Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Defendants lose their marbles, but not their (entire) court case

Mélisse Brunet’s lawsuit, filed in Polk County District Court, alleges gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and unequal pay violations of the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

Democrats’ proposal would freeze tuition, while Republicans would cap tuition increases for undergrads

The University of Iowa has agreed to pay a Johnson County family $2 million to settle a lawsuit involving accusations of negligence in the 2009 delivery of their son, who “showed signs immediately of injury to his right arm” and has failed to regain full mobility.

Responding to 10 diversity, equity, and inclusion-related recommendations Iowa’s Board of Regents issued in November, Iowa State University has disseminated a directive barring anyone on campus from making students, employees, applicants, or visitors “disclose their pronouns.”

More than two years after launching a 24/7 crisis and support line for University of Iowa students, the campus in January expanded that phone, text, and online chat service to faculty, staff, and postdocs – as part of an ongoing UI effort to “prioritize the mental health and well-being of employees.”

Trio back on the road embracing new music, connections

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Although the skywalk spanning Market Street connecting portions of the historic Mercy Hospital campus on Wednesday morning still boasted that 150-year-old name and its teal and white colors, a sign along the street below announced Mercy’s new owner and new name: University of Iowa Health Care "Downtown Campus.“

With thousands of schools built in the 1930s through 1970s still in use — Keri Hornbuckle and her team would like to help school districts pinpoint PCB hot spots and find ways to affordably reduce the risks to students and staff.

As part of the ownership transfer, about 1,000 former Mercy Iowa City “team members” — including 45 physicians and 33 advanced practice providers — will become UIHC employees.

A woman who is suing two former FIJI members is asking the court to drop a separate lawsuit against a former UI student she accused of video recording the alleged sexual attack.

A week before Mercy Iowa City’s 150-year history comes to an end – with the bankrupt hospital transitioning to University of Iowa ownership Jan. 31 – the Board of Regents will meet Wednesday to consider new bylaws for the former Mercy campus, renamed UI Health Care Medical Center Downtown.

Guest pianist’s fingers will be flying through Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto.

Even as “dangerously cold temperatures” have pushed all three of Iowa’s public universities