Maintaining its lease of the historic Macbride Nature Recreation Area that for decades has hosted thousands of researchers, naturalists, and students will cost the University of Iowa an immediate $14.8 million in repairs and upgrades — plus nearly $1 million annually to maintain — according to a new report on UI use of the land.
Addressing a proposal to up tuition and fees for resident undergraduate students nearly 3 percent across Iowa’s public universities, student representatives on Monday asked the board to halt, pause, or at least strongly consider the impact of the rising cost.
Before regents on Monday authorized their executive director to hire a firm, form a committee, and develop a timeline for the upcoming search to replace outgoing Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen, one lawmaker reminded them of a new law governing the selection process.
Public meeting tonight comes as NextEra begins process of restarting the Duane Arnold nuclear plant.
With a breadth of employment and academic experience spanning the globe and several decades, Raj Agnihotri is uniquely-positioned to educate aspiring business leaders, inspire innovation, and advance collaboration in an increasingly international marketplace – all from inside what has become his Iowa State University home.
A 28E Agreement signed last year details shared use of the facility expected to open next spring
A committee named BELIEVE in CR Schools to begin collecting voter signatures to get the issue on the ballot this November
Iowa’s three public universities will see no increase in general education appropriations from the state in the upcoming budget year — and targeted bumps in special purpose funds — despite the governor’s recommended 2-percent increase.
With an estimated 11,870 students across Iowa’s public universities expected to receive degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies this weekend, the regent system is reporting rising graduation rates.
Eight years after Wendy Wintersteen became Iowa State University’s first female president in 2017, the esteemed entomologist on Friday announced plans to retire in early 2026.
But the state must allow nonmandatory programs like LGBTQ student groups.
A federal judge has made more permanent an initial temporary restraining order she issued last month blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from terminating the status of four University of Iowa international students by granting a preliminary injunction through the summation of their case.
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