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New: Iowa Innovation Challenge to award $225,000 to UI Innovation
The Iowa Innovation Challenge will help bring over $225,000 in total funding to be awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year across the University of Iowa's campus. The Challenge is a university-wide competition with the goal to identify, advance and support the most innovative and entrepreneurial projects on campus.
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Made in the USA
Vako Darjania, the founder of Vako Design, tells his journey on coming to the University of Iowa and blending his passion for art with business. Read more online.
RAGBRAI 2018: Iowa JPEC Students Promote Pass-Through Towns
Small towns across Iowa are ready for RAGBRAI thanks to the assistance of Iowa JPEC students who have been working with each community to promote its businesses.
Short-term Study Abroad Offerings Allowed Mother of Four, Heather Cook, to Study Business and Culture in China
Heather Cook, mother of four, full-time employee at ABB, and online management student, managed to incorporate a study abroad experience to China with the support of her family, scholarship funding, and short-term study abroad offerings available to UI students.
African Entrepreneurs Connect to the Quad-City Global Ag Market
The Mandela Washington Fellows share their experience from traveling to the Quad Cities to visit John Deere and what they've learned through the Fellowship so far.
25 Young Africans Learn Business Skills in Summer Program through the University of Iowa
The Mandela Washington Fellows share about their experiences so far at the University of Iowa for the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Young African Leaders Arrive in Iowa City to Learn About Entrepreneurship and Promote International Dialogue
For the third consecutive year, UI’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) welcomes 25 Mandela Washington Fellows from Sub-Saharan African countries to the University of Iowa to learn about U.S. entrepreneurship and promote international dialogue.
Aiming for Nationwide Buzz
Isaac Quiadoo, a 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow, showcases his startup and what work he's done since the Mandela Washington Fellowship. Read more online.
Creative Habitat: Coworking Community for Busy Moms
Creative Habitat, a Venture School alum, is a community for moms that balances out their parenting and creative time. Read more online.
Diversity of Study Abroad Offerings Allowed UI Football Player, Jake Gervase, to Earn Academic Credit in Havana, Cuba
Jake Gervase recalls the experience to travel abroad through the International Entrepreneurship and Culture study abroad program in Cuba.
ECR Logic: Streamlining Fieldwork Through Mobile Technology
The University of Iowa spinout company, ECR Logic, is developing a mobile fieldwork data application that aggregates map data for use in the field by scientists.
Experts: Trump's latest Tariffs put Increased Risk Into Already Uncertain Iowa Economy
Dimy Doresca, Director of the Institute for International Business, gives his opinion along with other experts on the upcoming tariffs being placed on other countries.
CBJ Report: UI Startup Wins Big at Regional CleanTech Competition
Verdilife, a UI student startup, has won first place at the Department of Energy sponsored MegaWatt Ventures competition in Orlando, Florida. Read more online.
Iowa JPEC Alum, Spencer Heath, Promoted at CIVCO Medical Solutions
For 27 years Spencer Heath watched his father, Paul Heath, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) director at the University of Iowa, help start and grow businesses all over the corridor. As Spencer was growing up, he met the clients his father was helping start businesses.
Student-owned software therapy business wins $25K grand prize at startup contest
ABAL Therapeutics recently won the grand prize at the Texas Christian University's Values and Ventures national business startup competition. Read more online.
UI Venture School Graduates 12 Teams From Spring Cohort
Three Central Iowa startups achieved Top Five placements at the annual Surge Summit, the closing workshop for the University of Iowa's Venture School. Read more online.