Kristin Malavenda

The director of Mid-Land Meals says the federal sequester resulted in a $100,000 cut in funding this year.

Elaine Brovont says that’s despite the fact that the program served an additional $25,000 meals last year.

Mid-Land Meals provides nutritious food for senior citizens at 17 meal sites, and home-delivery for those who are unable to get to one of those locations.

Brovont says in order to save money, more frozen meals are being delivered once-a-week as opposed to daily hot meals.

Purdue has confirmed its lead in the field of supercomputing by unveiling Conte (CAHN-tee), the nation's fastest university-owned supercomputer.

The machine is highest-ranking campus supercomputer on the June 2013 Top500.org list of international supercomputers.

It surpasses the nation's previous fastest university-owned machine, Carter, which was built in 2011 and is still in operation at Purdue.

Conte is able to process a problem 15,000 times faster than a typical desktop or laptop computer.

For the fourth straight year, Purdue is sending a group of students to the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center International R-O-V Competition.

The event challenges teams to design and build an underwater robot to complete specific tasks.

This year’s mission revolves around deploying and repairing equipment for regional ocean observing systems.

Team captain Michael Hayashi believes the Purdue ROV will complete the tasks in the shortest amount of time.

Three current or former Purdue students are accused of changing their grades after hacking into professors’ computers.

Investigators say the scheme involved stealing keyboards, installing keylogger devices and using the acquired passwords to gain access to class records.

Purdue Police Chief John Cox says the investigation has resulted in arrests and formal charges because his department works well with the university’s internal audit group and ITaP security unit.

He says the alleged crimes took place from early 2010 to late last year.

A new co-working site in downtown Lafayette has a name and a logo.

MatchBOX Coworking Studio is located in the Stein Building at the southeast corner of Sixth and South streets.

The space is owned by the Tippecanoe County Public Library, but the city is leasing it for just one-dollar a year.

Lafayette Economic Development Director Dennis Carson says the logo for the new venture is matchsticks and a matchbox.

Learning how to use key social studies content to teach literacy— that’s the goal of the Purdue College of Education’s 2013 Summer Institute.

Nine elementary school teachers were chosen to participate in the conference, which is coordinated by the James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship and the Center for Literacy Education and Research.

The focus is to learn how to make sure the state-mandated 90-minute reading block includes content-rich instruction.

Teachers spent the week creating units to be implemented in their classrooms this fall.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels has named Suresh Garimella as the university's chief global affairs officer, effective immediately.

Garimella has been associate vice president for engagement.

In his new role, Garimella will be responsible for developing partnerships with international institutions of higher education and global businesses.

He will also lead the university’s Global Policy Research Institute.

Garimella says strengthening relationships with other countries will lead to exciting opportunities for students and faculty.

A new park in Lafayette provides access to the North 9th Street trail and loop which connects to the Wabash Heritage Corridor.

Officials celebrated the opening of Trailhead Park this morning.

The property was once a vacant lot.

Funding from the city’s Redevelopment Commission made the transformation possible.

The park contains picnic tables, a drinking fountain, an information kiosk and bike racks, along with a five acre native prairie with native trees and flowers.

Indiana Blood Center is reducing the number of mobile blood collection centers, closing a donor center, and cutting staff in response to decreases revenue from hospitals.

Spokesperson Wendy Mehringer says that includes 14 full-time mobile operations jobs in the Lafayette area.

She says the demand for blood from IBC’s 60 member hospitals has dropped by nearly 25% in the last year.

Tippecanoe County employees will not be getting a raise in 2014.

But Commissioners are recommending the County Council approve a one-thousand dollar bonus for most full-time and regular part-time positions.

Dave Byers says that excludes those who make 70-thousand dollars or more.

He says this is a way to thank the employees for their hard work in 2013 without placing an ongoing burden on the General Fund.

Roughly 600 employees would be eligible for the bonus.