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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.…
Cedar Rapids council endorses Conveyor Engineering expansion plan
The Cedar Rapids City Council has approved financial support for a planned $5 million expansion…
Johnson Co. greenhouse gas inventory finds decreased emissions
Johnson County’s first-ever countywide greenhouse gas inventory revealed a nearly 28% decrease in greenhouse emissions…
New owners of Cedar Rapids’ Caucho plan to extend menu
Caucho, a Latin American restaurant in Cedar Rapids’ New Bohemia neighborhood, is under new leadership.…
Clickstop featured on Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces list
Clickstop, located in Urbana, Iowa, has been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list.…
Pearson plans 37 layoffs in Cedar Rapids
Pearson has announced plans to lay off 37 employees from its Cedar Rapids operations. The…
The Corridor’s largest privately held companies: CRST International Inc.
Coordinating shippers’ needs with its drivers’ career preferences is crucial to maintaining CRST International Inc.’s…
General Mills to close Independence plant by end of 2023
General Mills will close its Blue Buffalo manufacturing plant in Independence by year’s end. Spokesperson…
Boys & Girls Club hosts ribbon cutting for renovated Iowa City club
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor and the Iowa City Area Business Partnership…
Mark Butland leaving Iowa EdTech Collaborative
Mark Butland, the director of the Iowa EdTech Collaborative (IETC), is joining a higher education…
Rising through the ranks: How four Corridor leaders found themselves in the C-suite
Past experiences inform how leaders manage many different aspects of their companies. At Shive-Hattery, Clickstop…
Bob Brown takes helm of Modern Companies
The third generation of the Brown family is now leading Modern Companies. Bob Brown began…
Johnson County offers $1.75 million for affordable housing
The Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County is offering $1,750,000 to support the development and/or…
CR receives Aa1 Bond Rating on general obligation debt
Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Aa1 rating to the City of Cedar Rapids’ $57.9…
Collins Aerospace ‘successfully demonstrates’ Air Force network
A network developed by Collins Aerospace will help the U.S. Air Force share tactical data,…
IC Area Association of Realtors present $6,000 to local students
The ICAAR Scholarship Foundation, of the Iowa City Area Association of Realtors (ICAAR), is presenting…
