Guest post by Susan Gentz.
The Senate unanimously voted to pass a $2 trillion dollar stimulus package earlier this week, and the House is poised to pass the bill in a bipartisan manner on Friday, March 27th. If the House passes this historical legislation there will be a surge of federal dollars into the technology…
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Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) in Coralville announced on Monday that it has received approval to make kits to test for coronavirus.
As of March 9th, IDT had manufactured more than one million CDC-approved tests primer and probe kits. Beginning this week, the company expects to produce enough primer and probe kits for 5 million tests…
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will unveil a new, cutting-edge Virtual Learning Lab at the Microsoft Datacenter Academy located on its West Des Moines Campus on March 11, during Celebrate! Innovation Live.
The new lab incorporates state-of-the-art virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies, providing students with an opportunity to navigate within the large, complex and highly…
Iowa’s public universities provided $11.8 billion in additional income to the state economy in the 2017-18 budget year, according to a new study conducted by Idaho labor market analytics firm Emsi.
The economic impact report, commissioned by the Board of Regents and unveiled last week, found that Iowa public university activity supports nearly 150,000 jobs,…
Pocahontas-based Koloni is changing up how typical bike shares function by distributing some of its ownership and operations to partnering universities and students.
Once a university approves and orders a bike share through Koloni, students are then able to begin work on customizing their bike-sharing program. Business and Health majors can operate the bike share…
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Drake University announced this week the launch of BlueX: Technology Applied Learning—a four-year practicum for Drake students studying computer science.
Starting this fall, a select cohort of Drake students will work with Wellmark technology professionals, who will serve as mentors providing them with learning opportunities, career coaching…
Kohawk Startup, Coe’s second annual entrepreneurship and innovation event, took place last weekend and was a huge hit. 35 people took part in the 24-hour event.
Coe College's Entrepreneur-in-Residence David Tominsky led the group through the entrepreneurial process from idea generation and business modeling to pitching and presenting.
The event began at 6 p.m. on…
A group of West Des Moines-based companies has partnered to create Anthologic, a collective of specialized marketing and technology companies.
The specialist companies that are part of Anthologic include:
Performance Marketing — A marketing agency that helps companies reinvent the way they connect with customers through branding, communications and digital experiences. Shift — A software and technology…
DeltaV Code School has announced a new nights and weekends program, in an effort to make its program more accessible to those who want to learn how to code.
For the first time since launching nearly three years ago, DeltaV will now offer the option to take its Code 201 program on a nights and…
Iowa Startup Accelerator (ISA) has added eCourt Reporters to its list of portfolio companies.
“We’re thrilled to have eCourt Reporters as a portfolio company because they’re a strong new company with an award-winning platform being built here in the Midwest,” NewBoCo Executive Director and Accelerator Managing Director Eric Engelmann said in an announcement..
Based out…
Last week, the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) hosted its annual Iowa Startup Games Competition.
The Iowa Startup Games is a three-day event where students from all areas of study pitch their ideas to have an impact. After the student pitches, teams were formed and work together to bring the best…
MākuSafe has been named winners of the 2019 ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge.
The West Des Moines-based company, who advanced through multiple rounds to beat out nearly 100 other contestants, was announced the winner during ACORD Connect 2019 in Boston this week. The company was awarded $15,000 for winning.
MākuSafe is an Insurtech SaaS/Data & Analytics company that has developed wearable…