Iowa City School Board officials held a public forum Thursday night to gather feedback on redistricting scenarios being considered by the boundary-change committee.
District administrations and consultants...
AMES — The state Board of Regents took with one hand and gave back with the other on Thursday, hiking 2010-11 tuition 6 percent, then deciding to return the $100 per student spring surcharge.
The one-time...
Today’s state Board of Regents meeting may come with a surprise — the rescinding of the $100 tuition surcharge for the spring semester.
Earlier this week, President Sally Mason told The Daily Iowan...
While Iowa City’s Southeast Side often sparks heated debate, some residents suggested Wednesday that the neighborhood’s residents rarely get the opportunity to voice their opinions.
Iowa City residents...
Though donations to the UI dropped slightly in fiscal 2009, UI officials said loyal donors helped prevent donations from declining as much as other they did at other universities nationwide.
“They stuck...
The UI Children’s Hospital is rarely somber.
Instead, children play loudly in the bursting playrooms, all smiles and giggles. They seem almost excited to be there.
Raymond Tannous is no doubt part...
Comfort capes — cloth capes for cancer patients to play in, sibling grief kits, and music therapy are just three projects on the list of 17 funded by Dance Marathon for 2009. These items emotionally...
Where there’s smoke, there’s… science?
That sounds unlikely, but for biology Professor Joseph Frankel, it was a pack of cigarettes that sparked a deep-seated passion he continues today.
In 1947...
For most college students, it’s hard enough to keep $400 in the bank account.
But each year, UI Dance Marathon dancers raise at least that much to participate in the event by e-mailing, canning, and...
Eden Levetzow’s favorite hiding place is behind a dark brown leather armchair in the corner of the living room. But if her parents call for her, she can’t resist giggling and replying, “I’m here.”
The...
Courtney Bond said she looked everywhere for an outlet to support Dance Marathon after she graduated from the UI.
But the English and journalism major was at a loss on how to stay engaged with the friends...
Richard Young and Payden Lindquist have nothing in common.
Young wears glasses, and Payden has no trouble seeing the TV screen in front of him. One is easygoing, the other demanding. Young isn’t up...
