Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Carson King, the security-guard-turned-philanthropist whose sign went viral in 2019, has been building his charity while remaining a “regular working guy.”

Total enrollment across all three of Iowa’s public universities dropped again this fall, according to new numbers made public Thursday showing a continued slide that began in fall 2017 and worsened last year when COVID-19 upended the higher education experience.

Iowa’s Board of Regents – denied any state funding increase for its public universities in the last legislative session – is requesting a $15 million bump to its higher education appropriations for the next budget year.

With little discussion and much praise for the project – which struggled to get the state go-ahead it needs – Iowa’s Board of Regents on Tuesday unanimously approved construction on a new $395 million University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics site in North Liberty to start as soon as later this month.

Hawkeye football being back also meant fans were grilling, playing lawn games and shopping at Melrose Avenue vendors.

After 46 years of coffee service from men and women with disabilities – starting with Bill Sackter in 1975 – the University of Iowa’s “Will Bill’s Coffee Shop” has brewed its final cup.

The Board of Regents has called a special meeting for next week to consider giving the go-ahead to start construction.

Search warrant details steps taken by Iowa City police to investigate allegations in 2020

With the University of Iowa about to make good on its promise to resume in-person Hawkeye football this fall, campus administrators Thursday issued messages promoting COVID precautions and general good fan behavior heading into the weekend.

Protesters demanding University of Iowa administrators kick the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity off campus took to the streets again Wednesday night – this time avoiding vandalism and sticking to chants, marching, and signs carrying the message they won’t stand for sexual violence.

The group claimed in social media promotions that two members of Phi Gamma Delta are “getting away with sexual assault.”

In response to a federal complaint from University of Northern Iowa’s faculty union accusing the UNI administration of prohibiting COVID safety measures, a state health and safety official pointed to Iowa’s law barring mask mandates.

For the second time, Iowa State University has exceeding its “Forever True, For Iowa State” fundraising campaign goal by bringing in $1.542 billion by June 30 — thanks to 532,377 gifts from more than 96,000 donors.

University of Iowa planners promise residents of the historic Manville Heights neighborhood not to replace its quaint former marching band field with a busy student-focused high rise. And they vowed not to let the space morph into a shopping hub or become home to a warehouse.

Although an academic titan — and pioneer of the esteemed and widely-used meta-analysis research method — University of Iowa professor emeritus Frank L. Schmidt’s friends and “intellectual” children and grandchildren say they’ll also remember his humanity and generosity.