Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

With three more home football games remaining in the Hawkeyes season, the University of Iowa — like many employers locally and nationally — is facing a “significant” staffing shortage in and around Kinnick Stadium.

Given the state’s recent about-face allowing construction on a new $395 million University of Iowa hospital in North Liberty to proceed, it should grant the same permission for construction of a nearby, unaffiliated $17.9 million ambulatory surgery center, the application states.

Donna Parsons – who spent 33 years at the UI before her untimely passing, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music and then a doctorate before joining the staff as a lecturer on popular music and culture – saw her large lectures gain legendary status, filling up in hours and forming wait lists.

The full settlement in the case accusing UI Athletics of violating the federal Title IX gender equity law by not providing equal female athletic opportunities, benefits, and scholarships — obtained by The Gazette on Wednesday — includes a range of stipulations.

More college and university students nationally and locally are in need of mental health resources in the wake of pandemic-related changes and challenges, according to recent surveys and campus experts.

Former vice president’s visit will be part of a college campus speaking tour by Pence, who is considered a potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate

A quarter of the female University of Iowa students who in spring 2021 responded to the institution’s third iteration of a survey examining sexual misconduct on campus said they’ve experienced some type of sexual violence since enrolling.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health’s new FarmSafe podcast combines near-miss stories from farmers, agricultural workers and emergency responders with tips for better health and safety on the farm.

Given staffing concerns at a University of Iowa hospital facing the confluence of surging patient demand with an overstressed workforce, administrators Wednesday morning announced they will double extra shift premium pay for inpatient nurses and respiratory therapists for the next seven weeks.

Faculty across Iowa’s public universities are continuing to demand the right to mandate masks in the classroom — looping in attorneys and considering resolutions urging faculty, regardless of state law or campus policy, to act in their own best interest and that of their students and the community.

“It came a lot faster than I thought it would,” UI sophomore Lyman, 20, told The Gazette on Friday, the day after UI Athletics announced plans to become the first Power Five conference school to add women’s wrestling. “It’s exciting to see Iowa doing it first – that’s a big thing.”

Census is “super important” because seats in the U.S. House and Iowa Legislature are apportioned, and state and federal funds are allocated based on the once-a-decade headcount.

Hawkeye Athletics had been considering the idea for years, Athletics director Gary Barta said, noting growing national interest in the sport while more women are attending colleges.

‘I have no illusions that we will ever go back to so-called normal’

Quietly, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UI surpassed its goal of having 40 percent renewable energy by 2020. The university now has at least 42 percent of its power from renewable sources and one boiler exclusively fed biomass fuels.