Vanessa Miller

The pandemic depleted resources across Iowa’s public university residence hall systems in the last budget year – to the tune of millions – and even though the campuses are back to mostly in-person classes and traditional operations, fallout for the dorms and dining halls continues.

Hospitals, clinics, senior-living communities, long-term care facilities, and in-home services are struggling to retain certified nursing assistants, recruiting them, or even get them to show up for interviews.

Given that care facilities and colleges alike are desperate for certified nursing assistants, they’re offering a variety of training options for traditional and non-traditional students — for teens in high school, moms heading back to work, men eyeing change, or even older workers reversing retirement plans.

The university held Wilson’s official installation ceremony on its 175th anniversary — kicking off a series of celebrations in the coming days commemorating UI’s many milestones, including groundbreaking appointments of women to leadership roles.

Milt Dakovich, one of Iowa’s nine regents – and the longest serving active board member – has died, Board of Regents President Michael Richards announced Friday afternoon.

A quarter of students across Iowa’s public universities who responded to a free-speech survey in the fall disagreed with the notion their respective campuses provide an “environment for free and open expression of ideas, opinions, and beliefs.”

Officials say it’s possible all windows will need to be replaced in the 14-story Stead Family Children’s Hospital. But first, $3.6M will be spent on replacing all windows in a bridge to the main hospital.

Iowa State University police have arrested two freshmen in connection with recent social media posts warning people to avoid specific campus buildings, officials announced Wednesday morning.

Seven months after beginning her tenure as the University of Iowa’s 22nd president, Barbara Wilson on Friday will be formally “installed” during an afternoon ceremony at Hancher Auditorium – happening in conjunction with the campus’ 175th anniversary celebration.

University of Iowa investigators over the weekend flew to Alaska for a three-week mission to better understand a rarely viewed type of aurora — also known as Northern Lights — that flashes or “pulsates.”

The namesake of the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business – and numerous other funds, societies, scholarships, boards, faculty chairs, professorships, fellowships, and facility rooms – died Sunday at the age of 95.

Marking its 50th year helping at one of the biggest high school events in the state, Iowa State’s Athletic Training Program this weekend sent more than 30 students to Des Moines – plus three of its 15 certified athletic trainers.

After five years leading the University of Iowa’s massive health care operation – and just a month after UIHC CEO Suresh Gunasekaran announced plans to leave – UI Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine Brooks Jackson is stepping down.

The percent of students attending Iowa’s public universities who graduate in four years is rising, as is the percent who graduate in six years. At the same time, the collective rate of freshman who returned in fall 2020 for a second year dropped — a likely result of the pandemic, officials report.

According to an internal audit made public this week, holes throughout the University of Iowa public safety system – including deficiencies with its crime log, timely warnings, staffing, training, and record-keeping – have put the institution at risk of non-compliance with the federal Clery Act.