Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Recap of news from across the state

Four months after longtime Regent Milt Dakovich died following a battle with cancer, Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday named Seneca Cos. President and COO James “JC” Risewick to fill the regent vacancy.

Student leaders from Iowa’s public universities didn’t expressly ask the Board of Regents not to raise tuition in the fall, but they did call for help from lawmakers Monday during the board’s first reading of a

Tuition for in-state undergraduates attending one of Iowa’s three public universities will increase 4.25 percent in the fall under a rate proposal the Board of Regents will consider for a first reading next week.

“As plaintiff continued to observe defects, it was required to undertake mitigation efforts to protect its patients, guests, employees and the general public from potential life safety issues associated with the defective conditions, specifically the potential for falling glass,” according to the lawsuit.

Iowa State and the University of Northern Iowa have resurrected their fully in-person orientation programs this summer — including offering students the chance to spend the night in a residence hall. The University of Iowa is offering a hybrid model.

After 109 years, the Wesley Center at the University of Iowa has ended its affiliation with the United Methodist Church, citing its commitment to LGBTQ students.

The University of Iowa is suing the contractors who installed 900-some windows in its 14-story Stead Family Children’s Hospital, many of which have proven faulty and flawed, with cracks and dilapidation already showing just five years after the hospital’s opening.

The expansion with Mana Capital Acquisition will make the company a publicly listed and traded entity on NASDAQ.

The requests from Reps. Hinson, Miller-Meeks and Axne seek funding for nearly $100 million worth of projects through what once was known as “earmarks.”

Three Iowa BIG students are organizing a June 24 event in New Bohemia to support both the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and local businesses.

The University of Iowa over its first year with Follett didn’t impose enough checks and balances to ensure it’s getting what it’s owed, according to a June 2022 internal audit presented last week to the Board of Regents.

State executives Monday agreed to pay more than a half-million dollars to reimburse the University of Iowa for pipe damage its 65-year-old Medical Research Center suffered during an arctic snap in early 2018 that set records and burst pipes across the community.

Pruning away dried up programs, degrees, and academic centers while reframing, reformatting, or fashioning anew majors and curricular opportunities meeting student and employer demands is becoming increasingly imperative for institutions vying to attract and retain students from a shrinking pool of applicants.

In the aftermath of the pandemic, higher education challenges remain — and in some cases are more prevalent — although COVID, with all the discomfort it brought, might have forced to the forefront one potential solution: online education.