Students at West Lafayette's Cumberland Elementary School sent state Sen. Ron Alting more than 800 postcards and letters seeking his help in their mission to get the firefly named Indiana's official insect.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will give the federal funds to 12 cities, towns and nonprofits for urban forestry projects.

The master's and doctoral degree programs in environmental and ecological engineering at Purdue University have been approved by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels has announced the creation of a safety relations committee on its West Lafayette main campus after students demonstrated over what they say are problems with racism.

Purdue scientists have selectively bred the bees to chew off deadly parasites that suck blood and transmit disease.