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Students awarded All Iowa Opportunity Scholarships

Iowa College Aid last week notified 889 students that they had been selected to receive All Iowa Opportunity Scholarships. More than 10,000 Iowa students applied for the scholarships. Of those, roughly 9 percent were selected …

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ISU receives $2 million grant to retool engineering instruction

Students at Iowa State University majoring in electrical and computer engineering will benefit from a new $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The project being funded — “Reinventing the Instructional and Departmental Enterprise …

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Junior Achievement to launch financial literacy program

Junior Achievement of Central Iowa plans to pilot a financial literacy program in the fall for eighth- and ninth-grade students in Central Iowa. 

The program, called JA Finance Park, is a natural progression for Junior …

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University of Iowa unveils ATV simulator

Cedar Rapids Gazette: University of Iowa scientists have created a virtual-reality simulator to study how and why hundreds of people a year lose control of ATVs and become injured or die. The work is a collaboration…
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University of Iowa unveils ATV simulator

Cedar Rapids Gazette: University of Iowa scientists have created a virtual-reality simulator to study how and why hundreds of people a year lose control of ATVs and become injured or die. The work is a collaboration…
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Partnership’s Jones to head Harkin Institute

Joseph Jones, a Drake alumnus and former legislative assistant to retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, has been hired as executive director of the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement at Drake University.


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Partnership’s Jones to head Harkin Institute

Joseph Jones, a Drake alumnus and former legislative assistant to retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, has been hired as executive director of the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement at Drake University.


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Nominations open for DMACC Small Business Awards

Nominations are being accepted through June 30 for the annual Des Moines Area Community College Small Business Awards, which recognize the achievements and economic impact small business has on the Central Iowa economy. Awards will be presented …

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UI’s Harreld says private partnerships may supplant state funding

Corridor Business Journal: University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld said that to compensate for historic lows in state funding, the university is likely to pursue more research partnerships with corporations, and may concentrate resources internally toward …

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Record number of nurses apply for loan forgiveness program

Iowa College Aid has received a record number of applications for a loan forgiveness program for Iowa registered nurses and nurse educators for the 2015-16 academic year. The 331 applications mark an increase of 7.1 …