News in Hammond
Purdue University Northwest hosts College Goal Sunday on Oct. 4
HAMMOND and WESTVILLE, Ind. — Financial aid professionals will be on-site at Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Hammond and Westville campuses during the statewide College Goal Sunday programs on Oct. 4. The free event will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. CDT and will help…
Hammond City Council – September 22, 2026
Northwest Indiana families value higher education at Purdue University Northwest
Students return at record levels; nearly 80% of undergraduate and graduate students are Indiana residents HAMMOND and WESTVILLE, Ind. — Purdue University Northwest (PNW) welcomed 1,653 newly admitted undergraduate students while recording a new record 70.8% retention rate for…
Purdue University Northwest and Society of Innovators announce plans to end collaboration agreement
HAMMOND and WESTVILLE, Ind. — Purdue University Northwest (PNW) and Innovators Northwest Indiana have agreed to end the collaboration agreement through which the Society of Innovators (SOI) has functioned under the PNW umbrella since 2018. The change will be effective Dec. 31,…
Axe-wielding driver arrested after attacking two semis on I‑80
HAMMOND – On Friday, September 11, 2026, at approximately 4:30 p.m, an Indiana State Police Troopers were dispatched to the 1.9-mile-marker on I‑80 eastbound in Hammond...