Just days before Iowa State University opened its residence halls and apartments for student move-in this fall, its associate vice president for campus life and director for residence resigned Aug. 7, per a settlement with the university.
After six months of focusing on transition and “maintaining access” for patients of the former Mercy Iowa City it bought for $28 million in January, the University of Iowa is starting to hone a longer-term vision for its new Medical Center Downtown that includes possible relocation of its obstetrics and midwifery, family medicine, and sleep disorders services.
The Iowa City Community School District and the city of Hills together made the decision to have the now-closed building at 301 Main St. in Hills demolished, according to a news release.
Almost 500 Prairie teachers toured local businesses to take knowledge back to their classrooms, better prepare students for their future
Just over two months until the civil trial of two former University of Iowa fraternity brothers is supposed to begin in Tama County -- after the case was relocated from Johnson County due to its high-profile nature -- parties on both sides are asking a judge to preemptively rule in their favor.
In the days since Mercy Iowa City’s bondholders raised concerns about dwindling assets available for distribution through a liquidation trust, attorneys, consultants, and advisers for the bankrupt hospital, its creditors, and its pensioners have inundated the court with “final” fee requests totaling nearly $13.4 million.
Iowa law dictates that schools can’t start their school year before Aug. 23. This wasn’t always the case.
A century after its debut along the Iowa River that divides the University of Iowa campus, the Iowa Memorial Union early next year will embark on a “major redesign and renovation” that could include new franchised food vendors -- among other new union services and features catering to today’s evolving student needs, expectations, and preferences.
Using a student-teacher model for therapists in training, the grant-funded Telepsychology Training Clinic at the University of Iowa has offered free, short-term counseling to more than 200 Iowans in 17 counties.
Within a matter of days, college and university communities across the state will experience the annual population swell of students returning to campus for another academic year.
The district anticipates hiring an architect this fall and opening the schools to students in August 2027. The new schools would have capacity for 600 students each.
At a time of growing worker needs across the agriculture industry and strong sustained interest among agriculture students, Kirkwood Community College last week secured itself more educational cropland with a $1.4 million purchase of 80 nearby acres.
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