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 workforce healthier, safer and more efficient. That research includes one professor’s quest to make a firefighter’s job safer using drones, a microgrid for rural Iowa and a new cancer drug that has the potential to revolutionize treatment – in a state that ranks second nationally for new cancer diagnoses. 

• Farmers, firefighters can benefit from UNI drone research
• First microgrid in Iowa to create reliable electric system in Montezuma
• Mentor’s death inspires professor’s cancer treatment journey