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Dream City organizers celebrated the facility's renovation and expansion with a ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.

GALLERY: Dream City celebrates grand opening of renovated facility

One year ago, Dream City broke ground on an expansion and renovation project, envisioning a hub in Iowa City’s South District for supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs and youth. Now, that dream is a reality. Around 100 attendees gathered Aug. 24 at…

St. Luke’s Hospital introduces newborn hearing screenings with advanced equipment, thanks to $25,000 grant

UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital will screen newborns for hearing loss using new equipment funded by…

Members of St. Luke's health care team hold a check for $25,000 from Variety–the Children’s Charity.

Documentaries chronicle Arthur Collins’ impact on industry

Arthur A. Collins’ place in aerospace history was cemented early in life – but it…

Arthur Collins and “Butch” Griswold operating the Collins KWS-1 and 75A-4 radio and transmitter pair aboard the SAC C-97 aircraft during a 1956 demonstration flight. CREDIT ARTHUR A. COLLINS LEGACY ASSOCIATION

Shamus Roeder named Iowa JPEC Mentor of the Year

Shamus Roeder had a clear reason for shifting his career from medicine to engineering. “I…

Shamus Roeder, 2024 Iowa JPEC Mentor of the Year.

West Side Transport spurs sustainability efforts with new tech

With more than 550 trucks moving cargo across the country at any given moment, there…

Kristopher Gordon of West Side Transport holds an ISAAC ELD outside a truck cabin on Aug. 16, 2024, in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT PARKER JONES

National Science Foundation awards time management grant to Tippie researcher

The National Science Foundation has granted $257,000 to a Tippie College of Business researcher to…

Yiduo Shao

University of Iowa launches new mobile app for students

On Aug. 1, the University of Iowa rolled out a new mobile app designed to…

Icons of mobile apps

Hintz Biomedical, HMUIRL take top prize for Iowa JPEC Summer Track pitch

A health care startup that recently took top prize at an Iowa JPEC spring competition…

Lily Hintz, of Hintz Biomedical, gives her pitch at the Startup Incubator Summer Track Launch Day in the Black Box Theatre in the Iowa Memorial Union on July 26, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa.

New licensing agreement between Integrated DNA Technologies, SeQure Dx, will advance CRISPR-based therapeutics

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has entered into a licensing agreement with SeQure Dx, a specialist…

Integrated DNA Technologies. CREDIT IDT

Fareway partners with Alliant Energy on Boone solar field

Boone-based Fareway Stores is harnessing the power of solar energy with its recent partnership with…

Fareway Solar Field, located at the grocery chain’s distribution center in the Boone Industrial Park.

EV charging infrastructure growing slowly in Iowa

A devoted environmentalist, Mike Carberry purchased a Chevy Bolt last year and is now among…

An EV owner plugs his vehicle into a charging station at McGrath Kia, 1020 N Center Point Rd., Hiawatha.

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…

Perspective Therapeutics has formed following a merger between Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting and Isoray Inc. in Washington. CREDIT PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS

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.…

Kirkwood

UI to petition Board of Regents to plan for new hydroscience research building

In a bid to expand its IIHR – Hydroscience & Engineering program, the University of…

Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory

Coralville-based AI risk-mitigation platform IntelliSee partners with Singlewire Software

IntelliSee, an AI risk-mitigation platform, announced a recent partnership with Singlewire Software, a leading provider…

IntelliSee logo

Cedar Rapids Public Library to host Maker and Technology Fest

Technology and creativity will meet at the Cedar Rapids Public Library with the Maker and…

Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 Fifth Ave. SE. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT