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.

Purdue University Provost Patrick Wolfe said the move is directly related to policy shifts and new rules at both the state and federal level.

The two cases remain open even though the students are no longer subject to immediate deportation.

A controversial rezoning plan was approved for a new chip manufacturing plant in West Lafayette this week.

The seven international students who lost their visas were enrolled at Purdue, IU Indianapolis, and Notre Dame universities.