The University of Iowa has signed a letter of intent to acquire “substantially all the operating facilities and key assets of Mercy Iowa City — which has filed for bankruptcy — in hopes of ”preserving the continuity of care for patients and continuing opportunities for physicians and employees.“
More than a year after the University of Iowa sued a pair of contractors it said was responsible for installing defective and “potentially life-safety threatening” windows on at least nine floors of its 14-story Stead Family Children’s Hospital, UI attorneys report an arbitration hearing is set for May 6-24, 2024.
As the University of Iowa makes moves to fill out its nearly 500-acre Oakdale Campus in Coralville, it’s seeking Board of Regents approval to build a new $20 million addition onto its eight-year-old Biomedical Research Support Facility.
After slipping last year to the lowest number of medical care specialties ranked among the Top 50 nationally in at least a decade, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics again this year ranked in the same two specialties — but improved their ratings in the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” list made public today
Summertime means free time for many young people, and free time – especially for teens and preteens – can mean more time online and on social media. The Gazette spoke with a Unviersity of Iowa professor about what that means for kids, and what parents can do to keep a check on their children’s online presence.
Five years after buying its community’s 80-year-old student bookstore for $2.4 million, the University of Northern Iowa wants to partner with a private chain to operate it – following in the footsteps of the University of Iowa.
Both the Hawkeye and Cyclone athletic programs in the new budget year are anticipating record-breaking revenue — with the University of Iowa predicting a threefold spike in women’s basketball income, pushing it past the $1 million mark for the first time to a projected $1.3 million.
Companies looking for minerals often go to the Iowa Geologic Site and Sample Tracking Program, a University of Iowa repository of 10 million feet of drilling samples, rock chips from more than 40,000 wells and nearly 60,000 driller’s logs from across the state.
A realtor selling the University of Iowa’s 326,000-square-foot Mayflower Residence Hall for $45 million said four “very qualified, interested people are actively pursuing it.” The realtor said only one interested person early on raised the idea of tearing down the eight-story dorm, which, given zoning constraints, may not be feasible.
Data collected at the Coralville basin is used by the U.S. Navy to build safer, stealthier ships and by private companies to design things like underwater platforms to support offshore wind farms.
State relations remain a preeminent concern for Iowa’s public university system, compelling the regents to try something new. With the recent retirement of UNI’s state relations officer Mary Braun, the board is looking to hire a firm – instead of just one person – to replace her.
Both of Iowa’s public research universities in the budget year that just ended generated hundreds of millions in external funding to support experiments and projects across their respective campuses – although neither brought in as much as last year’s record-setting totals.
Under a decade into its 50-year, $2 million-plus lease agreement with the Grant Wood Area Education Agency for space in its Coralville-based regional center, Kirkwood has decided to end its arrangement with Grant Wood early — paying back $1.7 million to make it happen.
Commission, collaborations, musical and Broadway superstars in the lineup
Under two years from the 2025 deadline Iowa set for itself seven years ago to get at least 70 percent of its workforce some form of education or training after high school, a new Gallup poll out Tuesday reveals confidence in higher education has plummeted — especially among Republicans.
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