Archive for April 2020
IEDA board announces awards representing $23 million in capital improvements, creation of 76 jobs
An Ames plastics manufacturer and three Central Iowa startups, including a smart toilet seat maker and a tilapia farm, were awarded financial assistance today from the Iowa Economic Development Board.
The board also awarded tax …
Guest Opinion: Redesign thinking
Welcome to Redesign Thinking 101. This is a new course based on the principles of design thinking with an added focus on shifting paradigms. You have been automatically enrolled in this experiential learning course for …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – One Good Read: What’s the FDA’s perspective on food safety and availability?
With reports of COVID-19 outbreaks among workers at Midwest meatpacking plants, it raises the question of how safe our food supply really is, and how concerned we should be about coronavirus being spread through food. …
Read MoreIowa State University, DMACC launch work-from-home cybersecurity series
The Iowa Cyber Hub, a cybersecurity education partnership between Iowa State University and Des Moines Area Community College, is launching a series of videos at www.iowacyberhub.org to help newly remote workers adjust to new cybersecurity practices. The …
Read MoreReport: More than 450,000 undocumented college students in U.S.
More than 450,000 students across the United States — about 2% of all U.S. college students — are undocumented residents, according a new report by New American Economy and the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education …
Read MoreIowa’s March unemployment rate rises to 3.7%
Iowa’s seasonally unemployment rate was 3.7% in March, up from 2.7% a year ago, according to Iowa Workforce Development.
The unemployment rate, however, reflects just a portion of the impact that the shutdown of Iowa …
Kemin enters exclusive agreement for poultry salmonella vaccine
Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer based in Des Moines, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Pacific GeneTech, a biologics company that develops and commercializes next-generation vaccines for areas of high unmet or underserved …
Read MoreISU Startup Factory moves program online, extends application deadline
Iowa State University’s Startup Factory has moved all weekly cohort meetings online to continue delivering the 52-week program, the organization announced this week. The accelerator has extended its cohort nine application deadline to May 29 …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Who’s in the April 17 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the April 17 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
Read MoreBusiness Record 4-17-20
Building & sustaining a healthy corporate culture
Sammons Financial Group takes ‘counsel’ approach to nurturing culture
Focus: Human Resources
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