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Cryptocurrency mining facility to bring jobs, significant investment to local community An ultramodern, sustainable cryptocurrency mining facility will soon transform a portion of the site at a 50-year-old power station in Southwest Indiana. The high-tech facility, built and financed by Kentucky-based crypto pioneers AboutBit, LLC, will specialize in the validation of multiple electronic assets and will bring multiple next-gen [...]

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology alumnus John Swearingen and his wife, Anne, believe deeply in giving back and reaping what has been sown. In John’s case, skills learned while earning a chemical engineering degree in 1981 provided a pathway for a successful career in the petroleum industry. He retired in 2020 as executive vice president of logistics and storage after [...]

Seven counties in Southern Indiana are working together to better understand the supply and demand of child care within the region. The Southern Indiana Gateway (SIG) region, comprised of Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry, Pike, and Spencer counties, earned its official designation as a 21st Century Talent Region in June 2021. A state initiative, the 21st Century Talent Regions program [...]

Magnificently unique, convenient, and affordable event and conference venue now available for rent for those outside the Girl Scout organization Girl Scouts of Central Indiana is announcing the unveiling of the Founders Lodge Event and Conference Center, a magnificently unique venue the Girl Scouts are now proud to share with the central Indiana community. The Founders Lodge, built in [...]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and employers across Indiana are struggling to provide support for employees as mental health concerns continue to rise after the COVID-19 Pandemic. From March 2021 to March 2022, Indiana’s Be Well Crisis Helpline has seen an increase of 86.9% in mental health crisis calls, with over 35,000 calls in the last two years. [...]

Hoosiers now have access to some of the most advanced cancer treatments in the nation Indianapolis-based Community Health Network and Houston-based The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced a partnership agreement on April 28 to create Community Health Network MD Anderson Cancer Center. A comprehensive clinical and research cancer program collaboration in central Indiana, Community MD Anderson [...]

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been ranked in the top 20 of America’s best value private colleges for 2022 by The Princeton Review, while maintaining top marks for providing internship opportunities and a top-10 ranking for career placement – key elements contributing to Rose-Hulman’s continued strong return on investment. Rose-Hulman’s best value private college listing increased to 20th this [...]

Indiana Philanthropy Alliance announced two new hires on April 25: Nick McLain as communications manager and JoAnna Ness as director of community foundation programs. McLain joins IPA after most recently working as the communications manager at the Indiana Library Federation, a statewide nonprofit association representing more than 2,000 librarians and library staff. He has also worked in government relations [...]

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and its Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have adopted a new Green Chemistry Commitment to incorporate green chemistry theory and practice into classes, continuously improve green chemistry accessibility, and work toward a sustainable future. The institute becomes Indiana’s first higher education institution to adopt this commitment, organized by the Beyond Benign green chemistry teaching and [...]

Buying and renovating an industrial building for a new purpose gives Jefferson Electric of Indianapolis “four to five times” the space to do its work, says founder and owner Joel Walsman. Walsman started the company with his wife, Kristy, in 2011. Jefferson Electric’s 50 employees install and service traditional electric work, wiring, solar panels, batteries and a growing customer [...]