Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

UI instructor and nonprofit director Fred Meyer reveals new Earthmind programming for students

Iowa boasts a higher six-year graduation rate across its public universities -- 73 percent -- than any state in the nation, a meaningful statistic for a region facing growing workforce demands and a higher education landscape facing mounting pressure and skepticism from lawmakers.

University of Iowa grad Steve Grubbs’ company is global leader in use of virtual reality

Mental health isn’t just a concern among students. Faculty and staff across Iowa and the nation are facing heightened mental health needs too – both personally and professionally, in their role responding to and managing the student distress they see in their classrooms.

Mediapolis Republican asks how many ‘illegal immigrants’ each campus has

According to a national public-university assessment on what increasingly is referred to in critical terms like “administrative bloat,” Iowa essentially is tied with Hawaii for spending the least on administrators, according to a new Board of Regents report.

Including $28 million it bid in a bankruptcy auction to buy Mercy Iowa City, $8.5 million it covered of the hospital’s “cash-based operating losses,” and $3.4 million it spent resolving Mercy’s unpaid contract obligations, the University of Iowa’s total cost to acquire the 150-year-old community hospital is expected to reach nearly $40 million.

Should the state adopt into law a bill that passed the Iowa House this week aiming to restructure the Board of Regents and its powers while also capping tuition costs and diversity programming, Iowa’s public universities could take a financial hit in the millions.

Reuben, 21, of Cedar Rapids, is a junior in the University of Iowa chemical engineering program, and she’s already had opportunities to create impactful research.

38 competed in IdeaStorm event

‘Facing the Inferno’ also features public discussions, classroom connections

The University of Iowa has initiated a national search for a new vice president for research — a key member of the president’s cabinet — after announcing last week that J. Martin (Marty) Scholtz is resigning after five years.

Arrests made in murder of Marion woman; new 6th Judicial District judge is appointed

As the University of Iowa reshapes its west campus to accommodate a massive new $1 billion inpatient tower, $249 million Health Sciences Academic Building, and other renovation and expansion projects across its health care and athletic operations — administrators are eyeing not one, but now two new parking ramps.

Iowa bill would make it easier for landlords to evict tenants; UI to close centers in Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities