Switching to electric home appliances and cars can reduce pollution and help you save money over time. But all of that new electricity demand could strain the power grid — leading to blackouts or the need for expensive power lines and other infrastructure. A study by Purdue University looked into strategies that can help.

Indiana GEAR UP, a Purdue-run college-prep program for more than 13,000 low-income students, will end Sept. 30 after the U.S. Education Department canceled its $35 million grant.

The Exponent and the university came to similar conclusions after Purdue distanced itself from the publication this summer.

President Donald Trump took a sudden interest Friday in the decades-old mystery surrounding pilot Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, ordering the release of any classified documents. Trump’s interest comes as another effort by Purdue University to learn more takes off.

In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, exposed a new threat to public health: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals which federally mandated testing is not designed to catch. Into that regulatory void has stepped Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University who has made it his personal mission to help water utilities recover after devastating fires.

The state announced Monday it finalized the sale of the old GM Stamping Plant site to Elanco Animal Health for $27 million.

A Purdue University student was released from ICE custody Monday after being detained late last week.

Gov. Mike Braun says parents should be in the driver’s seat in college “because they’re generally going to be paying the bills.”

Purdue University announced it is sponsoring a mission to locate Amelia Earhart’s lost aircraft.

The notice comes as the spring semester ended and the paper operates on a summer crew.