June 26, 2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has been selected to receive a 3-year, $750,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to improve literacy instruction in Indiana. Lilly Endowment made the grant through its initiative, Advancing Science of Reading in Indiana (ASRI). The aim of the initiative is to enhance the use of evidence-based […]
07/31/2023– Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has received a $19,573 grant from the NASA-funded Indiana Space Grant Consortium to continue studying the fungus Candida albicans. The funding will allow for student researchers at Valpo — along with select Ivy Tech Community College students — to investigate environmental conditions that cause the fungus to become potentially […]
Diego Piedra, DMA, assistant professor of music and director of orchestra at Valparaiso University received an honorary mention in the coveted American Prize in Orchestral Performance in 2022. The Prize grew from the belief that exemplary musical performance too often goes unappreciated and unrewarded, and is issued for the best orchestral performances by American-based orchestras. […]
Students with Working Across Vocations Everywhere through Service (WAVES) at Valparaiso University spent their spring break making a difference in the lives of people in Nicaragua, serving the population and using their ingenuity to make a positive impact. The group was split into two teams: future educators there to work with local students and teachers, […]
Superbugs, antibacterial-resistant microorganisms that develop to defy some of our best medicines, have found their way to the International Space Station (ISS), hitching rides on humans and supplies and finding an environment almost totally free of competition. To combat these illness-causing microbes, new, novel compounds will need to be derived or synthesized, and that’s where […]
July 5, 2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University, alongside Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction (PCRWR) and local company Mermaid Straw are encouraging local businesses to take up more sustainable habits with Plastic Free July. The event is an international movement that encourages alternatives to single-use plastics so that we can all enjoy a […]
May 31, 2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Christina Davis, Ph.D., visiting professor of chemistry, has partnered with the City of Crown Point Fire Rescue’s Todd Bennett to save the department time and money by distilling a concentrated gasoline solution to be used in training one of the department’s newest additions: a two-year old black labrador […]
March 9, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Thanks to a generous gift by alumnus Mark Howell ’57, Ph.D., Valparaiso University has awarded two $5,000 STEM Faculty Research Fellowships to support scientific inquiry by pre-tenure faculty in STEM disciplines. One fellowship has been awarded to Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly ’07, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology and her research […]
Craft beer is a fast-growing industry, particularly in Maine and New England. New research led by Valparaiso University’s Niclas Erhardt, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business and former UMaine faculty member in the Maine Business School, shows that as the industry continues to grow, owners need to make decisions about scale and growth, which […]
Program kicks off with concert on Feb. 22 Valparaiso University’s music department will be hosting the first of two “Sensory Friendly” concerts on Feb. 22, 2020, at 5 p.m. in the Chapel of the Resurrection. The program will feature the University Community and Luce Band, directed by Jeffrey Scott Doebler ’87 M.M., Ph.D., professor of […]