The church, which formed downtown in 1847, has been an active advocate of social justice, housed many social services agencies, and was integral in the creation of Cedar Rapids landmarks like Coe College and Geneva Tower. Today, the church is looking toward a goal of supporting people in Cedar Rapids who are unhoused.
Lü Interactive Playground ‘wave of the future,’ Iowa City schools PE coordinator says.
In pushing a judge to move out of Johnson County a trial involving a University of Iowa student’s sexual assault allegations against the FIJI fraternity and former members, defense attorneys this week pointed to the likelihood of a scared juror pool.
Six months after launching a search to replace Harriet Nembhard as dean of its College of Engineering, the University of Iowa on Thursday announced Ann F. McKenna — a vice dean at Arizona State University — will take the reins of the 2,000-plus-student college Aug. 16.
The University of Iowa has tabbed Beth Goetz to serve as interim athletics director following Gary Barta’s retirement, the UI announced Thursday.
Postsecondary enrollment nationally stayed well below pre-COVID levels this spring — down 1.3 million students or 7 percent from 2019 — and Iowa remained among the hardest-hit, with a 13 percent drop in combined community college, private, and public university enrollment over the four years.
Funding to be used to purchase adapted physical education equipment to accommodate needs, abilities of all learners
Iowa families can begin signing up today, for a new state-funded private school financial assistance program.
On the same day University of Iowa officials asked a federal judge to dismiss a January lawsuit in which its new private utilities partner accused UI of shirking obligations just three years into their 50-year $1.165 billion deal, the university filed its own counter lawsuit against the utilities partner.
The tally of tenured and tenure-track faculty across Iowa’s public universities in the academic year that just wrapped continued down a slope that began a decade ago — when 3,531 Board of Regents faculty were tenure eligible, amounting to 63 percent of the 5,637 faculty total.
Thousands of students will graduate from Eastern Iowa high schools in the coming weeks. The Gazette spoke with graduating seniors from six Johnson County high schools about the challenges they’ve faced and the hope they have for their future.
Matisse Arnone is passionate about sustainability and politics. He plans to continue exploring these interests by pursuing environmental policy at the University of Vermont.
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