In his 14th year at the University of Iowa — where he earned his doctorate in religious studies and has been a visiting professor since, focused on American religion and its intersection with popular culture — Dean has become an expert in “reading cemeteries,” even leading a pre-Halloween cemetery walk through Oakland for the last two years.
Linn-Mar, Iowa City districts opt to not hold classes Tuesday.
More than a year after “parking” its 12-year-old wind turbine due to its age and maintenance needs, Kirkwood Community College on Friday announced it will “decommission” the 417-foot-tall landmark structure on the north end of the college’s main campus.
Iowa is facing a “maternal care crisis” – as rural obstetric units disappear – funneling more pregnant mothers and babies to the University of Iowa, stressing and stretching its resources and compelling it to expand.
The folk rock duo Indigo Girls have canceled their Friday show on the the University of Northern Iowa campus due to an undisclosed illness, according to UNI’s Gallagher Bluedorn, which is working with the band to reschedule.
Prairie, the school with ‘a strong swimming tradition but no pool,’ will finally have a home.
Ninety years after the University of Iowa opened its 53,000-square-foot Art Building along the Iowa River in 1936 -- hosting renowned artist and educator Grant Wood until his death in 1942 -- the campus is eyeing a long-awaited modernization of the vacant building, which has been unoccupied since the 2008 flood.
Nearly three years after airing plans to buy the entire 375,000-square-foot Old Capitol Town Center — which opened in 1981 as a downtown mall — the University of Iowa is seeking Board of Regents approval to spend $20.6 million to make it happen.
Months before the University of Iowa in May named Jill Kolesar its next College of Pharmacy dean, she applied in January for a $10 million research award to develop a new method for fighting ovarian cancer.
Amidst nationwide shortage, Cedar Rapids district seeking to train more drivers to transport students to school daily
Although the University of Northern Iowa administration has reassessed the steps in its $50 million renovation of the UNI Dome renovation, it’s forging ahead with a second phase of the massive project -- this one focused on the fan experience.
Six decades after arriving in Iowa — where she would cofound the University of Iowa’s renowned International Writing Program, fortifying Iowa City’s writing reputation by welcoming 1,600-plus writers like herself from more than 160 countries — Hualing Nieh Engle on Monday died.
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