Innovation

Himani Laroia, founder of the new Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program, is a rising senior at Iowa City West High School.

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...
First Interstate NewBo Market gift

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...
UI professor Xuan Song works on 3d printing of ceramics and polymers at the CCAD Engineering Research Facility.

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

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

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...
Corridor employees collaborate

Corridor employers collaborate on health care, workforce solutions

More than 30 Eastern Iowa employers in the Corridor met at TrueNorth Companies headquarters in Cedar Rapids with the Community Advantage Consortium to address...
Iowa Homeownership Incubator

Inaugural Iowa Homeownership Incubator applications now open

The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) and the Iowa Association of Realtors (IAR) announced the inaugural Iowa Homeownership Incubator July 20. The Incubator is a...
Chemo Care Solutions founder Madeleine Humpal-Pash presents at University Pitch Madness in Chicago.

Chemo Care Solutions wins first place at University Pitch Madness

Chemo Care Solutions, a University of Iowa-based small business in the medical device space, won first place and $5,000 at the University Pitch Madness...
ADM Cedar Rapids

ADM launches online farming course

Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) has developed an online course, called Shift, for producers to better operate farmland. Shift, standing for “Successful Habits in Farming Today,”...

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