Education

The appeals panel found that a mask requirement is a “reasonable accommodation” for students with disabilities.

UIHC Chief Nurse Executive Kimberly Hunter will take over as the interim CEO of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clincs after on an interim basiWhen outgoing University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after current CEO Suresh Gunasekaran assumes his new post in San Francisco on March 1.

Four years after lower-than-requested state funding forced Iowa State University to downsize its new Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, ISU is returning to lawmakers this session seeking support for a “phase two” of the project.

A federal appeals panel Tuesday allowed the state of Iowa to enforce a law that prevents local schools from imposing mask mandates — but not for schools attended by students whose disabilities make them more vulnerable to severe illness if they get COVID-19.

Cedar Rapids will allocate $500,000 of its federal American Rescue Plan Act funds toward the College Career Connection program, a new workforce partnership with Kirkwood Community College that will be the first “college promise” initiative among Iowa cities.

When the University of Iowa celebrates its 175th anniversary next month, it plans to highlight three areas in which faculty have made transformational differences across the state, nation, and world: writing, space discovery and medicine.

Autumn Pino will become shared superintendent for the Lisbon and Springville school districts on July 1.

In a new era allowing college athletes to receive education-related compensation and make money off their name, image, and likeness, an Iowa lawmaker is looking to empower the Board of Regents to “fix the compensation for student athletes” at its public universities.