When the University of Iowa finalizes its purchase of the 150-year-old Mercy Iowa City campus, it will be renamed “University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown,” according to a rebranding UIHC announced Thursday.
Nine Iowa Area Education Agencies provide valuable expertise to educators and families across the state
A flag atop a Hawkeye fan-led Change.org petition urging the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl to “let the bands play” reads “victory” after event organizers this week announced both the Hawkeye Marching Band and Pride of the Southland Band will perform on the field before the game and at halftime.
Students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District may no longer get out of school early on Fridays if a new school calendar is approved.
Siomara Luna-Garcia awarded a four-year scholarship from QuestBridge National College Match
Summit Schools in Cedar Rapids sets tuition at $14,350 next year for new families.
University of Iowa Health Care will pay $780,000 to settle a pair of lawsuits alleging negligence against providers — one accusing a UI plastic surgeon of a botched breast reconstruction and another accusing an otolaryngologist of making life-changing errors while performing brain surgery without the help of a neurosurgeon.
With University of Northern Iowa strapped for cash and its tuition revenue sliding, unionized faculty members are criticizing the administration for giving nearly $4.3 million of the campus’ general university funds to athletics in the 2023 budget year – which was almost $1 million more than planned.
With a rise in pet ownership has come a spike in pet health care, along with growth across the pet insurance industry, all driving a bump in demand for more advanced pet medicine — including cancer care, like the novel and expanding veterinary oncology services offered at Iowa State University.
Cedar Rapids school leaders are exploring the future of college and career education for their students and as an investment in the local workforce.
Among Preston Hollow’s concerns with additional delays is the millions Mercy is accumulating in attorney fee.The bondholder also argues that extending Mercy’s exclusive right to file a plan that ultimately fails to garner support would hamstring bondholders for months, “resulting in over $10 million of dollars of lost value.”
Local nonprofit Empowering Youths of Iowa, which provides mentoring to students in Cedar Rapids schools, is among the proposals for new charter schools in Cedar Rapids.
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