Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

A former University of Iowa IT employee, who stole a California man’s identity in a stranger-tha- fiction scheme that spanned three decades, will be sentenced Oct. 25 in federal court. He faces up to 32 years in prison.

Nearly seven years after a Mt. Pleasant man underwent a coronary artery bypass graft at University of Iowa Health Care in January 2018, UIHC has agreed to pay him $250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging negligence.

University of Iowa Health Care will pay $1.2 million to the parents of a 17-year-old Iowa City High School senior who died unexpectedly in July 2020 after several UIHC providers mistook her symptoms of a developing pulmonary embolism as COVID.

U of I partnered with three other universities and the National Science Foundation to study extreme weather in Midwest agriculture

The University of Iowa has agreed to pay a federally-funded researcher and cardiologist with tenure $350,000 to resign -- relinquishing his tenure rights and suspending “any internal proceedings” involving him.

On July 22, ISU officially closed its DEI office, university spokeswoman Angie Hunt said. The closure cut five positions, although only two of those posts were filled at the time.

A year after a swell of top medical schools boycotted the U.S. News & World Report rankings for their reliance on reputation and other potentially-biased metrics, the publication has re-calibrated its process and released new grouping-style med school standings -- putting the University of Iowa in a second tier of four.

With a new increase in state appropriations — after lawmakers withheld one last year — paired with a strong enrollment outlook and recently-approved tuition bumps, all three of Iowa’s public universities are anticipating a total revenue boost in the new budget year.

Propelled by a 27-percent spike in women’s basketball income, a favorable home football schedule paired with ticket “price adjustments,” and a first-ever revenue line item for its new women’s wrestling team, University of Iowa Athletics is projecting another year of record-setting revenue.

The University of Iowa has agreed to “settle fully and finally all differences” with its former College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senior human resources director by reassigning her and continuing to pay her until the end of the year or until she finds another job -- whichever comes first.

For the first time in several years, the University of Iowa’s Health Care operation has made gains in the oft-touted U.S. News & World Report “best hospital” rankings, with the 2024-25 edition released this week.

The Domestic Violence Intervention Program on Wednesday announced it has hired as its new program director for sexual assault services Shell Feijo, an author, instructor, and trained victims advocate who is listed as an adjunct faculty member with UI, where she earned a doctorate of interdisciplinary studies — specifically race, class and gender.

University of Iowa experts say their research suggests state cursive standards could be a good thing — to the extent that a focus on cursive gets kids focused on handwriting.

Propelled by high-impact research — including one project targeting extreme wind events, like the storm that blasted Iowa on Monday — Iowa State University on Tuesday announced a third straight year of record research funding that for the second straight year topped $300 million.

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