• July 24, 2023

    A Coerced Confession?

    Nicky Ali Jackson, executive director of Purdue University Northwest’s Center for Justice and Post-Exoneration Assistance in Hammond, was quoted recently in the Chicago Sun-Times article about Cleveland “Christopher” Bynum, a Gary man serving a 300-year sentence for 5 killings another man later confessed to.

  • June 29, 2023

    Purdue Northwest Students Earn Spring 2023 Semester Dean’s List Honors

    The Purdue University Northwest spring 2023 semester Dean’s List recognizes 1,647 undergraduate students for their academic achievements.

  • May 8, 2023

    Purdue University Northwest Graduates Encouraged to Remember Civics at Spring Commencement

    Purdue University Northwest graduates were urged to uphold the values and freedoms afforded to them as U.S. residents and exhibit service to others as exemplary, participatory civilians in a democracy, during PNW’s spring 2023 commencement Saturday, May 6.

  • April 28, 2023

    PNW Graduate LaPorte Police Department’s First Social Worker

    The Northwest Indiana Times shares how Purdue University Northwest graduate Caitlyn Kalisik is helping officers deal with mental health and drug abuse issues encountered during calls for assistance.

  • April 25, 2023

    PNW Day of Giving Spotlight: Tamar Clark

    As Purdue University Northwest looks ahead to Day of Giving on April 26, 2023, PNW student Tamar Clark shares how your support for scholarships helps first-generation, low-income PNW students Power Onward to achieve their goals.

  • December 20, 2022

    Recognizing Our Graduates

    Purdue University Northwest proudly celebrates the graduates who received their degrees during two commencement ceremonies on Dec. 10, 2022.

  • December 2, 2022

    Lionhearted Leaders: Mark Mabrito

    Meet Mark Mabrito, professor of English and a Lionhearted Leader in the College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.

  • December 2, 2022

    Inspired to Mentor: Meet PNW 2022 graduate Aaron Ramirez

    Ramirez, a first-generation student from East Chicago, has served as a peer mentor in the Honors College, including as the first-ever Peer Mentor Chair on the college’s Student Advisory Board. He has also worked as a peer mentor in TRIO Student Support Services.

  • November 2, 2022

    CJPA Launches Work to Fight Miscarriages of Justice

    Purdue Northwest’s Center for Justice and Post-Exoneration Assistance has begun research and advocacy work to meet its mission of averting miscarriages of justice for prisoners experiencing wrongful convictions and exonerees.

  • July 5, 2022

    Purdue Northwest’s 2022-2023 Lionhearted Leaders

    We are delighted to announce Purdue Northwest’s 2022-2023 Lionhearted Leaders! The Lionhearted Leaders Initiative recognizes the hard work and many contributions of members of the Purdue University Northwest faculty.