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Adam Holmes Summer Internship_Protostudios

From Prototype to Project Site: Adam Holmes’ Summer Internship Experience

Thursday, August 29, 2024
This summer, one of our Senior Prototyping Student Associates, Adam Holmes, expanded on the skills honed at Protostudios during an internship with Shive-Hattery in Iowa City.
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UI Research Foundation forms UI Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors

Monday, May 20, 2024
Jon Darsee, Jordan Kaufmann, and Chris Parker to serve as honorary members of the NAI chapter
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UI Research Park aims to lure biotech firms with new changes

The University of Iowa is ending its master lease with the Iowa Board of Regents and the Iowa Research Park Corporation (UIRP) in favor of more appealing terms that could attract biotech and medical research firms.
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UI seeks more flexibility for leasing, selling land at UI Research Park

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, approved this change at its meeting on June 14, 2023.
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Gov. Reynolds awards $8.2M to University of Iowa for bioscience research, economic development

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Dec. 14 awarded an $8.2 million grant to enhance the growth of bioscience research and economic development on the campus of the University of Iowa.
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2 UI start-ups secure $62M in funding to advance therapies

Thursday, July 21, 2022
Carbon Biosciences and hC Bioscience secured a combined $62 million in financing to advance disease therapies.
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University of Iowa makes professional-grade face shields to protect workers from COVID-19

Health care workers face an ongoing shortage of face shields, and an Iowa initiative is filling the market need
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University of Iowa prototyping hub aims to win hearts and minds — by 3D printing them

Advancements in medical technology soon could help Iowa surgeons visualize exactly what is wrong with a patient's organ - before they make their first incision.
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Meet the UI’s new innovation chief

The 1982 alum has returned home to Iowa to help connect people, resources and new sources of capital and build teams that can execute.