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You can be a person of influence
By Gale Mote / Guest Column
Webster’s Dictionary defines influence as “the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways.” Most...
Academic medical centers vital to health and economy
By Jean Robillard / Guest Column
As the national debate about health care continues, it is important to understand the vital role of academic medical...
Developing Iowa’s innovation economy
By Eric Engelmann / Guest Column
In a recent WalletHub study on the most innovative states, Iowa ranked 44th. The ranking was based on R&D spending,...
Straight talk from Storm Lake wins Pulitzer Prize
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
In a quick check of the Pulitzer Prize website, Pulitzer.org, I found four prizes in journalism that have been...
Improve performance with time of reflection
By John Langhorne / Guest Column
The psychology of personal development has made great strides in the past couple decades. This is a result of...
Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa announces new facility in MedQuarter
Cedar Rapids-based multi-specialty medical group Physicians' Clinic of Iowa (PCI) is exploring a second facility on the current PCI campus in the downtown Cedar...
Systems Unlimited and Linnhaven Inc. announce merger
Systems Unlimited and Linnhaven Inc. will become one under the Systems Unlimited umbrella on July 1, according to an announcement by their boards of...
Mercy Medical Center named one of nation’s 100 Top Hospitals
For the fifth consecutive year, Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids was named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics,...
Innovas Technologies builds a better ball
Innovas Technologies co-founders Chuck Dirks (left) and Mike Crocker show off the spongy balls used in their company's Helios Automatic Tube Cleaning System to...