Vanessa Miller

Attorneys representing the University of Iowa want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit the campus’ new private utilities operator filed against it in January – ignoring, for now, the substance of the accusations and arguing its utilities operator made procedural and jurisdictional mistakes in filing the suit.

Although the first of two finalists for the top job leading University of Iowa Health Care and its Carver College of Medicine has no experience as a public academic medical center administrator, she has extensive medical, research, leadership and emergency response experience that she believes qualifies her for the post.

Denise J. Jamieson — professor and chair for the Emory Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare — will visit the UI campus Monday and Tuesday and participate in an open forum from noon to 1 p.m. Monday.

Outgoing Kirkwood President Lori Sundberg

Given the uncertainty of Mercy Iowa City, Steindler now is considering performing surgery at hospitals in Cedar Rapids too – including UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, both Cedar Rapids, and other in-patient hospitals regionally.

Earlier this month, the biggest fashion show in Iowa — both literally and reputationally — packed thousands into a multitiered auditorium, where dozens of handpicked models strutted down a runway displaying unique cuts in brilliant hues through forward-thinking, boundary-pushing designs.

One of Iowa’s most generous and notable philanthropists -- gracing the name of various buildings including the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Business Building -- has died.

In a year that’s seen large-scale boycotts of the U.S. News & World Report rankings – including from top law schools like Yale and Harvard – Iowa’s public universities continued to participate and made some gains in the new 2023-2024 “

Eight months after unveiling four finalists to become vice president for medical affairs and dean of its Carver College of Medicine --

After waiting 52 years to hire its first female president in 2018, Kirkwood Community College last week introduced three women as finalists to succeed Lori Sundberg when she retires later this year.

The orchestra will continue, whether Wesleyan forces it out or not, but the musicians would like to come to an arrangement to keep using the Iowa Wesleyan University chapel in Mount Pleasant. “We've had other offers already from other entities.”

A day after getting Board of Regents OK to proceed with $185 million worth of health care and medicine-related projects in the coming months, the University of Iowa on Friday issued a request for qualifications from firms interested in designing and developing a massive new North Inpatient Tower next to Kinnick Stadium.

Nearly two-thirds of the 299 University of Northern Iowa faculty members who responded to a campus climate survey in the fall said they had “seriously considered leaving UNI” — citing an array of reasons including low pay, growing workload, and unwelcoming “climate in the State of Iowa.”

Crowding and capacity needs continue to stress the main University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, compelling administrators to expand the emergency department, reorganize existing services, and open a new “short-stay unit.”

The University of Iowa this month agreed to separate from and settle employment disputes with two employees in leadership positions – one of whom had been on the job just over a year.