Grinnell College students planted 5,200-square-foot prairie on campus, opting to cut out the sod and remove it rather than using herbicide to kill the grass. The space now will have 40 different varieties of prairie plants including coneflower, milkweed, purple love grass and little blue stem.
In her valedictory speech Thursday, Kennedy High School graduate Allison Hubbell encouraged her peers to take the disruption caused by the pandemic and use it to explore who they want to become.
July discussion to be postponed after councilor resigns
The lawsuit that a group of former University of Iowa football players filed in November accusing Hawkeye staff members of racially-motivated discrimination, harassment, and bullying has been set for a 10-day jury trial in Des Moines -- two years from now.
Iowa City Superintendent Matt Degner suspects more students to be put in quarantine if they are exposed to COVID-19 and not wearing masks
University planning $25M-$28M Student Well-Being Center, among other projects
Nearly four years after the University of Iowa announced plans to raze its nearly 60-year-old University Athletic Club and replace it with a hotel, administrators are seeking approval to enter into a new land-lease deal that — in its first phase — would erect a four-story, 110-unit residential complex by Finkbine Golf Course.
University of Iowa Health Care has reapplied for the state certificate it needs to build a new $230 million facility in North Liberty after its first request was denied amid criticism it was swerving out of its lane, taking patients from community hospitals and clinics, and threatening their existence.
Mark Butland comes from Kirkwood Community College Iowa City campus
Iowa City High School students placed second in the National High School Mock Trial Championship this year, and won the state high school competition in Iowa for the first time in the team’s history - their ’biggest achievement’ in high school.
Students who are a part of Washington High School’s green team will continue to care for and water the trees this summer.
When COVID-19-19 shuttered schools last spring, a key factor in getting high school seniors to college — FAFSAs — flatlined. Where “Free Application for Federal Student Aid” filings had been rising in Iowa, the pandemic’s onset halted that progress and in the year since reversed some of the gains.
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