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program. Specifically, Burns Harbor will receive $120,000, Gary will receive $421,600, Hobart will receive $300,000, Mi more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: * * * National MS Society and Mendoza Family Celebrate $325,000 Fundraising Milestone Over 2,150 donors rally behind Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and brother Alberto in honor of their mother, Elsa * The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Mendoza family celebrate a remarkable milestone: the Mendoza Brothers' Fight Against MS has raised over $325,000 from more than 2,150 donors spanning  more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Physical pressure on the brain triggers neurons' self-destruction programming * To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This intricate communication network is built of billions of neurons connected by synapses and managed and modified by glial cells. When neurons die, this communication network is disrupted and since this loss i more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Rear Adm. Douglas Adams assumes leadership of AUKUS Integration and Acquisition * WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Douglas Adams assumed leadership of the AUKUS Integration and Acquisition (I&A) Direct Reporting Program Management Office Feb. 9. "I am honored to take the helm of the AUKUS I&A team," said Adams. "Our submarines are the most capable in the world, and increasing the number of allied fast-attack submari more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * REP. STUTZMAN: SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BELONG TO SINGLE-FAMILES NOT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Marlin Stutzman (IN-03) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump reaffirmed (link is external) the need for legislation banning the purchase of single-family homes by large institutional investors. Rep. Stutzman has legislation (link is external) t more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- Marian University posted the following news: * * * Rev. Michael E. Connors, CSC, Named Homiletician in Residence for Marian University's Certificate in Relational Preaching * Marian University has appointed Rev. Michael E. Connors, CSC, Th.D., a nationally recognized scholar and teacher of preaching, as Homiletician in Residence for the 2026 program year of its Preach All Ways Certificate in Relational Preaching. A priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross,  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 9 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ condemns 20-year prison sentence for Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai * Media Contact: SPJ Communications, communications@spj.org The Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns the 20-year jail sentence given to Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai. This verdict is the equivalent to a death sentence to the 78-year-old founder of Apple Daily. SPJ has repeated more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * THE STREAMLINING RURAL HOUSING ACT, INTRODUCED BY REP. STUTZMAN, PASSES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Marlin Stutzman's (IN-03) legislation (link is external), H.R. 4989 - Streamlining Rural Housing Act, passed the House of Representatives under suspension as part (link is external) of the House Financial Services Committee's Housing for the 21st Century Act. The more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Feb. 10 -- Wittenberg University issued the following news release: * * * Wittenberg Series Continues Monday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History to feature Benjamin H. Irvin, Ph.D., social and cultural historian of early America and the United States, who will discuss disabled veterans and pension assistance after the Revolutionary War * Benjamin H. Irvin, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Indiana University and historian of the American more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Yamil Colon selected to join New Voices program of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine * Yamil Colon, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been selected for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 's New Voices program, an initiative that brings emerging leaders into NASEM's advisory work. Selected through a merit-based, open comp more PR