Faculty Senate members debated the pros and cons of handing over management of its utility system to a private contractor on Tuesday, contemplating the potential benefits to the institution in the agreement’s...
Private booksellers and lawmakers are pushing legislation that would eliminate sales tax from all required instructional materials at Iowa’s postsecondary institutions.
At the University of Iowa, administrators...
First Amendment rights are up for debate in the Iowa Statehouse amid a controversial court case around religious liberty.
Senate Study Bill 1099, a bill addressing First Amendment rights and regulations...
The University of Iowa is considering a public-private partnership with its utility system per Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request that the state’s three public universities explore such partnerships —...
Students, staff, and faculty gathered on the afternoon of Feb. 7 in the IMU to hear from Montserrat Fuentes, the final University of Iowa executive vice president and provost candidate.
Fuentes, the...
Two finalists have been selected for the position of University of Iowa vice president for Research. The candidates will be revealed the day before holding public forums on campus in the next two weeks,...
The University of Iowa’s Campaign to Organize Graduate Students membership voted Tuesday night in favor of the state Board of Regents’ negotiated contract, which includes an annual 2.1 percent pay...
The Iowa City City Council passed a resolution of support for the University of Iowa Labor Center at its formal meeting on Tuesday.
The state Board of Regents voted to close the Labor Center, as well...
An external review of University of Iowa Athletics’ employment practices — ordered after the UI paid $6.5 million to settle discrimination lawsuits — reports finding no “inequitable treatment of...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• January 29, 2019
Presidents of the state Board of Regents universities — Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa — met with Iowa lawmakers at the state capitol in Des Moines...
In the second of four forums, UI provost and executive vice president candidate finalist Margaret Raymond spoke to dozens of students, faculty, and staff members gathered in the Iowa Memorial Union Monday...
Iowa legislators have filed a bill that, should it pass, will require public-school students statewide to learn how to responsibly manage their money.
In the past, legislators have attempted to implement...
