A former University of Iowa provost who resigned under a cloud of suspicion after just one year – hinting on her way out that she wanted to serve a campus aligned with her diversity, equity, and inclusion values – is being accused in a lawsuit of taking that social justice mission too far in her new job.
Like more than a dozen museums working to return to Nigeria objects and artifacts stolen in the 1800s, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has arranged an audience with the Oba of Benin this fall in hopes of repatriating two pieces “to their rightful owners as swiftly as possible.”
Two years after Iowa’s three public universities made the unprecedented and heart-wrenching pandemic-propelled decision to nix in-person spring commencement ceremonies – a historic rite of passage – all three are resurrecting them this weekend.
Eve Drewelowe’s work coming to Cedar Rapids Museum of Art gallery. Vivid colors are the hallmark of her work in both realms, but a new exhibition of her works at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art will feature 23 of her regionalist works.
Iowa State in February 2021 debuted its 33-desktop esports and gaming space – divided into two areas, a competitive room with 13 computers and an open space with 20. The darkened room also includes four consoles for drop-in use, equipped with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
The first thing Andre Perry is going to do in his new role as Hancher’s executive director is listen.
University of Iowa faculty, staff and students on Thursday will converge in Maquoketa to celebrate accomplishments of a partnership with Eastern Iowa communities. Over the last year, nearly 200 students have been working with Eastern Iowa officials and residents to complete 36 local projects. Members of the public are encouraged to attend this free event.
Tired of what they call “cropaganda,” three University of Iowa scientists created a podcast that provides an alternative voice on issues including water quality, agriculture and climate change.
Iowa State last week abdicated its AAU bragging rights by abruptly resigning from the esteemed invite-only collective of North America’s top research universities – leaving faculty, staff, students, lawmakers, and the wider public asking why and what it means.
The sapling, planted in front of Macbride Hall, was given to the UI by the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect USA.
UI police arrested an 18-year-old Tuesday, charging he strangled a woman on the UI campus until she lost consciousness and then stole her earrings, valued at $20,000.
The Iowa state auditor has found $17,146.65 in misused or missing donations and gifts meant for University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics patients and families — largely those battling cancer — and evidence a former administrative specialist was behind the misuse.
Even as total enrollment across Iowa’s public, private, and community colleges and universities fell in fall 2021, Iowa’s institutes of higher education this academic year are educating more students who identify as a minority than last year – at a combined 39,120.
64 years after joining the prestigious Association of American Universities, Iowa State University on Thursday announced it’s leaving the group.
A third of degree-seeking students recently polled by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation said they considered dropping out in the last six months – largely due to “emotional stress” – capturing the scope and gravity of mental health needs facing today’s college students, including those in Iowa.
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