Two years after first mentioning the prospect of building a new “health sciences research facility” on campus, University of Iowa Health Care this week aired more details -- including the project’s focus on cancer.
Instead of conducting a public search for a chief administrative officer to lead its new $525.6 million hospital in North Liberty, University of Iowa Health Care has appointed longtime administrator Amy O’Deen to the position.
Rachel Wall resigns from board position
University of Iowa investigators have identified individuals involved in multiple reports of fondling on campus this week, describing them as juveniles “asking for hugs, grabbing people’s buttocks, and attempting to take items from victims.”
Following a pre-pandemic enrollment slide that COVID aggravated in 2020 and 2021 -- amid larger long-term fears of a looming high school-graduate “cliff” -- all three of Iowa’s public universities this fall are reporting student body increases.
Iowa City district to begin exploring ‘reimagining’ its elementary model as schools continue to face budget shortfalls
On Tuesday, voters in North Linn said “yes” to extending the district’s Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, and Central City voters say “yes” to a new Revenue Purpose Statement.
According to unofficial results, 72 percent of voters who participated in Tuesday’s election voted to continue the Cedar Rapids school district’s Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, or PPEL.
For the first time in more than a decade, the Board of Regents is only seeking a base appropriation increase from the state for one of its campuses -- the University of Northern Iowa.
In addition to the $943,635 a former University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy machine shop manager diverted from the campus’ pocketbook to his own, according to a recent state auditor investigation, the university paid him and two other involved employees nearly $473,250 while they were on leave pending the lengthy investigation – bringing the total UI hit to about $1.4 million.
Three teens were arrested Friday on charges that they broke into Iowa City West High School and stabbed someone.
School leaders are considering ways to finance an indoor athletic complex and other program dreams.
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