Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Through Jan. 25, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has on international loan and display in its galleries an acclaimed early painting by American artist Georgia O’Keeffe — marking a rare opportunity for Midwesterners and a “culturally significant moment” for the region.

“He just had that kind of philosophical mind and artistic mind where he wanted to uncover truths about human life, or get students to ask questions about their meaning in life, or how to deal with some of the difficulties in life,” religious studies professor Diana Fritz Cates said. “It almost feels to me like he wanted to sometimes jolt people out of their complacency, to start asking more philosophical existential questions.

“I can assure you that the legislators that passed this, myself and the Board of Regents are extremely sensitive to what you have just indicated,” said Regent and advisory council chair Christine Hensley. “We also understand that this center is really being watched throughout the country. And We will not fail. We will not fail.”

Sadie Sell and Nicholas Terbovic never owned a business before co-founding Mabel & Pearl Tea Co. a year ago, but training opportunities and community resources have their business purring.

New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative, Inc.’s Iowa Startup Accelerator has piloted a new program model aimed at taking already profitable businesses and teaching them the tools to grow to the next level.

When a student has a spark for a business idea, the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center Startup Incubator is the perfect place for them to connect with resources for exploring the next step.

From startups to spin-offs, incubators to accelerators, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the surrounding area have embraced entrepreneurship. This special section highlights some of those established efforts — some brand new — and the personalities that make them fly.

The Ukrainian women have had to look to and lean on the partnerships — and friendships — they’ve built around the world, including with “Wrestletown USA,” aka Iowa City and Coralville, which they’ll be visiting next month.

Recognized in the name of one of University of Iowa Health Care’s four main hospital pavilions, 70 years after beginning a tenure at Iowa that saw unprecedented growth and a campus transformation, former hospital director John William Colloton died Friday, Nov. 14, in Iowa City. He was 94 years old.

Among the questions a new University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom will tackle at its inaugural event Dec. 5-6 are “What is wrong with universities?”, “How did we end up here?” and “Can universities be reformed?”

Four months after the University of Iowa won a $49.5 million arbitration award over faulty and defective windows installed up and down its 14-story Children’s Hospital, coverage of that cost hangs in limbo — with insurance carriers for the company at fault asking a judge to find they do “not have any obligation” to pay.

University of Iowa Health Care in the first quarter of the current 2026 fiscal year is running under budget in revenue and over budget in expenses – resulting in net operating income that is $15 million below expectations for the 2026 term that started July 1, a rarity for the largest health care system in Iowa.

University Heights is primed to begin building a new recreational trail system across 36 acres of forested land north of Melrose Avenue — near the Finkbine commuter lot — after the Board of Regents on Wednesday flagged support for its use of the University of Iowa-owned portion of the land.

The first meeting of a new Legislature-imposed University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom advisory council has been set for next week, on Tuesday, over Zoom — meaning the half who live outside Iowa won’t need to travel to the state.

A former Iowa physician is suing a police detective who cited her for harassment after she publicly posted comments that she was “coming after” a former University of Iowa Hospitals colleague, who she called a “blue-eyed Hitler look alike.”