After five years leading the University of Iowa’s massive health care operation – and just a month after UIHC CEO Suresh Gunasekaran announced plans to leave – UI Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine Brooks Jackson is stepping down.
The percent of students attending Iowa’s public universities who graduate in four years is rising, as is the percent who graduate in six years. At the same time, the collective rate of freshman who returned in fall 2020 for a second year dropped — a likely result of the pandemic, officials report.
High school students and paraeducators will be able to begin training for a career as an educator and get paid through a new apprenticeship program in Iowa.
Advocates for the bill say it gives Iowa parents more school choice, but opponents say vouchers could have a devastating impact on public schools.
According to an internal audit made public this week, holes throughout the University of Iowa public safety system – including deficiencies with its crime log, timely warnings, staffing, training, and record-keeping – have put the institution at risk of non-compliance with the federal Clery Act.
When University of Iowa Health Care erects a new inpatient tower on its main Iowa City campus – recently revealed as part of its 10-year master plan – officials intend to name it in honor of the late Richard O. Jacobson, whose foundation recently committed $70 million to the project.
Before University of Iowa Health Care can forge ahead with the first of three massive projects officials recently revealed are part of their 10-year master plan for the main Iowa City campus, UI must build a new “West Campus Academic Building” along Melrose Avenue – near the College of Law.
The original project cost of $17.3 million has increased 53 percent to $26.5 million, according to documents provided to the Board of Regents, which next week will consider approving the project design, description, and budget.
Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Sympathizer,” will be speaking at Coe College at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Kirkwood Community College is hosting a screening of “13th,” a 2016 documentary about the history of racial inequality in the U.S., on Feb. 23 at Paramount Theatre. There will be a Q&A session with Kevin Gannon, a Des Moines history professor who contributed to the film.
HF 2309 would require any Iowa schools that get public funding to designate sports programs as one of the following: open to biological females, open to biological males or coeducational.
Public K-12 schools in Iowa are in line for a 2.5 percent increase in state funding under a proposal that cleared the Iowa Legislature on Monday and is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
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