The namesake of the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business – and numerous other funds, societies, scholarships, boards, faculty chairs, professorships, fellowships, and facility rooms – died Sunday at the age of 95.
Marking its 50th year helping at one of the biggest high school events in the state, Iowa State’s Athletic Training Program this weekend sent more than 30 students to Des Moines – plus three of its 15 certified athletic trainers.
After five years leading the University of Iowa’s massive health care operation – and just a month after UIHC CEO Suresh Gunasekaran announced plans to leave – UI Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine Brooks Jackson is stepping down.
The percent of students attending Iowa’s public universities who graduate in four years is rising, as is the percent who graduate in six years. At the same time, the collective rate of freshman who returned in fall 2020 for a second year dropped — a likely result of the pandemic, officials report.
According to an internal audit made public this week, holes throughout the University of Iowa public safety system – including deficiencies with its crime log, timely warnings, staffing, training, and record-keeping – have put the institution at risk of non-compliance with the federal Clery Act.
When University of Iowa Health Care erects a new inpatient tower on its main Iowa City campus – recently revealed as part of its 10-year master plan – officials intend to name it in honor of the late Richard O. Jacobson, whose foundation recently committed $70 million to the project.
Before University of Iowa Health Care can forge ahead with the first of three massive projects officials recently revealed are part of their 10-year master plan for the main Iowa City campus, UI must build a new “West Campus Academic Building” along Melrose Avenue – near the College of Law.
The original project cost of $17.3 million has increased 53 percent to $26.5 million, according to documents provided to the Board of Regents, which next week will consider approving the project design, description, and budget.
Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Sympathizer,” will be speaking at Coe College at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A unique ISU collaboration with the State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, which began in 2016, has facilitated seven trips abroad to date.
Five months after settling a Title IX lawsuit by agreeing to take several specific steps – including tapping an outside expert to annually ensure Title IX compliance, starting this academic year – University of Iowa Athletics hasn’t signed a contract with the monitor or detailed in writing the scope of his work.
Nearly a year after the Board of Regents approved spending another $10 million to $15 million to replace dozens of damaged or at-risk windows in the University of Iowa’s $392.7 million Stead Family Children’s Hospital, work has yet to begin.
Students learn how to melt and shape glass during the intro to glass class at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
As the Board of Regents this week debuts new free speech training for students, faculty and staff at Iowa’s public universities, a Des Moines-area attorney is saying they have “a lot of work to do” after how University of Iowa faculty handled a student who expressed his views on “homosexual conduct.”
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