Five Corridor businesses make Inc. 5000 fastest growing list
Corridor businesses based in Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Hiawatha, Iowa City and Urbana have been named to Inc. Magazine’s 2022 list of the 5000 fastest-growing...
Tippie faculty study gender gaps in scientific research
Researchers from the Tippie College of Busines have been awarded a $288,779 grant from the National Science Foundation to better understand why male researchers...
Digital Diagnostics raises $75 million in Series B funding round
Coralville-based Digital Diagnostics, an AI diagnostic health care technology company, announced Aug. 23 it has closed a $75 million Series B funding round.
The cash...
University of Iowa OPL’s jets offer flight testing for DARPA project
The University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab (OPL), a flight test laboratory that conducts research on human-in-the-loop and intelligent autonomous systems, aided DARPA’s Pheme...
Corridor, Quad Cities fall in 2022 Startup City rankings
Rankings from Midwest Startups, a job and news website for startups in the Midwest region, downgraded all five Iowa cities in its 2022 rankings.
Iowa...
ICAD launches Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program
One rising senior at Iowa City West High School sees an opportunity to better cultivate youth entrepreneurship in Johnson County.
Himani Laroia is the minority...
NewBo City Market gets $25,000 donation from First Interstate Bank
NewBo City Market in southeast Cedar Rapids has received a $25,000 gift from First Interstate Bank and the First Interstate BancSystem Foundation as part...
NASA funding for UI professor to aid next-gen nuclear propulsion
NASA has selected UI professor Xuan Song's research proposal as one of four Iowa projects to receive EPSCoR funding to facilitate deep space research.
Mr....
Van Meter expands robotics capabilities with three supplier partnerships
Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter announced a new partnership Aug. 9 with robotics supply partners Comau, DENSO and Doosan.
“Our partnerships with these innovative robotics lines...
GDIT given prime position on $10 billion medical research contract
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded the Omnibus IV Medical Research and Development Contract by the...