Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Earth is getting another “mini” moon this month, and a University of Iowa astronomer said the school bus-sized meteor orbiting the planet actually is much closer than the moon you can see.

As Dance Marathon programs across the country shift away from the slogan “For The Kids” due to trademark restrictions, the University of Iowa is taking the opportunity to rename one of its health care campus roads after another of its nationally-esteemed Children’s Hospital-related traditions.

Two years after first mentioning the prospect of building a new “health sciences research facility” on campus, University of Iowa Health Care this week aired more details -- including the project’s focus on cancer.

University of Iowa investigators have identified individuals involved in multiple reports of fondling on campus this week, describing them as juveniles “asking for hugs, grabbing people’s buttocks, and attempting to take items from victims.”

Brian Busch, a former University of Iowa employee, who was the subject of an Iowa State Auditor report last month, faces a variety of charges.

Following a pre-pandemic enrollment slide that COVID aggravated in 2020 and 2021 -- amid larger long-term fears of a looming high school-graduate “cliff” -- all three of Iowa’s public universities this fall are reporting student body increases.

For the first time in more than a decade, the Board of Regents is only seeking a base appropriation increase from the state for one of its campuses -- the University of Northern Iowa.

In addition to the $943,635 a former University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy machine shop manager diverted from the campus’ pocketbook to his own, according to a recent state auditor investigation, the university paid him and two other involved employees nearly $473,250 while they were on leave pending the lengthy investigation – bringing the total UI hit to about $1.4 million.

University of Iowa professor worked on a study measuring the dusty plumes from gravel roads after cars drive by.

Newly governed by a revised tiered student organization structure the University of Iowa implemented this fall following years of litigation, appeals, and legislative action, the UI chapter of conservative-leaning Young Americans for Freedom next week will host its first big event of the academic year.

A former worker in the University of Iowa’s Physics and Astronomy Machine Shop completed jobs for his personal business using university equipment, the audit says

What led to the UI Athletics IT employee’s firing was not disqualifying job-related misconduct — but rather the punishable offense of transferring his complimentary employee tickets for women’s basketball games to his adult son, who then sold them on the open market via a third-party selling website.

In arguing its appeal of a Mercy Iowa City liquidation plan that releases thousands of people and entities from potential lawsuits tied to the community hospital’s demise, its former manager MercyOne said a judge erred and overstepped in confirming the plan.

With tens of thousands of students back and bustling across Iowa’s public universities Monday, the campuses found themselves again dealing with scorching August heat and air-conditioning woes.

Iowa U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks visited the University of Iowa to highlight $1.5 million in federal dollars she helped secure for STEM development and space research.