The Iowa City school board voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve the next round of facilities projects, a $104.6 million investment in the construction of field houses and fine arts additions, and improvements to athletic fields, performance spaces and playgrounds.
The Board of Regents will pay AGB, the firm hired to lead its search for a new president of Iowa State University, a fee equal to 25 percent of the annual base salary of the candidate hired to succeed outgoing President Wendy Wintersteen.
Renderings of the future elementary schools that will replace Hoover and Van Buren reflect the months spent talking to stakeholders about the design.
Following campus outcry and accusations it’s violating state code, the Iowa Board of Regents has delayed until next month its final vote on a new policy to bar “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “critical race theory” requirements for majors, minors, or certificates.
A one-year state pilot program is encouraging school food service programs to purchase and serve more ingredients and products sourced from local farmers and small businesses.
The Board of Regents on Monday announced the members of a 12-member search committee charged with helping find a successor for outgoing Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, the city of Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids schools will host an open house to discuss a green schoolyard initiative on Tuesday.
More students are expected to learn at the Iowa City Community School District’s new Center for Innovation next school year where they will get hands-on, real-world experiences. The facility also will provide space for school board meetings, and Kirkwood classes for students and adult learners.
Longtime University of Iowa professor and interim College of Law dean Todd Pettys will continue leading the college for the next two years following a failed national search that he co-chaired last year.
Accusing the Board of Regents of violating its own “Freedom of Expression” policy, the University of Northern Iowa’s United Faculty union this week slammed a proposed policy change that would bar DEI and CRT course requirements across Iowa’s public university system.
Get to know The Gazette’s Higher Education Reporter
A few months after 75-year-old Steindler Orthopedic Clinic in March vacated its longtime home in east Iowa City for a new 100,000-square-foot clinic and surgery center in North Liberty, University of Iowa Health Care is eyeing Steindler’s old digs as a new home for its Department of Family and Community Medicine.
© 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved.
Daily Newsletters