With gas prices still hovering around record levels – and Iowa’s college and university campuses facing a budgetary quandary in the form of inflation – Kirkwood Community College is rolling out a pilot summer program to close its campus offices on Fridays.
Herky the Hawk and Cedar Rapids Kernels’ Mr. Shucks share what it takes to be a good mascot and talk about the craziest things they’ve done.
Mendieta was a performance, video artist, sculptor and painter. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and at age 12, fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba with her sister, Raquelin, who was 15. In 1969, Mendieta earned her B.A. from the University of Iowa, in 1971 an M.A. in painting, and in 1972 an M.F.A. in Intermedia.
Seven former Hawkeye football players accusing the University of Iowa Athletics Department and several coaches of racially-motivated discrimination and harassment have added Seth Wallace, linebackers coach and assistant defensive coordinator, to the list of defendants they’re suing.
The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums (UIPM) will debut Tree Tours, a new educational program series. Guests will embark on guided strolls featuring ecological diversity, symbolism, history and lore of notable tree species on campus. The first tour is noon on Friday.
A recap of news from across the state of Iowa this week.
Working at off-hours and from off-campus locations is “not the new norm,” according to a final University of Iowa “Future of Work” report
More than 14 years after the University of Iowa initiated plans to build a new home for its internationally-acclaimed Nonfiction Writing Program — a window of time that saw three UI presidents, a flood, and a pandemic — the campus in March began work on the $1.6 million project.
Massive losses in international enrollment have decimated the University of Iowa’s need for English as a Second Language services – compelling big cuts.
The federal government has chosen the University of Iowa to be part of a $360 million national consortium to improve flood prediction and water quality tracking across the country. Consortium will involve 14 universities, as well as other partners, and will bring funding stability to the Iowa Flood Center.
Andre Perry, former executive director of the Englert Theatre in Iowa City, will lead Hancher Auditorium into a new era and new business model starting May 16.
A University of Iowa administrator said concerned phone calls about the sign came “bright and early,” but he was able to convince them the sign was only an April Fools’ Day prank.
After three attempts in four years to eliminate through legislative action academic tenure across Iowa’s public universities, lawmakers this year didn’t propose such a measure.
For the first time since the Board of Regents in 2016 scolded Iowa’s public universities for their regular and — at times significant — annual room and board rate hikes, Iowa State University and University of Iowa are proposing residence system rate increases for next year reaching 3 percent.
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