State Board of Regents approve construction moratorium to end in June 2022
Kelsey Harrell, Managing Digital Editor
September 23, 2020
The state Board of Regents approved a proposal from the regent’s advisory group for a construction moratorium on new capital projects, effective immediately lasting until June 30, 2022. The advisory group, created by Regent President Mike Richards, is comprised of Regents David Barker, Nan...
Regents send $18 million funding boost request to lawmakers
Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter
September 23, 2020
The state Board of Regents unanimously passed its fiscal year 2022 state appropriations request totaling $642.87 million in operating and other appropriations. According to the board’s request, the two key resource components of the funding request are state appropriations and tuition revenue. The req...
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics seeing sicker patients
Sabine Martin, News Reporter
September 24, 2020
COVID-19 patients from across the state continue to be transferred to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, returning the hospital's transfer numbers to pre-pandemic levels, but those patients are sicker, hospital officials told the regents on Wednesday. Suresh Gunasekaran, the chief executive officer of...
Board of Regents to ask for $30 million in state funding for deferred maintenance, OKs UI request for facility, property updates
Katie Ann McCarver, Copy Editor
September 23, 2020
The state Board of Regents voted in a virtual meeting on Wednesday to move forward with a state-funding request of $30 million for deferred maintenance projects in fiscal 2022, which will pay for the reparation and replacement of existing capital assets at each of its institutions that did not rece...
University of Iowa leaders wary of looming bar closure deadline, not ready for in-person learning
Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter
September 17, 2020
Leaders from the universities governed by the state Board of Regents said they are not ready to return to in-person learning or resume regular activities as the coronavirus remains prevalent in university towns. At an update on campus life and COVID-19 operations delivered to the regents, Univ...
Regents consider approval of deferred maintenance funding request of $30 million for fiscal 2022
Katie Ann McCarver, Copy Editor
September 17, 2020
The state Board of Regents will consider approval of a state-appropriations request totaling $30 million for fiscal 2022, to be allocated toward deferred-maintenance projects at each of its institutions. In a virtual meeting Thursday, Board of Regents Director of Facilities John Nash presented the r...
Iowa’s regents universities introduce changes to Title IX policies
Sabine Martin, News Reporter
September 17, 2020
The University of Iowa reported its new interim policy on sexual harassment and sexual misconduct at the state Board of Regents meeting on Thursday. The new policy maintains the same standard of evidence for sexual misconduct cases, despite changes made by the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos...
UI requests state Board of Regents approve property sale, window replacement project
Kelsey Harrell, Managing Digital Editor
September 17, 2020
The state Board of Regents heard two requests from the University of Iowa, the first for a project that will replace the windows on the English and Philosophy Building and the second for the acceptance and sale of rural property in Louisa County. The UI requested approval for the property sale ...
State Board of Regents advisory group proposes construction moratorium
Kelsey Harrell, Managing Digital Editor
September 15, 2020
An advisory group created by the state Board of Regents is recommending a construction moratorium on new capital projects at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa effective until June 30, 2022. The moratorium will be effective immediately if it is appro...
University of Iowa drops slightly in US News rankings
Rachel Schilke and Rylee Wilson
September 14, 2020
The University of Iowa slid in the touted national US News and World Report rankings for top national universities, but maintained its ranking among public universities from the previous year. Every year, US News releases its rankings of the top national universities and public universities, which...
Majority of assistant Iowa football coaches receive raises despite athletic department pay cuts
Robert Read, Pregame Editor
September 2, 2020
Iowa's assistant football coaches have received their annual pay raises, and despite pay cuts around the athletic department because of financial shortfalls caused by COVID-19, many of them will make more this year than they did a year ago. As first reported by the Des Moines Register, Iowa is paying out $5.27 million in base salaries to its assistant football coaches this fiscal year, an increase of $575,000 compared to last year. That base figure does not account for ...
University of Iowa Faculty Council discusses ‘sick-out’ to be held on Wednesday
Sabine Martin, News Reporter
September 2, 2020
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Iowa, tensions are rising between the University of Iowa administration and faculty members. On Wednesday, Sept. 2, UI faculty and students are planning to “call in sick” due to high rates of COVID-19 in Iowa and on campus. The “UIowa Sickout” socia...