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Des Moines Public Schools approves agreement with Drake to build stadium

Des Moines Register: The Des Moines school board unanimously approved an agreement with Drake University on Tuesday night to build a $19.5 million stadium and awarded a design contract for the project despite objections from residents. …

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Iowa universities see 2,000 fewer students this summer

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Roughly 2,000 fewer students are taking courses from Iowa’s public universities this summer than last after the COVID-19 pandemic forced instruction into online-only mode in mid-March — where it remains. The institutions plan …

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Bunker Labs to launch D.M. chapter for veteran entrepreneurs

Veterans and their spouses launching a business in Central Iowa have a new resource dedicated to their needs. 

A Des Moines chapter of Bunker Labs will launch virtually on Tuesday with volunteer city leaders Adam Hass and …

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UI council for women airs concerns about disproportionate layoffs

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The University of Iowa’s Council on the Status of Women is airing concerns over the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ commitment to diversity after learning 12 of its 15 layoffs were women …

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ISU Startup Factory cohort awarded DOE grant for rare-earth metal recycling research

A member of the Iowa State University Startup Factory’s eight-team cohort, TdVib LLC, has received a U.S. Department of Energy grant of $200,000 to conduct research and development on innovative recycling methods for rare-earth metals used …

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Iowa Credit Union Foundation donates $50,000 to UNI for teacher financial literacy training

The Iowa Credit Union Foundation has pledged $50,000 to the University of Northern Iowa in support of continuing education programming for educators to prepare them to teach financial literacy curriculum in Iowa high schools. The support aligns …

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ISU researchers studying effect of high winds on power and bridge cables

Iowa State engineers test a model of a cable in the department of aerospace engineering’s Aerodynamic/Atmospheric Boundary Layer wind tunnel. They’re working to understand and prevent out-of-control cable galloping in wind storms. Photo courtesy of Partha …

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Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, ISU receive NEH grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities on Monday announced $40.3 million in new CARES Act economic stabilization grants to support essential operations at more than 300 cultural institutions across the country. As part of these grants, the …

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Mark and Jill Oman donate $1 million to help launch ‘UNI at DMACC’ at Urban Campus

From left are DMACC President Rob Denson, UNI President Mark Nook, and Jill and Mark Oman at today’s announcement at the DMACC Urban Campus in Des Moines. Photo special to the Business Record

A new partnership between …

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University of Iowa hospital employees to take furloughs, pay cuts

Cedar Rapids Gazette: After about 4,000 University of Iowa Health Care workers rejected an administrative request that they surrender a negotiated pay raise for the upcoming year to help UIHC absorb tens of millions in COVID-19 …

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