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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Blind and low-vision students attend STEM fair at Drake

Christian Frantz, who is blind and has autism and ADHD, attended a career fair designed to show blind and low-vision high school students that they belong in STEM fields.

“My message to anyone with disabilities …

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Principal Financial Group wins 2025 CSO Award

Principal Financial Group has been named a 2025 Chief Security Officer Award winner for its digital ID verification authentication project. The CSO Awards recognize organizations for security projects and initiatives demonstrating outstanding business value and …

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Small colleges partner to form Great Plains Entrepreneurial Consortium to help entrepreneurship flourish in Iowa

Paula Kueter doesn’t just want students to stay in Iowa after college. She wants them to have the network and support to start businesses here.

That’s the idea behind the Great Plains Entrepreneurial Consortium, a …

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Changing the cultural perception of entrepreneurs

A group of Central Iowa entrepreneurs, funders and advocates are trying to reframe entrepreneurship as a legitimate career path by creating an inspirational hub of conversation via Substack, an online writing platform. The Iowa Startup …

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Iowa professors quest for innovation

Universities are hubs of innovation and research and the three state universities in Iowa are no exception. 

The Business Record went in search of the cutting-edge research and innovation happening now that could make Iowa’s …

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Farmers, firefighters can benefit from UNI drone research

Dheryta Jaisinghani, an assistant professor in the department of computer science at the University of Northern Iowa, thinks about fire – and helping firefighters – a lot.

It started when she was reading an article …

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First microgrid in Iowa to create reliable electric system in Montezuma

Zhaoyu Wang is working on creating Iowa’s first microgrid in a rural community – Montezuma.

A microgrid is a small-scale power system featuring power generation from solar panels and a battery storage system. Wang is …

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Mentor’s death inspires professor’s cancer treatment journey

Meeting Bruce Line was a seminal moment in Michael Schultz’s career that catapulted him into decades of exploration into a new, cutting-edge treatment for cancer. 

Schultz recalls publishing some papers on a rare alpha-emitting isotope …

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Greater Dallas County Development Alliance unveils small business grant fund

The Greater Dallas County Development Alliance announced the launch of its small business grant fund, a new initiative focused on supporting local entrepreneurship and small business to stimulate economic growth. The new fund will have …

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