A newly-formed student club at the University of Iowa has raised nearly $3,000 to support creating 3D-printed prosthetics for children, reports the Daily Iowan. 3D Iowa is already building a prosthetic hand for a 1-year-old from San Antonio, and has partnered with the national organization eNable to connect with more…
ICR IOWA is teaming up with educators and local agencies to bring the global initiative Hour of Code to eastern Iowa schools from Dec. 3-9, reports Corridor Business Journal. The program is supported through ICR Future, a regional coalition of five teams, including a computer science team led by NewBoCo,…
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed $12 million to fund research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The grant brings the Carver Charitable Trust’s total giving toward the UI department to $15 million; pending approval…
Rantizo, Inc.: $500,000, completed in October. Based in Iowa City. Participating: Innova Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee).
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking vendor bids for cellphone tracking technology, reports the Daily Iowan. The department is seeking software with the ability to research mobile phone numbers, map phone records received, analyze records for call-frequency lists and other services that provide location data. Iowa City police have not…
Groundbreaking began on Monday at what will be the new Psychological and Brain Sciences building at the University of Iowa, reports Radio Iowa. The six-floor, $33 million project will replace the former Seashore Hall, with basement classrooms and lecture halls for UI students, department chair Mark Blumberg said. Blumberg expects…
A new online tool is selling eastern Iowa’s quality of life to those considering a move, or a move back, to Iowa, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The ICR Iowa Talent Hub is an online portal highlighting regional lifestyle information, including popular events and attractions, links to job boards and…
By Katharine Carlon | Corridor Business Journal A historic University of Iowa building erected in the 1930s to bring the then-revolutionary “Iowa Idea” to life is being reincarnated as the state’s bold idea factory of the future. In what one UI official is calling a “game changer” that will boost…
A group of eastern Iowa researchers have been granted a utility patent for a new “range-shifting” device to improve potential radiosurgery for certain types of brain cancer, the Corridor Business Journal reports. The device, which resembles a domed helmet, is designed for use in stereotactic radio surgery. The piece was…
The University of Iowa will seek permission from the Board of Regents to convert the former UI Art Building to an innovation center, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The building, where American folk artist Grant Wood worked out of, opened in 1936 as an arts colony. “By bringing together inventors,…