Chris Jones, whose wry, often-provocative essays have appeared on a University of Iowa blog since 2015, now has written a book called “Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality.” The book, which includes 55 essays -- including several new to readers -- goes on sale May 19
Earlier this month, the biggest fashion show in Iowa — both literally and reputationally — packed thousands into a multitiered auditorium, where dozens of handpicked models strutted down a runway displaying unique cuts in brilliant hues through forward-thinking, boundary-pushing designs.
Upper Iowa University announced Thursday it is eliminating seven sports, including men’s cross country and track and field.
One of Iowa’s most generous and notable philanthropists -- gracing the name of various buildings including the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Business Building -- has died.
In a year that’s seen large-scale boycotts of the U.S. News & World Report rankings – including from top law schools like Yale and Harvard – Iowa’s public universities continued to participate and made some gains in the new 2023-2024 “
Eight months after unveiling four finalists to become vice president for medical affairs and dean of its Carver College of Medicine --
After waiting 52 years to hire its first female president in 2018, Kirkwood Community College last week introduced three women as finalists to succeed Lori Sundberg when she retires later this year.
The orchestra will continue, whether Wesleyan forces it out or not, but the musicians would like to come to an arrangement to keep using the Iowa Wesleyan University chapel in Mount Pleasant. “We've had other offers already from other entities.”
A day after getting Board of Regents OK to proceed with $185 million worth of health care and medicine-related projects in the coming months, the University of Iowa on Friday issued a request for qualifications from firms interested in designing and developing a massive new North Inpatient Tower next to Kinnick Stadium.
Nearly two-thirds of the 299 University of Northern Iowa faculty members who responded to a campus climate survey in the fall said they had “seriously considered leaving UNI” — citing an array of reasons including low pay, growing workload, and unwelcoming “climate in the State of Iowa.”
Crowding and capacity needs continue to stress the main University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, compelling administrators to expand the emergency department, reorganize existing services, and open a new “short-stay unit.”
The University of Iowa this month agreed to separate from and settle employment disputes with two employees in leadership positions – one of whom had been on the job just over a year.
Kirkwood Community College last week raised the tax levy rate for property owners across its service area by 5 cents – bringing its overall property tax levy to $1.39 for the upcoming 2024 budget year, or 3.8 percent above the current rate.
Even in a world where celebrities and presidents are just regular people with real lives, actor Ashton Kutcher said he continues to find awe and wonder in three places: extraordinary craftsmanship; genius — like the ability to reorder the mundane; and generosity.
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