The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program announced its 15th cohort in Iowa, with 39 small business owners from across the state participating. Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, which is administered by Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa, is offered at no cost to small business owners and…
The University of Northern Iowa has received a $130,000 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to support continued development of the TEACH Studio, a learning environment advancing how future educators are prepared to serve Iowa’s PreK–12 schools. The Carver Trust grant will provide access to five new educational…
The University of Iowa’s DesignDash program will expand internationally for the first time in March, bringing its innovation-focused learning model to Lisbon, Portugal. Led by Dawn Bowlus, director of the Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship, the program will introduce approximately 30 medical students at Católica Medical School to design thinking…
The ISU Startup Factory has announced the members of it’s 19th cohort. The startup factory is an 18-week incubator for innovators residing in Iowa. The program focuses on helping founders build business acumen, improve communication skills, and leave with a commercialization plan in place. Teams include several ISU faculty and…
The University of Iowa Venture School is expanding its footprint with a new location in Ottumwa and is now accepting applications for its spring 2026 cohort. The application deadline is Feb. 27, with sessions beginning the week of March 2. Venture School is an eight-week, hands-on entrepreneurship program designed to…
The Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council have announced six teachers as the 2026 Iowa STEM Teacher Award recipients. Now in its 12th year, the annual Iowa STEM Teacher Award recognizes one full-time, licensed PK-12 teacher from each of the state’s six STEM regions for…
In as early as the 1960s, top thinkers were predicting machines would take over a person’s work. That’s according to the Science Center of Iowa’s newest traveling exhibit, “Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & The Machine.” The interactive exhibit will be on display through April 26. “Machines will be capable, within…
NewBoCo will lead the ecosystem building components for the Iowa Aviation Technology Center, a regional effort to strengthen Iowa’s economy by expanding aerospace and aviation workforce capacity, innovation and entrepreneurship. The nonprofit received philanthropic support from JPMorganChase for the initiative. NewBoCo’s goal is to help position Iowa as a global…
The Iowa Primary Care Association was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to help fund an effort to develop, train and pilot a “fairness-aware” artificial intelligence/machine learning model with the goal of improved health outcomes for patients served by Iowa’s community health centers. The $523,750 NIH AIM-AHEAD grant…
Technology leaders encouraged Iowa’s business and tech community to talk with lawmakers about artificial intelligence policy at the Technology Association of Iowa’s AI Public Policy Forum and legislative reception held Feb. 4 in Des Moines. “Your constitutional right is to talk to your legislators, voice your opinion,” said Jennifer G….