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Where are they now? Creative Capital Pitch Session III contestants
This is the last of three posts with updates from our CCPS contestants. A few weeks ago, Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska, the organization that has sponsored our CCPS $1,000 prize, asked me for updates from our past contestants. Unable to provide them myself, I contacted the 26 past contestants with three questions: Where are…
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ORGANISM grows in Empty Room through Nov. 28
The last installation in Empty Room at 13th and Webster (the Saddle Creek complex) is up and running with only a couple weeks left of poetry readings and chair building. Poet Matt Mason collaborated with furniture makers Peter Cales and Doug Kiser to create ORGANISM: A Festival of Words & Building. Dominating the room is…
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Iowa professor named ‘Innovator of the Year’ by national magazine
Dr. Hans van Leeuwen, an Iowa State University professor of Environmental and Biological Engineering, was recently named “Innovator of the Year” by R&D Magazine. Dr. van Leeuwen’s research has led to technologies that allow for pure drinking water to be derived from wastewater, that eliminate bacteria and pests from ballast water used in shipping, and…
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Iowa Women of Innovation awards recap
On Tuesday evening, November 10th, I had the opportunity to attend the second annual Iowa Women of Innovation Awards as the guest of the Technology Association of Iowa. The Women of Innovation awards recognize the achievement of female Iowans in one of several categories ranging from leadership in large companies to education in the University…