Gov. Kim Reynolds late Tuesday condemned a video she saw on Fox News depicting a University of Iowa employee “who blatantly admits to defying DEI restrictions I signed into law on May 9, 2024.”
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Gov. Kim Reynolds late Tuesday condemned a video she saw on Fox News depicting a University of Iowa employee “who blatantly admits to defying DEI restrictions I signed into law on May 9, 2024.”
Iowa State University on Tuesday officially launched its search for a new president with a refined position overview and list of expectations, attributes, and qualities infused with the stark reality that higher education is at a crossroads.
How career and technical education for students across the state is implemented could see drastic changes in the coming years after the Iowa State Board of Education voted to shift millions in funding for these programs away from community colleges and to K-12 school districts.
Of nearly 100 emails that — in the span of a week — flooded the Board of Regents following the release of its proposal to ban required courses involving “substantial” DEI or CRT content, just one supported the proposal.
University of Iowa Health Care is looking to expand and further cement its “commitment to serving Cedar Rapids” by capitalizing on the retirement of a private practitioner and buying his 37,850-square-foot medical office building.
Iowa State University Athletics — facing a $147 million budget deficit through 2031, or just under $25 million annually over the next six years — is rolling out painful concessions, including indefinitely postponing construction of a new wrestling practice facility and $25 million renovation of Hilton Coliseum.
Looking to “unify, amplify, and expand” its internationally-acclaimed writing programs, the University of Iowa on Thursday unveiled plans for a new Office of Writing and Communication.
Although most studies measuring premature-baby outcomes start at 22 and 23 weeks — reporting U.S. survival rates between 10 and 20 percent at that gestation — University of Iowa Health Care is among the few hospital systems that take on babies at 21 weeks.
Wrapping two decades of service shepherding billions of dollars of philanthropy to the University of Iowa and its auxiliary enterprises like Athletics and UI Health Care, UI Center for Advancement President and CEO Lynette Marshall on Wednesday announced plans to retire in summer 2026.
On the eve of what was to be the public launch of Iowa State University’s search for its next president, a 12-member committee urged a rewrite and restructuring of the position description to prioritize candidate expectations — from traditional presidential qualities to outside-the-box attributes deemed imperative in a changing higher education world.
The launch of twin NASA satellites built by University of Iowa researchers was called off Tuesday, and will be attempted again on Wednesday.
With the governor’s signature now on a bill requiring the University of Iowa to create a new Center for Intellectual Freedom, the Board of Regents has proposed to serve as its interim executive director the conservative UI professor who advocated for the center’s creation during the Legislative session.
Having heard from dozens of faculty, staff, students and members of the public — not only in Iowa but across the country — Iowa’s Board of Regents is further postponing its vote on a proposed policy to ban “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “critical race theory” requirements for majors, minors, and certificates.
Six years after the University of Iowa landed $115 million from NASA to research how solar wind interacts with the Earth’s magnetic field -- marking the largest external funding award in campus history -- the twin satellites that UI researchers have been building for the mission are set to launch Tuesday.
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