As Beth Goetz’s tenure as permanent athletics director begins, some major decisions — ones that could shape the future of Iowa Athletics — are likely looming on the horizon.
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As Beth Goetz’s tenure as permanent athletics director begins, some major decisions — ones that could shape the future of Iowa Athletics — are likely looming on the horizon.
Beth Goetz, who has served as the University of Iowa’s interim athletics director since Aug. 1, has been named the university’s permanent athletics director.
After eight years on the Board of Regents and nearly seven as its president, Michael Richards on Tuesday announced he’s stepping down from his presidential post and will leave the board at the end of April — three years before his term expires.
With mounting scientific evidence showing exercise can reduce stress, anxiety, and symptoms of depression, one Iowa State University associate professor wants to know why and how and whether the type and amount of exercise matters.
With the $28 million sale of Mercy Iowa City to the University of Iowa just over two weeks from closing, the 150-year-old community hospital’s largest bondholders are seeking court affirmation they will get the vast majority of that money “promptly.”
Given wind chills in Johnson County could plummet below negative-35 degrees Tuesday, the University of Iowa on Friday announced it’s not holding in-person classes on what was scheduled to be the first day of the spring semester.
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The new chief integration officer that University of Iowa Health Care has appointed to manage its complex merger with Mercy Iowa City — following UIHC’s $28 million bankruptcy acquisition of the community hospital — could earn $780,000 this year, according to her professional services agreement.
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When interviewed by Iowa investigators, the board alleges, Paye couldn’t name any of her instructors or classmates at Med-Life, although she passed the national exam on her first attempt before being granted a license to practice in Iowa.
Just weeks away from “day one” of a merged University of Iowa-Mercy Iowa City model through which the 150-year-old Mercy Hospital will morph into UI Health Care’s “downtown campus,” job offers are going out to more than 1,100 prospective transitioning employees.
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Building on its existing collection of pre-U.S. Senate political papers from Chuck Grassley, the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday announced the long-serving senator will make another gift leaving UNI with a complete collection of papers from his entire career spanning 60-plus years.
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