Patti Fields was elected president of the Iowa City School Board at Tuesday’s School Board meeting. Mike Cooper — who was recently re-elected to the board — took over the position of vice president.
Fields...
The director of the UI’s Dual Career Network, received an e-mail last March from somewhere unexpected: Tübingen, Germany.
Waiting in Joan Murrin’s inbox was an invitation from the German American...
Red and black ink covers the pages of a 15th-century book. They crackled as Timothy Barrett carefully turned them.
Most people would probably ask the title of the book.
But Barrett wants to know the...
Doctors and nurses from the UI Children’s Hospital went to Jamaica last week — but it was hardly a vacation.
Physicians including Stacy McConkey, a UI clinical associate professor of pediatrics,...
Larry Meyers, the Johnson County supervisor known for his work to preserve the area’s northern quarter, died Tuesday. He was 58.
Meyers learned he had cancer just after serving his first year on the...
Joe Goodner joked he has a favorite type of tear-gas canister — the kind that hurt least when it struck him in the head.
The former UI student spoke to dozens of people at the Iowa City Public Library...
Coralville may now be known for its bustling mall and seemingly endless new commercial developments, but officials are looking to revitalize another, less familiar part of the city — Old Town Coralville.
The...
Dan Chaon stood in a typical Nebraska heat, looking out onto the lake bed. It seemed abandoned or forgotten, dried sand blowing through the patches of scrub. It was the same place Chaon spent his childhood,...
Iowa City’s Southeast Side has recently become a magnet for media attention. Violence, gang activity, and increased crime have sent the area into a tailspin.
One local group is trying to change that,...
Rep. Dave Loebsack empathizes with students who have low bank balances.
As an Iowa State University student, the Democrat paid his way through college, relying heavily on federal financial aid.
So it...
UI officials are not tracking the total number of H1N1 forms students turn in when they miss class because of flu-like symptoms.
Faculty members are not required to report the number of forms they receive...
The UI Children’s Hospital’s “teen lounge” is not exactly teenager-friendly.
The “very, very small” room houses one pool table, an old, scratched big-screen TV, and a single computer, said...
