The Des Moines area is seeing a warehouse building boom, and Barret Thomas, professor of business analytics in the Tippie College of Business, attributes that to the growth of e-commerce, as more warehouse space is needed to transfer and store merchandise that’s been shipped cross-country. 

Leslie Flynn, clinical associate professor in the Tippie College of Business, testified recently that encouraging more women and people of color to apply for patents is critical for America’s continued economic growth.

In addition to licensing the UI research, ArTara has acquired its own IND approval and Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA. In partnership with Novex Innovations,  ArTara also plans to build a U.S.-based manufacturing facility for TARA-002 and win regulatory approval to market TARA-002 in the U.S.

University of Iowa student interns work with small towns on the route so they’re ready for their RAGBRAI fame.

Entrepreneurs from Africa who are attending the six-week Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) at the University of Iowa this summer recently visited the Quad Cities to see two icons of America—the Mississippi River and John Deere. 

As RAGBRAI riders travel across Iowa, from the Missouri to the Mississippi, it’s common for them to see plenty of black and gold. Hawkeye pride often takes center stage, whether displayed on the gear of cyclists or adorned on homes and vehicles along the route.

Researchers from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University are building joint teams that will work to use gut bacteria to treat chronic diseases, improve weather forecasts for precision agriculture, and produce better vaccines against swine and avian flu.

A new instrument being developed at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, with the support of the UI Research Foundation, uses light to simultaneously clean and stimulate the regeneration of healthy tissue in inflamed or infected root canal spaces of the mouth.

The University of Iowa is among the world’s top 100 producers of patents among higher educational institutions, according to data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gathered by the National Academy of Inventors.