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Workforce, Education & STEM

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Deere, Iowa State University partner on sustainable solutions

John Deere announced Oct. 26 that it is partnering with Iowa State University to help U.S. farmers feed the world and fuel sustainability, the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal reported. Through the strategic partnership, Moline, …

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How can the metaverse help businesses?

Meta executive says metaverse will provide for more engaged, present workforce interactions

The metaverse is not designed to replace in-person interaction, but instead is intended to give people a “feeling of presence, feeling like you are …

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5 questions with: Nancy Mwirotsi

Anyone who knows Pi515 founder and Executive Director Nancy Mwirotsi has probably heard her talk about preparing youths for the workforce of the future.

The nonprofit is seeing growth as it gears up for its next …

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Guest opinion: The future of work

Submitted by Nick Gerhart, PI515 Board Member, Executive Vice President of Homesteaders Life Company

Is your company hybrid? Virtual? Face-to-face? A business leader cannot escape this conversation. What is the future of work? What will the …

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Cultivation Corridor announces inaugural ISU Innovation Interns class

America’s Cultivation Corridor has announced the launch of its first class of Innovation Interns from Iowa State University and the launch of its Next Gen Innovation Impact Study program in partnership with ISU’s Start Something …

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Iowa STEM Council receives $150K Google grant

Google announced Tuesday a $150,000 grant awarded to the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council to support the council’s mission and programs.

“Public-private partnerships are so critical if we expect our future workforce to have the …

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NewBoCo extends resources into new communities with partnership program

The “Tech takeaway” is a new feature in the innovationIOWA newsletter that will summarize the topic of the main story and offer insight into the Business Record’s reporting. Feedback and story ideas can be sent…
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Des Moines native returns from U.K. to launch U.S. coding school

When Des Moines native Elizabeth Tweedale moved to London about 14 years ago she was applying her passion for coding in the architecture field — since then she has used it to teach children the …

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Guest Opinion: Encouraging technological innovation

Submitted by Nancy Mwirotsi, founder and executive director, Pi515

It feels like there’s a growing gap between our state’s youths and long-term career security and opportunity. This gap jeopardizes our ability to develop a future-ready …

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Collaborative Coding

Education and workforce relationship drives nontraditional STEM education at DeltaV Code School

Sihem Azibi will always remember the night she and fellow DeltaV Code School students stayed up past midnight polishing their project and presentation …