Vanessa Miller

On the eve of a Board of Regents vote to change its academic freedom and class content policies to satisfy legislative concerns about “indoctrination,” the national Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression — or FIRE — reached out with a plea.

Given the stakes, the City of Dubuque months ago began collaborating with the IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering to create a 1:7.5-scale model of a pump station — aimed at tackling any engineering complications or complexities before construction, not after.

University of Iowa undergraduate and graduate students have made modest improvements across a range of health determinants over the last two years -- from alcohol and marijuana use and abuse to anxiety and suicidal ideation.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking to dismiss a complaint four University of Iowa international students filed in April — asserting to have addressed all the students’ concerns, thus making their lawsuit “moot.”

A former Dance Marathon volunteer who spent years raising money “for the kids” has won the right for philanthropic organizations nationally – including the University of Iowa’s Dance Marathon -- to resume using that phrase after filing a petition two years ago to cancel Penn State’s “FTK” trademark.

Against all odds, 23 writers from international destinations like Spain, Kosovo, Saudi Arabia, and Israel are scheduled to arrive in Iowa City on Wednesday for a 10-week fall residency through the renowned University of Iowa International Writing Program.

Despite an oppressive heat index nearing 110 degrees, with 73 percent humidity and almost no breeze, Tiger Hawk-clad freshmen and their families over the weekend unloaded truck beds and trunks crammed with duffel bags, laundry baskets, pillows, and microwaves in anticipation of the start of the fall semester.

After four-plus decades, more than 30 bowl games, and trips to 34 cities in 15 states, Lou Crist is on the cusp of retirement.

Questioning the accuracy of numbers University of Iowa Health Care used to justify construction of a $2-plus billion inpatient tower on its main campus, along with the potential impact on traffic and the overall budget, Iowa regent David Barker in June told UIHC leadership he doesn’t believe an adequate case has been made for the new 842,000 square foot project to be built on its longstanding Iowa City site.

Given changes threatening higher education norms — and the University of Iowa’s “strong financial position today” — the campus on Thursday announced a new strategic initiative focused on increasing revenue and improving operational efficiency.

In a politically-charged higher education climate — including in Iowa, where students are just weeks from returning to campuses under fire for undercover videos attempting to expose gaps in compliance with DEI laws — the Board of Regents on Tuesday approved new policies aimed at avoiding “indoctrination.”

With two University of Iowa employees on leave and under state and UI investigation after discussing in an undercover video campus efforts to skirt new DEI regulations, a third video has emerged — this time of an Iowa State University employee admitting to “finding loopholes in the laws.”

A committee representing the bankrupt Mercy Iowa City has filed a complaint against its former managing partner MercyOne – along with the president it appointed to lead the community hospital – in hopes of recovering at least $55 million for alleged “breach of contract, unjust enrichment, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligent misrepresentation.”

Instead of passing a new policy banning Iowa’s public universities from requiring students to take courses with “substantial” DEI or CRT content to satisfy any major, minor, or certificate, the Board of Regents — facing fierce backlash — has found an “alternative approach” aiming to avoid “indoctrination of one perspective.”

Although the University of Northern Iowa had wanted to offer in-state tuition to both new and returning students from Iowa’s six border states, only freshmen and new transfer students from those neighboring states will get the lower rates – given the limited available funding to support the initiative this year.