When Beth Lipman, an artist from Sheboygan Falls, Wis., was researching for her sculpture Hive Mind, she spent time with several faculty members at Iowa State University. “I had no idea how significant of a university it was,” Lipman said. “I really came in knowing very little about Iowa State…
Fareway is preparing to coach its next cohort of food entrepreneurs who dream of placing their retail products on grocery shelves, with plans to launch by late spring or summer, company executives said. The program is a partnership with the Iowa Center for Economic Success, a nonprofit providing small businesses…
The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) is opening its newest traveling exhibit, “Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & The Machine,” on Friday, Jan. 16. The interactive exhibit will be on display through April 26, and is included with general admission. The exhibit breaks down complex concepts into hands-on experiences that introduce…
Judi Eyles, the Iowa State University director of Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, recalls taking a career aptitude test. The results? She was destined to be a nurse. That’s not how her life went. Instead, she’s about to celebrate 30 years in 2026 of leading entrepreneurship efforts at ISU. “I didn’t…
James Altamirano, business innovation director at EMC Insurance Cos., came on board last February to help lead the company’s innovation strategy. He said although there’s a lot of talk about artificial intelligence and how talent will be replaced, he doesn’t believe that to be true. “I do think that there’s…
The Iowa Economic Development Authority will open applications in January for the Iowa Manufacturing 4.0 grants, which aim to help the state’s smaller manufacturers remain globally competitive. The program started in 2022 and has been run with a mix of federal and state funding. Since its inception, it has awarded…
This has been my first year on the innovation and entrepreneurship beat at the Business Record and it’s been a whirlwind. I’ve met startup founders from all over the state, spoken to professors about their inventions and even spent some time on a bison prairie for a series on rural…
One day, Karri Haen Whitmer took her son Ethan, who has autism, to school in Ames. He was crying. He didn’t want to go. And then she saw something that turned into a “lightbulb moment.” “There was a parent taking a wheelchair out of a car for their child,” Haen…
America’s Cultivation Corridor recently hosted a webinar on advances in renewable fuels innovation, moderated by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. Naig said that the state of Iowa is a leader in the production of both ethanol and biodiesel, as well as a leader in developing the feedstocks for those…
Iowa State University’s outgoing president Wendy Wintersteen is busy in the last days of her tenure – so busy in fact she doesn’t have time to think about her retirement, which is coming in January. But she does know this much. She’s going on a vacation to the Caribbean with…