News Articles
April 17, 2026
Chris Vincent Named Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Purdue Northwest Director of Athletics Rick Costello has announced the hiring of Chris Vincent as the next head coach of the women's basketball program.
April 15, 2026
Purdue University Northwest’s Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) hosted its annual “Celebrating Excellence: Taking Pride in Our Teaching” event on March 27, bringing together faculty and staff for a day of dialogue, reflection and recognition focused on teaching excellence, professional growth and student success.
April 14, 2026
PNW hosts competitors at regional cyber defense competition
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) welcomed over a hundred students representing 12 colleges and universities from across 10 Midwest states for the 2026 Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
April 10, 2026
Three PNW police officers recognized for lifesaving actions
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Police Lieutenant Charles Giuliani and officers Cody Hayworth and JT Ratajczak were commended for their quick response in administering CPR on a PNW campus community member, ultimately helping keep them alive before paramedics could provide further medical attention.
March 19, 2026
Connecting Students to Industry Innovation at the Inspired Home Show
The Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest partnered with the Inspired Home Show to bring students to the show’s Student Experience Day at McCormick Place in Chicago.
March 2, 2026
College of Business Students Drive Real Impact Through Google Nonprofit Marketing Immersion Program
In her Paid Digital Marketing Strategy course, professor Amita Bhadauria, Ph.D., incorporates the Google Nonprofit Marketing Immersion program to give students a structured, real-world experience managing live advertising campaigns for nonprofit organizations.
February 27, 2026
Distinguished physics scholar Neeti Parashar provides top-tier learning opportunities for students
Neeti Parashar, professor of Physics at PNW, has earned many opportunities and achievements as a physicist and academic. From her classroom at PNW to the massive Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), she consistently looks for ways to get the students she mentors involved with groundbreaking physics research.
February 6, 2026
Meet the Contributor Behind the RISE Logo: Nerissa C. Fezler
Nerissa C. Fezler, a proud PNW alumna and the current Social Media and Events Coordinator for the PNW College of Business, won the RISE Logo Contest with her concept that represented the perseverance, growth and collective spirit of the campuses.
February 5, 2026
PNW Athletics Celebrates 10 Years of Academic Excellence
In the Fall 2025 semester, Purdue University Northwest student-athletes recorded a cumulative department GPA of 3.31, the 20th semester in a row over a 3.0 GPA.
February 3, 2026
Purdue University Northwest named a “Best for Vets” university
PNW was recognized as a 2025 Best for Vets university by Military Times, ranking #3 in the state of Indiana and #33 in the Midwest out of 357 schools nationwide.