A new makerspace at the Des Moines Area Community College West Des Moines Campus will host a free grand opening on June 13, from 3 to 6 p.m. The makerspace is designed for all ages to brainstorm and build on ideas, experimenting with electronics, robotics, digital communications, 3-D printing and…
Iowa State University ranks No. 83 worldwide in the number of patents granted within the United States last year, according to an announcement released by the National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association.The Iowa State University Research Foundation was granted 32 patents in 2017. ISU is tied on…
Facebook’s Community Boost week is off and running over at Franklin Junior High School, where the tech giant announced a new marketing partnership with a Des Moines institution. Facebook and Des Moines Area Community College will soon offer the Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate to DMACC students, representatives announced at a…
The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council received $200,000 to support Iowa’s STEM initiative for three years, the council announced on Friday. “The STEM Council is making significant strides towards helping prepare students for future careers. We believe our investment in STEM is essential to help grow Iowa’s talent pipeline,” said…
The deadline to submit applications for the Des Moines Area Community College Foundation $10,000 Entrepreneurship Competition has been extended, DMACC announced. The new deadline to submit an application is May 21 by 4 p.m. Eligibility rules are available here. The competition is open to current DMACC students and to DMACC alumni who…
Urbandale-based Prositions Inc., a leader in micro-learning, performance support libraries, eLearning, and technology, announced plans to merge with Media Partners Corp., a global producer and distributor of people skills training films and learning content based in Bellevue, Wash. The merger is expected to close within the next few weeks. Media…
A major donation from the Microsoft community Empowerment Fund will establish a new maker’s laboratory in the Science Center of Iowa (SCI). Microsoft donated $225,000 to develop the Innovation Lab, a technology tools-focused space to encourage interest in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), SCI said in a statement….
Eight Iowa schools received technology grants of up to $5,000 from CenturyLink’s Teachers and Technology program. The awards were part of $1.4 million in grants provided to 337 schools across the country through the company’s Clark M. Williams Foundation. The program annually provides grants to schools in CenturyLink’s local service…
An autism therapy software founded by three University of Iowa students recently won the grand prize at Texas Christian University’s Values and Ventures business startup competition, the Tippie College of Business reports. ABAL Therapeutics, which won $25,000 in the national startup competition, is owned by co-founders Logan Grote, ‘18; Shamus…
A local after-school program for refugee students has been awarded a $15,000 grant by AT&T. Pi515 confirmed the grant in a tweet Monday morning. Pi515 is a nonprofit after-school coding initiative aimed at building STEM skills in refugee and underserved youth in Des Moines, and building the state’s future technology…