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University of Iowa opens two new spaces to support entrepreneurs

The University of Iowa has opened two new facilities intended to support startups at different stages of growth: the Medical Innovation Launch Lab (MILL), operated by the Office of Innovation, and a new downtown Iowa City incubator operated by the…

Editorial: UI College of Engineering’s day in the sun

The University of Iowa’s College of Engineering is having its moment in the spotlight because…

Drone images of the UI College of Engineering's campus. FAA Licensed Pilot, Registered Flight Plan. CREDIT UI

University of Iowa Venture School accepting fall 2025 applications

The University of Iowa’s Venture School is accepting applications for its fall 2025 cohort, which…

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How tariffs may impact Iowa’s economy: UI economist explains trade risks

The national discussion of tariffs has raised several complex questions about the process of international…

Anne Villamil economist

How burnout quietly drains company budgets, according to the experts

Over the course of one year, employee burnout can cost a company anywhere between $4,000…

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UI Nurse Innovators program transforms patient care solutions

For the many advancements in technology and innovation within the surgical sector, University of Iowa…

Operating Room nurse Jill Droste pitches her Droste Drape at the Nurse Innovators seminar and pitch competition Nov. 14 at the UI Health Care Medical Center. Her idea won first place and $20,000. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

Former Aflac president Fred Crawford named Tippie’s first executive in residence

Fred Crawford, former president and COO of supplemental health insurance provider Aflac, will be the…

Fred Crawford

Kirkwood, UI partner on Medical Laboratory Science degree

Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa (UI) are partnering to offer a four-year…

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Going the distance: How the University of Iowa transports its athletes across the country to compete

Getting to State College, Pa., can be a major hassle. “You’re at the mercy of…

Precious Irivi, followed by other UI track and field student athletes, boards a chartered plane at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. CREDIT STEPHEN MALLY/ UI ATHLETICS

Eleven UI students awarded at IdeaStorm competition

Eleven University of Iowa students shared $4,400 in prize money at the Spring IdeaStorm competition…

Andrew Behrens pitch competition.

Mandela Washington Fellowship set to return to the University of Iowa

The University of Iowa (UI) announced Wednesday, Feb. 7, that it has been selected as…

2023 Iowa Mandela Washington Fellows participating in a community event hosted by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council in July 2023.

Kirkwood students see more efficient path forward in elementary education with UI partnership

Kirkwood Community College students now have a simpler path to completing their teaching education through…

The University of Iowa has partnered with Kirkwood Community College to help early education students more efficiently transfer to the four-year institution.

University of Iowa partners with global program to support talented youth

The University of Iowa will welcome students cultivating solutions to global challenges in a new…

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UI JPEC enters new phase, plans to honor John Pappajohn

After nearly 30 years of weathering the constantly changing entrepreneurial landscape, the University of Iowa…

UI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center Executive Director David Hensley, UI President Barbara J. Wilson, and John Pappajohn

University of Iowa targets $249 million health sciences building

The University of Iowa is looking to construct a 263,000-square-foot health sciences academic building, pending…

A rendering of the proposed UI Health Science Academic Building, one block east of UIHC’s Main Hospital, looking southwest from the new open green space to the main entrance. CREDIT IOWA BOARD OF REGENTS

University of Iowa partners with Des Moines insurance accelerator

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business has partnered with Des Moines-based Global Insurance…

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