Tag: university of iowa
University of Iowa Innovation Challenge awards $75,000 to entrepreneurs
The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) awarded $75,000 to winners of its Fall Innovation Challenge, a competition designed to foster...
UI students turn $20 class project into $6,000 donation for children’s hospital
Five enterprising University of Iowa students turned a project in associate professor of instruction for Iowa JPEC Bob Walker’s entrepreneurial finance class into a...
Can AI detect abuse? These UI professors say it can
Two University of Iowa professors are teaming up to harness AI for the use of detecting physical abuse.
Aislinn Conrad, an associate professor of social...
University of Iowa pursuing $20.6 million full acquisition of Old Capital Town Center
The University of Iowa is seeking approval from the Iowa Board of Regents to purchase the entirety of the Old Capitol Town Center for...
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 Tippie College of Business’ first executive in residence.
“It is...
NSF awards $600,000 to University of Iowa professor for cutting-edge autonomous vehicle safety research
The National Science Foundation has awarded professor Guanpeng Li of the University of Iowa’s Department of Computer Science a $600,000 grant to develop advanced...