Articles from November 2025

Immuno Nano Med wins $15,000 top prize at UI JPEC Innovation Challenge

Thursday, November 20, 2025

https://corridorbusiness.com/immuno-nano-med-wins-15000-top-prize-at-ui-jpec-innovation-challenge/

Six Innovation Challenge winners in the Graduate/Faculty/Staff/Incubator Startup division received a combined $35,000.

Michal_Brzus at JPEC AI Pitch Competition

Two startups split top honors at Iowa JPEC’s first AI pitch competition

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

https://corridorbusiness.com/two-startups-split-top-honors-at-iowa-jpecs-first-ai-pitch-competition/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CBJ%20Business%20Daily%20%20-%20Iowa%20Leading%20Indicators%20Index%20rises%20%201%20%20in%20September&utm_campaign=CBJ%20BD%2025-11-10%20%28Copy%29&vgo_ee=NXLjzBKfRaE1cHqUr4nyfmhCCwApuuRyWFaHDIni2AN2ssMNs0YaOuyV%3AP95XJ%2Fk2w%2FhRbVYLxRG2IwqMIWSWAjBJ

NeuroPred, Inc., led by Michal Brzus, and Terraform Tillage, led by Josh Jeske, split top honors at the Nov. 5 event at the Kirkwood Regional Center. LSF Medical Solutions LLC, led by Melissa Bates, placed third and received $25,000 in AWS support.

Can AI stop, or even prevent, abuse?

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2025-11-04/can-ai-stop-or-even-prevent-abuse

IPR's River to River speaks with with University of Iowa's Aislinn Conrad and Karim Abdel-Malek who are developing an AI system that monitors physical behaviors to detect violence as it happens.