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NIACC receives $300,000 National Science Foundation robotics grant

Manufacturing students at North Iowa Area Community College have the opportunity to learn about industrial robots, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, the Mason City Globe Gazette reported. The $300,000 Advanced Technological Education grant will be …

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Iowa Attorney General Miller pens tribute to Juul founders for Time 100

Time magazine named Juul creators Adam Bowen and James Monsees to this year’s Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people, and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller received the tap to write their profile, reports …

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Future Ready Iowa deadline extended

Registrations for this year’s Future Ready Iowa Summit featuring retired Iowa-born astronaut Peggy Whitson now will be accepted until 10 a.m. April 23. The public event will be April 30 at the Iowa Events Center. Appearing in …

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NOTEBOOK: Legislative courtesy

At the 2019 Prometheus Awards presented by LWBJ and the Technology Association of Iowa, Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority director Debi Durham took a moment to call out three Iowa legislators: Sen. …

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A Closer Look: Paul Gibbins

For nearly the past two years, Paul Gibbins has led educational opportunities for Polk County residents in his role as executive director of Iowa State University’s largest county extension office. Gibbins has held various roles …

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Google announces $1M Impact Challenge for Iowa nonprofits

Nonprofits in Iowa will collectively receive $1 million through Google’s new Impact Challenge Iowa, Google announced this morning as part of the company’s Grow with Google initiative at Central Library. 

Google.org first launched its Impact …

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Facebook pays $11M for data center land; pulls development agreement from Altoona Council agenda

Facebook Inc. has asked to pull a proposed development agreement from today’s Altoona City Council agenda as the city continues to work out details of local incentives for an anticipated 1 million-square-foot, $250 million data …

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Report highlights Iowa’s most valuable brands

Fresh from its rebranding as an operating unit of United Technologies, Cedar Rapids-based Collins Aerospace is Iowa’s most valuable brand, according to new rankings of the 500 strongest U.S. brands by Brand Finance. Collins Aerospace, whose brand …

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Ames Seed Capital awarded LWBJ Impact Award at Prometheus Awards

LWBJ, a presenting partner of the 2019 Prometheus Awards with the Technology Association of Iowa, presented the LWBJ Impact Award to Ames Seed Capital to honor the organization’s impact on the growth, success and sustainability …

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Prometheus winners: Des Moines, Dwolla, Vermeer and more

Jim Masterson speaks Thursday night at the 2019 Prometheus Awards.

“If you cut me open, I bleed technology,” proclaimed Jim Masterson, CEO of LightEdge Solutions. 

Masterson, who was accepting a Prometheus Award for CEO of the …