Despite predictions for a vastly different academic year than last, University of Iowa faculty again are raising safety concerns as they head into a fall semester with COVID cases rising — echoing demands from a year ago for stronger administrative stances and public health precautions.
Although administrators leading Iowa’s public universities say they can’t mandate vaccines or masks heading into a fall semester that arrives with COVID cases again on the rise, they’re encouraging their tens of thousands of campus community members to get a shot before returning.
The State of Iowa last month agreed to pay a former University of Iowa secretary $35,000 after she was fired for sleeping on the job – despite reporting a related disability necessitating workplace accommodations she said UI failed to provide.
The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, while rivals, have neighboring booths at the Iowa State Fairgrounds each year.
Even before the pandemic upended education in 2020, fewer Iowans were filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — a key indicator of college enrollment and, for many, a “door” to higher education.
The New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox meet where W.P. Kinsella’s novel is immortalized on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 at 6:15 p.m.
Following a stinging denial in February and another unexpected delay over the summer, University of Iowa Health Care’s revamped application to build a new $230 million facility off Interstate-380 in North Liberty is set to have a second shot before the State Health Facilities Council on Aug. 31.
UI Housing and Dining is preparing for a more normal year, but with some pandemic protocols still in place.
After just three years as part of University of Iowa Health Care’s new administrative team, Chief Financial Officer Bradley Haws on Friday is leaving UIHC for the same position at
UNI on Monday unveiled a new articulation agreement with the entire Illinois Community College System — a 48-college collective serving nearly 700,000 students annually — that commits to recognize Illinois transfers with associate of arts degrees as having met UNI’s general education requirements.
While maintaining its standing as the top-ranked hospital in Iowa, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has lost ground nationally in its ranked specialties, according to new U.S. News & World Report “best hospitals” list.
The Iowa State community could lose more than $100 million in economic output annually, according to a new report.
Iowa Board of Regents votes Wednesday to approve tuition increases of 3.5 percent for resident undergraduates at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University and 1.5 percent for resident undergrads at the University of Northern Iowa.
The proposed naming of Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium was brought to the Iowa Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday and approved by consensus.
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