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   South Bend – Elkhart Region’s Future Skills Summit Looks at Future of Work

   June 24, 2023

   ELKHART, Ind. (Jun. 22, 2023) -- On June 21, the South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership held the Future Skills Summit, bringing together roughly 90 employers, educators, and economic ...
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   ND Experts on the opportunities, concerns and impacts of AI

   May 18, 2023

   In light of the fast-paced and dramatic changes to the AI landscape, as well as calls for government oversight of the technology, University of Notre Dame experts reflect on the opportunities,...
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   Notre Dame alumna maps out her journey from Montana to South Bend and back

   April 25, 2023

   On April 17, Toby O’Rourke returned to campus as the featured speaker at Idea Week’s Industry Innovation Forum, presented by IndustryLabs and the South Bend-Elkhart Regional Partnership...
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   Viewpoint: National spectrum strategy should be global, collaborative

   April 10, 2023

   This spring, the University of Notre Dame welcomes the development of a critical strategy at the national level. It’s about the radio frequency spectrum, the natural resource used by all sort...
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   Will a robot take my job? Notre Dame researcher says this view is overly pessimistic

   April 03, 2023

   Research recently published by Yong Suk Lee, an assistant professor in the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, found that industrial robots, particularly those us...
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   Forty under 40 class of 2022 includes two from Notre Dame

   June 07, 2022

   iNDustry Labs' Michael Shoemaker is among the 2022 Michiana 40 Under 40 award winners.
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   Viewpoint: Collaboration and networking equip South Bend-Elkhart region for success

   January 08, 2022

   As a company CEO, if you notice that 5% of your sales team is bringing in 16% of your business, you no doubt would want to share your top sellers’ best practices with the rest of your team. I...
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   South Bend-Elkhart regional leaders win $50 million in state economic development READI grants

   December 15, 2021

   The regional proposal aims to boost innovation, attract new talent and improve quality of life.
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   LIFT Network Launches Apprenticeship Program

   December 05, 2021

   The South Bend- Elkhart Regional Partnership's Leighton Johnson Appeared on Inside Indiana Business to discuss the LIFT Network and its Apprenticeship program. 
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    South Bend-Elkhart to Kick Off Apprenticeship Program

    November 08, 2021

    Operated by the South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership and the Northern Indiana Workforce Board, the two-year program is designed to connect manufacturing and advanced industry companies with re...
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    Northern Indiana Internship Program Sees Success

    November 03, 2021

    The LIFT Network distributed more than $70,000 in funding to subsidize 34 internships at more than 20 companies in Elkhart, Marshall and St. Joseph counties in 2021. 
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    Notre Dame unveils new engineering hub

    October 02, 2021

    Located in the heart of Cushing-Fitzpatrick Hall, the Engineering Innovation Hub, or EIH for short, features state of the art machinery, giving students and edge in the world of engineering, design...
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    Notre Dame’s iNDustry Labs Helps Manufacturers Operate Smarter

    March 17, 2021

    To help manufacturers in the South Bend-Elkhart region adopt 21st century production tools and technologies, Notre Dame recently established iNDustry Labs. The collaborative initiative provides str...
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    State-of-the-art Engineering Innovation Hub to open on campus this spring

    February 19, 2021

    The EIH is part of iNDustry Labs — the Notre Dame partner under a larger network called LIFT, which aims to enhance regional industry in the larger South Bend-Elkhart area — a...
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    iNDustry Labs helps regional manufacturers operate ‘smarter’

    January 25, 2021

    iNDustry Labs serves as the University’s front door to regional manufacturers.
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    Ivy Tech to break ground on manufacturing training facility in Elkhart County

    September 06, 2020

    GOSHEN — Ivy Tech Community College South Bend-Elkhart will officially break ground next week on its new high-tech manufacturing training facility at its Elkhart County location. A groundbrea...
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    Revving the Economic Engines

    July 08, 2020

    The [LIFT] network is a group of stakeholders organized around a common goal: to prepare a more productive, resilient and talent-driven region to compete in the digital economy, particularly in adv...
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    Two groups, enFocus and iNDustry Labs at Notre Dame, partner to help local manufacturers

    July 05, 2020

    With the help of a grant from the Lilly Endowment foundation, enFocus is partnering with iNDustry Labs at Notre Dame to “unlock the benefits and resources” from a top-flight university.