Iowa’s 15 community colleges collectively are projecting a $2.3 million dip in total resources for the next budget year — contributing to a projected $36.8 million deficit — propelled largely by previous bumps in federal funding, due to COVID-19, and more anticipated facility and program expenses.
Iowa State University has suspended its Men’s Cyclone Hockey Club following allegations of hazing, and administrators have launched an investigation into those accusations as well as the club’s finances, organizational structure, and oversight.
Two weeks after Iowa State University resigned from the esteemed Association of American Universities, and six years since the campus last updated its list of 10 comparison land-grant universities, faculty are asking whether ISU should re-evaluate who it considers its peers.
More than 400 students from 33 Iowa schools participated in the Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates career conference last month in Des Moines.
Seven weeks after the state approved construction of a new $19.2 million Steindler North Liberty Ambulatory Surgery Center near the booming I-380 and Forevergreen Road corridor, the affiliated Steindler Orthopedic Clinic on April 25 sold its Iowa City home base for $11 million.
New performance venue, relocating tennis courts and expanding the high school parking lot also part of the up to $60 million in projects
Iowa State last week abdicated its AAU bragging rights by abruptly resigning from the esteemed invite-only collective of North America’s top research universities – leaving faculty, staff, students, lawmakers, and the wider public asking why and what it means.
Two Cedar Rapids students have been chosen for Iowa State Youth Action Squad to encourage community advocacy and expand their learning, research and leadership skills. One idea is to create a business incubator for Black-owned businesses in the Cedar Rapids area.
The sapling, planted in front of Macbride Hall, was given to the UI by the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect USA.
Professional opera singer Dorian McCall provided two weeks of one-on-one instruction to 18 students at Washington High School, some of whom experience barriers to access for private singing education.
Several petitions are circulating through the Iowa State University community opposing changes to its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – specifically its history department – after administrators earlier this year announced $15 million in cuts by the 2026 budget year.
Next superintendent Corey Seymour, who was named in February, will begin July 1.
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