Keeping a liquor license hasn’t been an easy task for some Iowa City bar owners these days. In five months, Iowa City officials have recommended denying them to five establishments.
But two of those...
Universities have a vital role in encouraging an active debate of how political issues affect society, former Iowa Congressman James Leach told a crowd on the UI campus Tuesday night.
“The UI has a...
A UI task force on Monday noted eight areas of research focus it said should act as a guide when contemplating funding in the future.
The 50-page report from the UI Task Force on Research and Creative...
UI and state officials are trying to help a unique group of students who, they say, are often overlooked.
On Monday, Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, and several university officials gathered at the Blank...
People walking through Iowa City’s Pedestrian Mall will soon be videotaped 24 hours a day.
But experts and local business owners disagree on whether the cameras will have any effect on crime.
The Iowa...
UI postdoctoral research scholar Erik Rader said he and his colleagues have lacked an identity on campus.
But with the establishment of the UI Office of Postdoctoral Scholars, he said, they won’t have...
Michael Sokoloff thinks violence is the answer when it comes to the stage.
Although now a semi-retired freelance writer, director, and fight choreographer, Sokoloff formerly worked in myriad performance...
Police have arrested a Cedar Rapids man, alleging that he stole and destroyed a laptop computer last year.
Wesly Sillman, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged Nov. 22, 2009, with second-degree theft after he...
The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature has appointed its first executive director. Jeanette Pilak will be paid an annual salary of $80,000, group secretary Joshua Schamberger said.
Pilak is tasked with...
Law-enforcement authorities have charged an Ames man with speeding, driving with a suspended license, and concealing a controlled substance in the Johnson County Jail.
Lamont Williams, 28, was charged...
The majority of the UI’s graduate programs scored well, a UI task force said — but those that didn’t must quickly improve or risk restructuring, consolidation, or elimination.
The UI Task Force...
Increasing retention is key for student success, and the university should implement programs to attract and keep more students, a university task force said on Monday.
And more students means more tuition...
