Progressive religious leaders within the United Methodist Church in Iowa City helped launch a new denomination after the denomination voted to keep bans on same-sex weddings and LGBTQ clergy.
Leaders...
For this year’s Human Rights Day, Iowa activists said they want to focus on health as a human right as the pandemic brings disparities in health care access to light.
Dec. 10 marks the 72nd anniversary...
This piece was originally published in the fall 2020 edition of NURU, a publication by the Unity Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists at the University of Iowa. This work is available...
International student enrollment at the University of Iowa has shrunk 45 percent in the last five years, according to the state Board of Regents.
The decline was expected, and is part of an ongoing...
Amid COVID-19 chaos – rising cases, closing borders, tighter travel restrictions, and global animosity – University of Iowa International Programs is using International Education Week to recognize...
University of Iowa alum Sarah Lande, 82, received the 2020 UI International Impact Award Monday for her diplomatic work to strengthen ties between Iowa and China.
Lande was one of three recipients...
For some immigrants and international students in Iowa City, the 2020 election — which many had no say in — meant the difference between another four years of anxiety or security.
University...
American Medical Association Immediate Past President Patrice Harris spoke to University of Iowa students and faculty Monday evening about a weighty topic: racial health disparities in the United States...
International students across the U.S. and at the University of Iowa have an added COVID-19 stressor: figuring out travel plans during the pandemic.
When UI senior Mingzhe Liu went home to China...
Local mental health advocates are praising a recent order to make a national phone number to reach the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.
Earlier in October, President Donald Trump signed the...
University of Iowa professors across different disciplines are speaking out about present and future policies concerning immigration in the U.S., saying the upcoming election will determine the future...
