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IDOE to Launch Reading, STEM Coaching Programs
May 11, 2022 - (photo courtesy of the Indiana Department of Education) INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Department of Education has announced a partnership with 69 schools throughout the state to launch programs that will provide coaching to teachers in reading or STEM subjects. The IDOE is deploying $20 million from the second round of the Elementary...
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TechPoint Says Funding Will Help Adults Enter Digital Workforce
May 11, 2022 - (photo courtesy of Eleven Fifty Academy) INDIANAPOLIS - TechPoint, the state initiative to grow Indiana’s technology ecosystem, has received a $750,000 gift from Microsoft Philanthropies to help upskill career-changing adults who want to enter the tech workforce. The nonprofit says the funding will allow it help guide adults towards skills-focused...
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Solinftec Secures $60M ‘Bridge’ Funding Round
May 2, 2022 - Monday, May 2, 2022 01:02 PM EDT By Alex Brown, Assistant Managing Editor Solinftec has developed the Solix robot to help farmers examine the ecosystem of their fields. (photo courtesy: Solinftec) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - West Lafayette-based Solinftec has closed on a $60 million growth investment round. The company, which has developed a farm...
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Biotech Firm Completes $1.6M Seed Round
May 2, 2022 - Dr. Jinhee Kim is director of analytics for West Lafayette-based Novilytics. (photo provided) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - West Lafayette-based Novilytic LLC has completed a $1.6 million seed round with support from the Purdue Foundry and Elevate Ventures. The biochemistry analytics company, which is headquartered at the Purdue Research Park, says it...
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Defense Institute Launches Search for Next CEO
May 2, 2022 - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana Innovation Institute has launched a nationwide search for its next president and chief executive officer, who will succeed current leader Stephen Kelley. IN3 says Kelly is retiring in July from the role he has held since 2019. The Bloomington-based organization works with academia, industry, and government to...
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Lilly Grant to Support Rose-Hulman STEM Camps
May 2, 2022 - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a nearly $650,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. in Indianapolis to support STEM enrichment. The grant is part of Lilly’s Indiana Youth Programs on Campus initiative, which supports college- and university-led summer camp enrichment for students who have historically been...
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BioCrossroads Celebrates Catalent Expansion
April 26, 2022 - Catalent Pharma Solutions facility in Bloomington. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The chief executive officer of BioCrossroads, the state’s initiative to grow Indiana’s life sciences sector, says Thursday’s announcement that New Jersey-based Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc. (NYSE: CTLT) plans to invest $350 million to expand its Bloomington operations sends a...
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NSWC Crane to expand presence at WestGate Academy
April 19, 2022 - April 20, 2022 View/share from our web page Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane has signed a lease to occupy 14,000 square feet at the WestGate Technology Academy in Odon, Indiana. (Photo provided) Download image ODON, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane (NSWC Crane), a Navy federal laboratory in southern Indiana, has signed...
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Banks to Host Northeast Indiana Defense Summit
April 11, 2022 - FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Northeast Indiana is home to a robust defense manufacturing sector. Nearly 11,000 people there work in defense and aerospace and there are more than 38,000 engineers in the region. Indiana’s 3rd District Congressman Jim Banks says the inaugural Northeast Indiana Defense Summit April 11 in Fort Wayne will...
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Indy Tech Scene Has Big Name Booster
April 11, 2022 - The Salesforce Towers serves as a backdrop to Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. (IIB photo/Wes Mills) INDIANAPOLIS - The growing technology ecosystem in Indianapolis has garnered the attention of AOL cofounder Steve Case and his venture firm Revolution. According to business publication Forbes, the billionaire entrepreneur’s Rise of...
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