Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Four months after the University of Iowa reported “a search for a buyer is in progress” for its 55-year-old Mayflower Residence Hall, the institution officially has listed the 326,000-square-foot property for $45 million.

The state of Iowa added to its tally of Board of Regents-related settlement payouts Wednesday by approving three more – including a $5 million agreement tied to allegations of medical negligence at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, to be paid out over 30 years through 2053.

With plans proceeding on a $49 million expanded neonatal intensive care unit in its 14-story Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the University of Iowa on Wednesday saw its neonatology rank jump five spots to No. 21 in U.S. News & World Report’s new “2023-2024 Best Children’s Hospital” rankings.

As it’s done for years, the Board of Regents last week approved a University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics across-the-board 6-percent rate hike for the new budget year starting next month – the highest allowed in many UIHC payer contracts.

Students who are older, already in the workforce, raising families or from families without a history of college or the resources to finance it are becoming increasingly important across higher education.

After hearing from student representatives worried about the rising cost of higher education but aware of eroding state support, Iowa’s Board of Regents without discussion Wednesday approved across-the-system tuition and fee increases – including a 3.5-percent hike for all in-state undergraduates.

Iowa’ Board of Regents also approved additional deferred compensation plans for her and for Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen. At the University of Northern Iowa, President Mark Nook gets his first raise since 2016.

The project, which was funded through a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and $400,000 from the Iowa DOT, tested the automated vehicle on rural roads over the last two years. It made 80 trips on a 47-mile loop through Iowa City, Hills, Riverside and Kalona.

The Board of Regents today is evaluating the performance of its three university presidents and executive director over the last year — a process that on many occasions historically has resulted in pay raises and increased deferred compensation.

The cities of Iowa City and Coralville, along with the University of Iowa, worked on various flood control projects to protect the communities from future disasters while also embracing the Iowa River. Here’s how they did it.

The University of Iowa wants to make part of its research park in Coralville more attractive to prospective companies by cutting out the Board of Regents as owner and allowing developers to either buy parcels or lease land directly — making it more like Iowa State University’s booming research park.

Iowa State University next week hopes to add to its list of 80-plus honorarily-named buildings, centers, and spaces with Board of Regents approval to name its veterinary medicine academic building, “Frederick Douglass Patterson Hall.”

Continuing its construction boom involving more than $1 billion in new and renovated facilities, University of Iowa Health Care next week will seek Board of Regents approval to spend $249 million on a new 263,000-square-foot “Health Sciences Academic Building.”

In pushing a judge to move out of Johnson County a trial involving a University of Iowa student’s sexual assault allegations against the FIJI fraternity and former members, defense attorneys this week pointed to the likelihood of a scared juror pool.

Here’s how your tax dollars will be spent in the coming fiscal year