Iowa State University and the University of Iowa are ranked on the Princeton Review’s 2026 ranking of undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies. ISU’s program ranked at No. 9 nationally and No. 4 in the Midwest, and University of Iowa was ranked No. 17 nationally and No. 7 in the Midwest. The…
UI biomanufacturing center awarded a $1 million grant to expand infrastructure Two startups in Des Moines and Coralville were approved for loans at the Iowa Economy Development Authority board’s meeting on Jan. 17, and a University of Iowa biomanufacturing center was awarded a grant of just over $1 million. Coralville-based Reality…
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 University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center will recognize seven entrepreneurs at its Innovation and Entrepreneurship Honors event. Awarded since 2020, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Honors recognize outstanding entrepreneurial accomplishments of UI alumni, students, faculty, mentors and Venture School participants. The 2024 honorees are: The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Honors event is…
Adam Keune, co-founder of Coralville-based Higher Learning Technologies, has been named the new executive director of the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. Keune was Iowa JPEC’s entrepreneur-in-residence in 2023-24 and has served on the center’s advisory board since 2018….
The University of Iowa Office of Innovation is holding an AI in Health Care Symposium on June 20 in Iowa City. The event will feature a panel of local and national companies that are considered pioneers in the field of AI-powered medical innovations and a conversation with national AI policy…
The Iowa Board of Regents approved a new undergraduate major in entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business during its Feb. 28 meeting. The major will be offered starting in the fall 2024 semester. The program will be interdisciplinary and offer tracks in entrepreneurial finance, technology entrepreneurship,…
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…
The Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Education have partnered to provide all Iowa educators access to the BizInnovator Startup curriculum at no cost. BizInnovator Startup is an innovation and entrepreneurship curriculum designed for high school students. “BizInnovator Startup provides strategies…
Adam Keune has been appointed entrepreneur-in-residence within the University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC). According to a news release, Keune will help develop innovative programs to accelerate high-potential startups affiliated with Iowa JPEC and provide mentorship to select emerging ventures within the university community. He co-founded Higher Learning…