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Extracted Content: Many Iowa State University graduate students follow the path toward academia, but a number of students pursue careers in business and industry. That is why Iowa State’s CyBIZ Lab and Graduate College are expanding opportunities for graduate students to work on short-term projects with businesses and nonprofit organizations.

ISU’s Ivy College of Business launched the lab in 2013 to give undergraduate and MBA students experience working on consulting projects, market analyses and feasibility studies. The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awarded Iowa State a $50,000 grant to develop and pilot a model to hire graduate students across disciplines. Judi Eyles, Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship director, says CyBIZ Lab is one of the first to create interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students, which is beneficial for all involved.

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