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JRS: Creating Solutions for the Global Health Industry in ICR

October 22, 2019

Food and Bio-Processing, Medical Technology and Services, Stories

As a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical excipients, JRS PHARMA offers a complete portfolio of solutions for the global health science industry. Our excipient ingredients, when combined with an active ingredient,…

Frontier Co-op Keeping Iowa Spicy Since 1976

October 4, 2019

Jennifer Daly

Food and Bio-Processing, Stories

Vanilla Beans from Madagascar, lavender from France, and black pepper from India all have one thing in common: These raw spices and essential oils arrive in Iowa to be cleaned,…

UFG Insurance Continues Boom in Downtown Cedar Rapids

May 16, 2019

Jennifer Daly

Stories

Every company has a story and ours begins in the 1940s with the vision of Scott McIntyre Sr., a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, businessman. McIntyre had the ambition to form a…

Coming Home to ICR: Emily Ciccariello

April 26, 2019

Jennifer Daly

Stories, Talent

When I moved away from Cedar Rapids, it was pre-9/11, the iPod was still an Apple secret, and MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, etc, did not exist. Fast-forward 18 years: I’ve…

ACT Extends the Boundaries of Educational Technology, Leveraging Iowa City Roots

April 22, 2019

Jennifer Daly

Educational Technology and Services, Stories

Imagine being a student in rural Iowa in the early 1900s. Roads were made of dirt. There were 12,000 one-room schoolhouses scattered across the state. Not only were there no…

Why I Came Back to Iowa: Dana Larson

April 12, 2019

Jennifer Daly

Stories, Talent

Dana Larson It seems like there are three kinds of Iowans: Those who grew up here and moved away, finding success elsewhere, praised for their Midwestern work ethic; those who…

Educators and Industry Partner to Support Computer Science Education

November 28, 2018

Jennifer Daly

News, Stories

Computers are everywhere and changing every industry on the planet, yet fewer than half of all schools in our country teach computer science. When computer science is offered, classes tend…

JRS: Creating Solutions for the Global Health Industry in ICR

Frontier Co-op Keeping Iowa Spicy Since 1976

UFG Insurance Continues Boom in Downtown Cedar Rapids

Coming Home to ICR: Emily Ciccariello

ACT Extends the Boundaries of Educational Technology, Leveraging Iowa City Roots

Why I Came Back to Iowa: Dana Larson

Educators and Industry Partner to Support Computer Science Education

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