The Iowa City City Council is advising the city’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to put out another request for proposals for a facilitator to support the work of the commission after rejecting...
Intellectual interest in Korean culture is increasing at the University of Iowa, stemming from Academy Award-winning film “Parasite” and the popularity of K-pop, said Stanley Family and Korea Foundation...
The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, also known as the Meskwaki Nation, penned a letter to 66 Iowa K-12 schools calling for the retirement of Native “themed” mascots in late October.
Iowa...
For over two weeks, students at Howard University, a historically Black university located in Washington D.C., have camped outside the campus’ Blackburn Center to protest reports of rodent infestations,...
University of Iowa Health Care named Denise Martinez its first interim associate vice president for health parity following years of working towards equity in health.
She currently works as the...
Those who were in Iowa City during summer 2020 remember nights of chanting and marching.
Crowds that reached a peak of nearly 2,000 walked through the streets, bearing “Black Lives Matter” and...
After being remote for the last 18 months because of the pandemic, the University of Iowa Afro House reopened its doors to welcome the Black student body in a week of celebration and space to be unapologetically...
Iowa City City Council approved devoting $200,000 to aid the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s charges –– which was created after the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 –– during its...
After a year of waiting, Latino Fest Iowa City took over the Ped Mall for the ninth time.
The festival featured a total of 17 different events scheduled throughout the day, as well as vendors lining...
The University of Iowa announced this morning a new addition to its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: the Englert Theatre's Andre Perry.
Perry, a graduate of the UI's Nonfiction Writing...
Over the spring semester, 22 undergraduate students have been working in seven different groups to create narratives of queer topics specific to Iowa’s history in a class called Queer Movements:...
Outgoing University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld told the state Board of Regents on Thursday he had "always planned" to use any deferred compensation for relocating cultural centers to the heart...
