Innovation

UI professor wins 2025 Horwitz Prize for muscular dystrophy research
Dr. Kevin Campbell, professor and chair of molecular physiology and biophysics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.…
Linn County supervisors set to consider wind energy ordinance update
Revisions to Linn County’s utility-scale wind energy ordinance are on their way to the county…

ADM named as one of Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024
ADM has been named as one of Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024, and its…

Perspective Therapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb partner to evaluate drug combo for skin cancer
Perspective Therapeutics has entered into a clinical collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to investigate the…

Water Pollution Control Facility upgrade deemed major ‘economic development’
The renovation of a city’s water treatment facility, no matter how extensive, is generally not…

Involta rebrands as ark data centers
In response to the surging demand for edge data centers and cloud infrastructure amid the…

Defense contractor selects Crystal Group to provide radar servers for Army
Crystal Group, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of rugged high-performance edge computing solutions, has secured…

Kirkwood to introduce new Cybersecurity and Compliance program this fall
Beginning fall 2024, Kirkwood Community College will be offering a new Cybersecurity and Compliance program.…

Holmes Murphy launches Innovative Program Solutions
Holmes Murphy has announced the launch of Innovative Program Solutions (IPS). According to a release,…

Health Harmony takes home $2,500 in Final Pitch competition
A certified nursing assistant and University of Iowa undergraduate student majoring in speech and hearing…

UI team creates technology for wound healing using carbon monoxide
A new technique that heals diabetic wounds and pressure ulcers using carbon monoxide was inspired…

Open house celebrates Alliant solar garden; more likely in the works
Even as Alliant Energy leaders and customers touted the completion of Alliant’s first Iowa community…

Keynote speakers announced for EntreFEST 2024
EntreFEST, an annual entrepreneurship and innovation conference, has announced that Charise Flynn, COO of The…

Iowa Solar Association launches consumer awareness campaign
The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association (ISETA) is launching a new consumer awareness campaign to…

Matthew 25 Spring Celebration showcases housing, food access impact
Matthew 25 will host a Spring Celebration event today (April 30) to showcase the nonprofit…

Matteson named new Linn County sustainability director
Cara Matteson has been named Linn County’s new sustainability director, county officials announced April 29.…
