Vanessa Miller

Summertime means free time for many young people, and free time – especially for teens and preteens – can mean more time online and on social media. The Gazette spoke with a Unviersity of Iowa professor about what that means for kids, and what parents can do to keep a check on their children’s online presence.

Five years after buying its community’s 80-year-old student bookstore for $2.4 million, the University of Northern Iowa wants to partner with a private chain to operate it – following in the footsteps of the University of Iowa.

A day after a Mercy Iowa City investor asked a Johnson County judge to appoint a receiver to take control of

Both the Hawkeye and Cyclone athletic programs in the new budget year are anticipating record-breaking revenue — with the University of Iowa predicting a threefold spike in women’s basketball income, pushing it past the $1 million mark for the first time to a projected $1.3 million.

Mercy Iowa City late Monday responded to a bondholder’s demand it be placed in a court-appointed receivership by disputing the arguments behind the receivership request and by calling into question the publicity tactics taken.

Asserting Iowa City’s 150-year-old Mercy Hospital is in “financial freefall” and headed toward closure, the investor and holder of $41.8 million Mercy borrowed in 2018 has asked a judge to “appoint a receiver on an emergency basis” to take operational control over the hospital facilities.

A realtor selling the University of Iowa’s 326,000-square-foot Mayflower Residence Hall for $45 million said four “very qualified, interested people are actively pursuing it.” The realtor said only one interested person early on raised the idea of tearing down the eight-story dorm, which, given zoning constraints, may not be feasible.

Although no decisions have been made about the future of the 60-acre campus Iowa Wesleyan University called home for 181 years, much of the equipment and amenities that filled its historic halls and supported students and faculty in their academic and athletic endeavors will go up for auction next month.

State relations remain a preeminent concern for Iowa’s public university system, compelling the regents to try something new. With the recent retirement of UNI’s state relations officer Mary Braun, the board is looking to hire a firm – instead of just one person – to replace her.

Both of Iowa’s public research universities in the budget year that just ended generated hundreds of millions in external funding to support experiments and projects across their respective campuses – although neither brought in as much as last year’s record-setting totals.

Under a decade into its 50-year, $2 million-plus lease agreement with the Grant Wood Area Education Agency for space in its Coralville-based regional center, Kirkwood has decided to end its arrangement with Grant Wood early — paying back $1.7 million to make it happen.

Under two years from the 2025 deadline Iowa set for itself seven years ago to get at least 70 percent of its workforce some form of education or training after high school, a new Gallup poll out Tuesday reveals confidence in higher education has plummeted — especially among Republicans.

Four weeks into summer school across Iowa’s public universities, enrollment remains below pre-pandemic levels — although campus leaders are “encouraged” by signs student counts are normalizing.

The day before the University of Iowa’s new private utilities partner sued the campus, accusing it of breaching obligations, the university – again – had accused the partner in writing of failing to meet performance standards, demanding it pay another $5 million for the shortcomings.

Nearly four years into a 50-year $1.165 billion public-private partnership for the operation of its utilities system, the University of Iowa is continuing to massage its process for distributing proceeds from the massive deal across campus.