The University of Iowa public safety personnel is now double the number compared with other state Board of Regents’ universities, and officials said the increasing crime rates, downtown coverage...
Although the Cambus system is mostly confined to campus, shuttling students from class to class, it is not immune to the effects of violence in the Middle East or weather in the Gulf of Mexico.
As gas...
Three billion people worldwide use firewood for cooking.
The women of Karech Village in western India alone harvest 70 pounds of firewood a day to use for that reason.
This constant use of firewood...
VATICAN CITY — From “the end of the earth,” the Catholic Church found a surprising new leader Wednesday, a pioneer pope from Argentina who took the name Francis, a pastor rather than a manager...
The Iowa City Water Division will begin to open and flush water hydrants this month to remove sediment and clean water-distribution pipes.
According to a city press release, hydrants will also be checked...
The state Board of Regents received the retention and graduation rates report on Wednesday.
The regent universities retained 85 percent of the entering class of 2011 classified as non-minority students,...
Officials say Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek was right in giving Taleb Salameh a gun permit, and one gun expert said that a psychologist or psychiatrist would hold more authority than a university’s...
Josh Krakauer helped form Sculpt, a social media agency, when he was a student at the University of Iowa, and the recent opening of the IC CoLab will provide new space for him and other young entrepreneurs...
Alyssa Cunningham and Charley Adkins recalled their prom, dancing in the City High gymnasium as Justin Bieber’s “Baby” echoed in the background.
The University of Iowa Best Buddy members...
Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta said on Tuesday the review of Tyler Barnes’ position will start this week and that the Athletics Department has handled the case “pretty well.”
“We’re...
After a lengthy and at times emotional public hearing on Tuesday, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors decided to take the first step in rezoning a rural area north of Iowa City to allow a housing development.
The...
One expert in race relations says college is the ideal atmosphere for recognizing how and when racial disparities occur.
Tina Harris, a professor at the University of Georgia, was this year’s featured...
