Ninety years after the University of Iowa opened its 53,000-square-foot Art Building along the Iowa River in 1936 -- hosting renowned artist and educator Grant Wood until his death in 1942 -- the campus is eyeing a long-awaited modernization of the vacant building, which has been unoccupied since the 2008 flood.
Articles Tagged: University of Iowa
Higher Ed Oct. 29, 2024 5:22 pm311d ago
Nearly three years after airing plans to buy the entire 375,000-square-foot Old Capitol Town Center — which opened in 1981 as a downtown mall — the University of Iowa is seeking Board of Regents approval to spend $20.6 million to make it happen.
Higher Ed Oct. 29, 2024 7:59 am311d ago
Months before the University of Iowa in May named Jill Kolesar its next College of Pharmacy dean, she applied in January for a $10 million research award to develop a new method for fighting ovarian cancer.
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 29, 2024 1:33 pm311d ago
University of Iowa General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs James Jorgenson sent the Democrat’s campaign a letter Friday requesting it cease and desist from further use of the UI’s protected marks.
Higher Ed Oct. 25, 2024 11:37 pm315d ago
Six decades after arriving in Iowa — where she would cofound the University of Iowa’s renowned International Writing Program, fortifying Iowa City’s writing reputation by welcoming 1,600-plus writers like herself from more than 160 countries — Hualing Nieh Engle on Monday died.
By Brooklyn Draisey, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Higher Ed Oct. 25, 2024 7:38 am315d ago
Two University of Iowa professors are working to develop an artificial intelligence camera system that could eventually track and catch child or elder abuse as it happens.
Higher Ed Oct. 25, 2024 1:18 pm315d ago
When Iowa City’s 150-year-old Mercy Hospital cut ties with managing operator MercyOne and brought in New York-based ToneyKorf Partners as an interim successor in spring 2023 — more than four months before filing for bankruptcy — the community hospital had just 60 days “cash on hand.”
Higher Ed Oct. 24, 2024 7:36 am316d ago
University of Iowa Health Care is creating a new task force to review and revise the governance and management structure of its seven-year-old “Home Hemophilia Program” after auditors found “weaknesses“ and “ongoing concerns” related to its administrative, functional, and financial processes.
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 29, 2024 1:35 pm311d ago
An attorney for Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ campaign has urged the University of Iowa to take action over an apparent trademark infringement by Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan.
Higher Ed Oct. 21, 2024 7:39 am319d ago
Since 2022, UI Health Care has scrapped those inpatient-tower-expansion plans amid significant change – including across its leadership team and its facilities footprint.
Crime & Courts Oct. 21, 2024 8:26 am319d ago
A prosecutor dropped a the harassment charge against a UI FIJi member, two days after a woman, who sued the frat member and the fraternity and its national affiliates, announced the lawsuit had been settled.
Higher Ed Oct. 17, 2024 7:47 am323d ago
Fulfilling a legal-settlement obligation to pay an outside Title IX compliance officer to monitor gender equity within its athletics department, the University of Iowa this month produced its third and final report finding “no material issues with respect to UI’s compliance with Title IX.”
Crime & Courts Oct. 17, 2024 7:51 am323d ago
A woman who sued two FIJI fraternity members for sexually assaulting her in 2020 and the fraternities national affiliates has resolved her lawsuit against all parties.
Higher Ed Oct. 17, 2024 7:53 am323d ago
University of Iowa Health Care on Wednesday announced it is expanding its air transport partnership with Air Methods -- a private medical helicopter company that recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 14, 2024 8:31 am326d ago
University of Iowa Prof. Thomas Gruca has served as director of the Iowa Electronic Markets since 2020