Innovation
Coe launches risk management/insurance concentration
Coe College is adding a risk management/insurance concentration within its Stead Department of Business Administration and Economics, beginning this academic year. The program is being launched in response to growing demand for risk management skills across the insurance and financial…
UI Technology Institute to host Iowa Virtual Human Summit
The University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) is hosting the 7th International Digital Human Modeling…
Laminar Scientific combats climate change
A startup energy company — with an early-stage hybrid energy system and near-shore buoy technologies…
UPDATE: Linn County reschedules public meetings on Duane Arnold Solar rezoning proposals
A public hearing and first considering of a rezoning proposal for a pair of Duane…
Five Corridor businesses make Inc. 5000 fastest growing list
Corridor businesses based in Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Hiawatha, Iowa City and Urbana have been named…
Tippie faculty study gender gaps in scientific research
Researchers from the Tippie College of Busines have been awarded a $288,779 grant from the…
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…
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…
Corridor, Quad Cities fall in 2022 Startup City rankings
Rankings from Midwest Startups, a job and news website for startups in the Midwest region,…
ICAD launches Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program
One rising senior at Iowa City West High School sees an opportunity to better cultivate…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Linn County commission recommends Duane Arnold Solar rezoning
The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of a renewable energy overlay…
Corridor employers collaborate on health care, workforce solutions
More than 30 Eastern Iowa employers in the Corridor met at TrueNorth Companies headquarters in…
