The following article was originally posted on November 28, 2018 via The Gazette. By Vanessa Miller DES MOINES — Skipping their oft-repeated refrain about historical declines in state support for higher education, Iowa’s public university presidents Monday appealed...
In 2014 the Company entered into a license agreement with Merck to develop, manufacture and commercialize NewLink Genetics’ Ebola vaccine candidate AMES, Iowa, Nov. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ:NLNK) reported today that...
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named six public research institutions as finalists for its sixth annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Awards. The winners will be announced at the association’s annual meeting,...
AMES, Iowa (November 5, 2018) – Established as one of Iowa’s largest entrepreneurial conferences, the Young Entrepreneur Convention will be held in Ames, Iowa April 26-27, 2019. This marks the first year the convention, which draws nearly 500 young entrepreneurs...
The following press release was originally posted on Sept. 20, 2018 via the U.S. Economic Development Administration WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7...
The following press release was posted on September 6, 2018 via Kent Corporation. MUSCATINE, Iowa (September 3, 2018) – Kent Corporation has opened the Kent Innovation Center on the Research Park campus of Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. Kent Corporation...
Transportation Giant Establishes Office in ISU Research Park with Strategic Aim Surrounded by firms focused on pushing the bounds of the technology of tomorrow, TMC’s satellite office in Ames may look a little out of place. The transportation company is focused on...
As an Iowa-based company, Vermeer Manufacturing has always had a close relationship with Iowa State University. And in recent years, that relationship has only grown closer as Vermeer has established a physical presence in Ames, just minutes from where its next...
The digital age, with all its complexity, began at Iowa State University in 1942 when ISU physics professor John Atanasoff and assistant Clifford Berry built the “ABC” (Atanasoff Berry Computer), the world’s first digital electronic computer – to save them the trouble...
