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St. Luke’s College-UnityPoint Health has announced the promotion of Cindy Duncan to department chairperson for respiratory care education. Sioux City Journal

Elyce Billany of LeClaire hopes to raise $30,000 to fund her new line of convenient one-piece swimsuits. Quad-City Times

Emily Wears Kroul of Solon was named women’s division winner of the 2018 Men’s and Women’s National Auctioneers Association 31st International Auctioneer Championship recently in Jacksonville, Fla. Corridor Business Journal 

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Dell’s Women Entrepreneur Network is teaming up with policy leaders, entrepreneurs, executives and financial institutions to understand what type of city environments lead to the growth of female entrepreneurs and the areas in which each city can improve. Forbes

Women of color, particularly black and Hispanic women, are less likely to obtain U.S. patent rights than white women and men, according to a new report from the Institute of Women’s Policy Research. Fast Company 

British physicist Jess Wade has written 270 Wikipedia pages for trailblazing female scientists in an effort to get every woman “who has achieved something impressive in science to get the prominence and recognition they deserve.” HuffPost Women

India has scrapped its 12 percent tax on all sanitary products following months of campaigning by activists. The announcement comes a year after the government introduced the tax, known as GST, on all goods — including the 12 percent duty on menstrual hygiene products. BBC