Peter Hong says he’s like a proud papa in the days leading up to the Startup Factory’s Demo Day, the showcase of the ventures the cohort has developed, investigated, validated and honed for a general audience to see. “Well, I just hope they do well, and cross your fingers,” said Hong, ISU Startup Factory director. The Demo […]
The Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship and the Ivy College of Business have received an award for exceptional contributions to entrepreneurship research from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC). The GCEC is an academic organization for university-based entrepreneurship centers. According to a news release, the award recognizes the research produced by Ivy […]
The University of Iowa Jacobson Institute, the youth outreach arm of the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, has been named the official Iowa state affiliate for Invention Convention Worldwide (ICW), a competition from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. ICW teaches problem-solving and creativity skills to apply to invention and entrepreneurship. As the Iowa affiliate, the Jacobson […]
Grants through the state’s Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund are now available. Iowa school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, Area Education Agencies and other collaborative organizations are eligible to apply, a news release said. Grants can be used to provide tuition reimbursement for Iowa teachers seeking endorsements or authorizations for computer science and provide proven professional development […]
Cedar Rapids-based Coe College is the recipient of a $225,000 grant from NASA that will be used to acquire new computing resources. The grant will purchase a high-performance computing cluster, an advanced cooling system to support the new computing infrastructure and specialized software, according to a news release. “The new computing resources will significantly enhance […]
The Iowa Go-To-Market (G2M) Accelerator is seeking participants for its next cohort starting in October. The accelerator program aims to provide companies with individualized assistance to prepare them for investment fundraising and business launch after their experience in an initial incubator or accelerator like Iowa State University’s Startup Factory, University of Iowa’s Venture School or an equivalent […]
By Katelyn Squiers, innovationIOWA contributor Hackathons aimed toward college and high school students have recently taken root again within Iowa, helping several students develop rapid problem-solving skills and experience the freedom to build creatively. A hackathon is an event where teams of people come together to develop a solution to a problem, typically in the […]
By Christopher Porter, director of the Artificial Intelligence Program at Drake University In the summer of 2019, a group of Drake faculty from across campus, including those with expertise in mathematics, computer science, statistics, information systems, education, philosophy, law and English, gathered together to lay out a blueprint for a new artificial intelligence major at […]
Oakridge teen tech center providing safe space for teens to dream as they pursue alternative career paths Coming to the Oakridge Studio teen tech center has helped bring his vision of being a photographer and videographer into focus, said 20-year-old Israel Kelai, who goes by Izzy. Izzy, a 2022 graduate of Des Moines North High […]
Submitted by Jim Chaffee, executive director of learning innovation and technology, University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business Virtual reality is changing the world and changing business, two points driven home when I participated in a virtual roundtable in December with Facebook’s technology boss and leading global technology thinker Sir Nick Clegg. The roundtable brought […]