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UI moves ahead with searches to fill three administrative positions

September 28, 2017

A change in University of Iowa administrative leadership is underway as the UI announced updates in the search to fill three administrative positions Thursday morning. Candidates for Robillard’s replacement...

The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Trial date set for another UI presidential search case

Marissa Payne, [email protected] September 26, 2017

A previously dismissed case against the University of Iowa Presidential Search Committee involved with the hiring of Bruce Harreld as the UI’s 21st president is now set for trial, court records show. UI...

UI Dean of the Carver College of Medicine and VP of Medical Affairs Jean Robillard speaks at a reception honoring his stepping down from leadership positions with UI Health Care at Hancher Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Robillard will remain on the faculty of the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics as a pediatric nephrologist. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI celebrates Robillard in UI Health Care

September 26, 2017

By Emily Wangen [email protected] University of Iowa Vice President Jean Robillard was honored for his work during a farewell reception Tuesday evening at Hancher Auditorium. The UI announced...

Former state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter announces the appointment of Bruce Harreld as the new UI president during a meeting in the IMU on Sept. 3, 2015. Harreld is the 21st president of the UI.

Regents recount secret meetings held prior to hiring Harreld as UI president

Marissa Payne, [email protected] September 26, 2017

Two current and three former members of the state Board of Regents testified that their private meetings with Bruce Harreld prior to selecting him as the 21st president of the University of Iowa were...

UI President Bruce Harreld speaks during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in 101 Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Regents approve appropriations request for fiscal 2019

September 26, 2017

On Monday, the state Board of Regents unanimously approved appropriation requests for fiscal 2019 totaling $622.35 million.        Actions by designated regent staff to seek collaboration and...

UI President Bruce Harreld speaks during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU Main Lounge on Sept. 7, 2017. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Harreld tells regents efficiencies must be part of funding equation

September 26, 2017

On Monday, University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld delivered a report to the state Board of Regents about efficiencies and reallocations, TIER@Iowa, and the UI Strategic Plan. “Efficiency and productivity...

Reed, UI vice president for Research and Economic Development, plans to step down

Reed, UI vice president for Research and Economic Development, plans to step down

September 21, 2017

Dan Reed, the University of Iowa vice president for Research and Economic Development, will step down from the position this fall, the UI announced Thursday. Reed will leave because of a recent health...

University President Bruce Harreld adresses members of the UISG and GPSG on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Harreld spoke about the need for cooperation between student leaders and administrators as well as the challenges faced by the university following budget cuts by the state legislature. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Harreld addresses students’ role in shared governance

Marissa Payne and Elianna Novitch September 19, 2017

Campus shared-governance leaders agree the institution is better off when there is more collaboration. At a joint student-government meeting Tuesday night in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber, University...

Regent President Michael Richards listens to a presentation during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU Main Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.

Regents to request $12 million to fund financial aid for Iowa resident undergrads

Marissa Payne, [email protected] September 19, 2017

“Everything is on the table,” Regent Larry McKibben said throughout the summer as Iowa’s public universities governed by the state Board of Regents convened for Tuition Task Force meetings across...

FILE - The Iowa City Kirkwood Community College campus is seen on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Kirkwood Community College planning renovations with bond money

Andy Mitchell, [email protected] September 19, 2017

On Sept. 12, voters approved a $60 million bond referendum to assist Kirkwood Community College and other Kirkwood campuses around eastern Iowa. The referendum adds five more years to its current...

Seashore Hall is pictured on a rainy day on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The Iowa Board of Regents approved plans to build a $33.5 million facility at the corner of Gilbert St. and Iowa Ave., but the higher than average construction costs are continuously delaying efforts.

Construction of new UI psychology facility partially delayed

September 19, 2017

By Paige Schlichte [email protected] For the first time in almost 90 years, the University of Iowa Psychological and Brain Sciences Department will receive a new home as the university eyes...

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld speaks during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in Kollros Auditorium in Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Financial aid’s role in offsetting rising tuition concerns some UI students

Emily Wangen, [email protected] September 17, 2017

As enrollment has generally spiked and tuition revenue has risen at the University of Iowa, for some — particularly nonresidents — concerns remain that financial aid may not be enough to cover the...