Vanessa Miller

A federal judge has certified as class-action a lawsuit a group of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics employees – including nurses and custodians – filed two years ago accusing their employer of, among other things, failing to pay wages and overtime on time.

Mount Mercy University has picked a new president: Dr. Todd Olson, current vice president for student affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Not only have Iowa lawmakers rejected a Board of Regents request to restore the $8 million they cut last summer in response to COVID-19, the Republican-led Senate this week approved a $1 billion education budget that excludes any funding increase at all for Iowa’s public universities.

Although the University of Iowa’s first-ever graduation celebration inside historic Kinnick Stadium on Sunday was not an official commencement ceremony, there were plenty of caps and gowns.

The Gazette’s Leah Vann and Vanessa Miller break down Friday’s report

None of the University of Iowa’s contracted football coaches — including head coach Kirk Ferentz — participated in voluntary salary reductions that UI Athletics announced last summer in light of massive COVID-compelled losses that officials cited weeks later in justifying their decision to cut four UI sports.

University of Iowa Health Care on Thursday officially expanded its COVID-vaccination effort to the newly-approved tweens and early teens, administering first shots to the 12-15 age group at a clinic in its Iowa River Landing location.

Contract amendment ups women’s coach compensation

Total includes recent pandemic compelled pay cut

Bruce Harreld is scheduled to speak at Kinnick celebration May 16.

“Mothering is so difficult to begin with,” Odenweller told The Gazette. “There are so many choices, so many times where we feel like we’ve made the wrong choice, where we doubt ourselves, and we need those people in our lives — especially other mothers who are going through similar things — to be able to turn to and ask advice and get support from.”

Unanimously-backed bill bakes into law changes regents made or vow to

Hiring of provost, vice president and diversity leader made without seeking other candidates

Barbara Wilson, the University of Iowa’s next president, is a seasoned academic leader with a doctorate and nearly two decades of administrative experience in academia.

Standing in contrast to her predecessor, chosen for his work in the private business arena and his potential for an …