Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

As white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:08 p.m. May 8 in Vatican City, University of Iowa Catholic Studies Chair Kristy Nabhan-Warren – although 5,000 miles from the action – felt uniquely positioned to understand its meaning and potential implications in today’s conflicted world of both increasing interconnectedness and growing division.

With about 1,391 new cancers diagnosed each year, Linn County has the 38th highest rate of new cancers among Iowa’s 99 counties, and the eighth highest rate among the 21 metro counties in the state.

With its already-sprawling campus continuing to grow both in Iowa City and across the region and state, University of Iowa Health Care has created a new administrative position for a “physician executive.”

The University of Iowa’s Iowa Nurse Innovators Program connects nurses to the resources and expertise they need to turn workarounds into specially crafted, even marketable, solutions. With early successes from UIHC nurses currently getting off the ground, the program is working to reach health care professionals across the state.

The University of Iowa has agreed to retroactively reinstate a distinguished professorship and thousands that came with it for a faculty member who says the state — through an error-riddled audit in 2017 — wrongfully accused him of abusing his position.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, I-380 ramps in Cedar Rapids will be closed overnight this week for work.

The University of Iowa Senior College offers 10-14 courses each semester, taught by emeritus and current UI faculty members as well as experts from the community. The classes typically meet for four two-hour sessions, either on Zoom or in person, at locations around the Iowa City area.

Prestige is a biannual special section dedicated to Iowans 55+. Each section includes stories, resources and real perspectives about life in Iowa for older adults that cover a range of issues.

Three new sexual exploitation charges were filed this week against a former University of Iowa social worker who previously has been charged with multiple counts of sexually exploiting his patients.

Subscriptions go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Monday, June 9 for "Kinky Boots," "Clue Live On Stage!," "The Music Man" and "Beetlejuice." The season also includes a one-nighter with "Rent," which is slated for March 1, 2026.

Maintaining its lease of the historic Macbride Nature Recreation Area that for decades has hosted thousands of researchers, naturalists, and students will cost the University of Iowa an immediate $14.8 million in repairs and upgrades — plus nearly $1 million annually to maintain — according to a new report on UI use of the land.

Addressing a proposal to up tuition and fees for resident undergraduate students nearly 3 percent across Iowa’s public universities, student representatives on Monday asked the board to halt, pause, or at least strongly consider the impact of the rising cost.

Iowa’s three public universities will see no increase in general education appropriations from the state in the upcoming budget year — and targeted bumps in special purpose funds — despite the governor’s recommended 2-percent increase.

Lawmakers use surplus to cover expected $917M shortfall

With an estimated 11,870 students across Iowa’s public universities expected to receive degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies this weekend, the regent system is reporting rising graduation rates.