Office of Innovation News
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Bible & Archaeology launches online course, The Cities of the Bible
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
In this online course, Dr. Cargill provides learners with a tour of key cities and their representative peoples that made the greatest impact on the composition of the Bible.
Leadership and Team Building with Fran McCaffrey, Matt Howard, and Jon Darsee
Saturday, January 25, 2025
From the basketball court to the operating room, leadership and teamwork lessons are everywhere.
Iowa Health Sciences GAP Fund awards $114,000 to six faculty and staff teams
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
The Fund, which supports innovative faculty, staff, and postdoctoral fellows and scholars from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Engineering, Education, Pharmacy, Nursing, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Public Health developing medical devices and health software technology, has awarded $114,000 to 6 faculty and staff teams to advance the development of innovative medical devices and health software.
Carver College of Medicine GAP Fund awards $108,800 to four faculty and staff teams
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The Carver College of Medicine GAP Fund has awarded a total of $108,800 to four faculty and staff teams to advance the development of innovative medical devices and health software.
Three University of Iowa Startups Secure NIH SBIR Funding to Advance Medical Innovations
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Halide Biologics, Zwicoat Materials Innovations, and Geminii Health have been awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), totaling over $960,000.
Iowa Nurse Innovators Pitch Competition: Healthcare Innovation in Action
Thursday, November 21, 2024
The event provided a platform for nurse innovators to pitch their ideas for the chance to win up to $20,000 in funding to develop their solutions.
DJ Dillon, Protostudios Student Alumni, Joins UnityPoint Health as Makerspace Program Coordinator
Thursday, September 12, 2024
DJ Dillon, a former Senior Prototyping Associate at Protostudios and a 2024 Mechanical Engineering and Art graduate from the University of Iowa has started a new role as Makerspace Program Coordinator at Unity Point's Generate lab powered by MakerHealth.
Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows Announced for 2024-2025
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
11 graduate trainees have been selected to participate in this year’s Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows Program, a year-long educational experience designed to immerse them in the dynamic world of healthcare discovery and innovation.
UI seeks Iowa Board of Regents approval for 3 facilities projects
Friday, September 6, 2024
The Iowa Board of Regents will consider renovations to the Performing Arts Annex and Iowa Bioscience Innovation Facility, as well as construction of the Utilities Services Building, at its September meeting.
Media Highlights
UI, Iowa City Downtown District host first event in First Round Series
Thursday, February 19, 2026
After announcing the partnership on Feb. 10, the first event in the series was held at the Prairie Lights Cafe with UI associate professor Robert Cargill.
Iowa City Downtown District partners with University of Iowa on First Round, monthly networking series
Friday, February 13, 2026
The Iowa City Downtown District has partnered with the University of Iowa Office of Innovation to bring university researchers into its First Round monthly networking series.
Student researcher studying new hormone treatments to improve care for uterine cancer patients
Friday, January 2, 2026
Upcoming Events
Food Truck Tuesdays at the Iowa Research Park
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 11:30am to 1:30pm
Food Truck Tuesdays feature a rotating lineup of local food trucks on the third Tuesday of each month, May through October, at the BioVentures Center.
