The education appropriations proposal scheduled to be considered by the full House and Senate on Wednesday includes a combined $7.1 million more for specific programs across Iowa’s three public universities – well below the $32 million spike in general fund dollars the Board of Regents sought for its campuses in the upcoming budget year.
Attorneys representing the University of Iowa want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit the campus’ new private utilities operator filed against it in January – ignoring, for now, the substance of the accusations and arguing its utilities operator made procedural and jurisdictional mistakes in filing the suit.
Although the first of two finalists for the top job leading University of Iowa Health Care and its Carver College of Medicine has no experience as a public academic medical center administrator, she has extensive medical, research, leadership and emergency response experience that she believes qualifies her for the post.
Denise J. Jamieson — professor and chair for the Emory Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare — will visit the UI campus Monday and Tuesday and participate in an open forum from noon to 1 p.m. Monday.
Outgoing Kirkwood President Lori Sundberg
Given the uncertainty of Mercy Iowa City, Steindler now is considering performing surgery at hospitals in Cedar Rapids too – including UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, both Cedar Rapids, and other in-patient hospitals regionally.
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.”
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