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Danfoss partners with ISU on $2.9 million dynamometer test facility in Boone

Danfoss Power Solutions in Ames announced this morning it has committed more than $1.8 million to Iowa State University to purchase and install a state-of-the-art off-road vehicle chassis dynamometer at the ISU Agronomy & Agriculture …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 1, 2018
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Astronauts, rapper to appear at ciWeek 10

The 10th edition of Des Moines Area Community College’s ciWeek inspiration fest will run the week of March 4 with the theme “Small Steps to Giant Leaps.” With the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing also …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Sep 28, 2018
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Education reports show progress in Iowa student achievement, teacher retention

State education officials are attributing a rise in student achievement results to a new teacher leadership and compensation system rolled out over the past few years. 

The Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC) System, which was …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Sep 27, 2018
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ISU professor and emotional development expert named APS fellow

An Iowa State University researcher with expertise in traumatic stress, emotional development and intervention in emotion-related difficulties has been named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, ISU announced recently. Carl Weems, professor and …
By BPC Staff | Sep 25, 2018
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Wintersteen formally installed as ISU president

Inclusion and innovation were among the key themes of Wendy Wintersteen’s address during her installation ceremony on Friday at Iowa State University. ISU’s first female president, who assumed the office in November 2017 following a …
By BPC Staff | Sep 25, 2018
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NewBoCo, Code.org taking applications for 2018 Computer Science Education Week

NewBoCo in Cedar Rapids and Code.org are taking applications to send representatives from two Iowa school districts on a trip to Seattle for the 2018 Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) Kickoff event on Dec. 3. District representatives …
By BPC Staff | Sep 25, 2018
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Grand View sees increased enrollment over 2017

Grand View University announced an increase of 31 full-time day students in its fall 2018 class over fall 2017. The school enrolled the fifth-largest freshman class in history and saw a 19 percent increase in …
By BPC Staff | Sep 21, 2018
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UnityPoint Health to give $25K and more to schools

Area schools have a chance to win $25,000 from UnityPoint Health. The “Imagine the Amazing” online contest is open to K-12 schools within the 99 counties of Iowa and the primary counties served by UnityPoint …
By BPC Staff | Sep 20, 2018
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Plumbers local granted $10,000 for apprenticeships

Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 33 was one of 10 schools and organizations that received state grants for apprenticeship programs. The plumbers local received $10,000 for its Joint Apprenticeship Training Center. Other recipients included the New …
By BPC Staff | Sep 19, 2018
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Contractor disputes UI president’s report to Board of Regents

Responding to scrutiny over the Stead Family Children’s Hospital construction project, University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld mounted a defense to the Board of Regents last week, noting that UI has only received lawsuits from …
By BPC Staff | Sep 19, 2018