The Taste of Iowa City brought varying tastes, walks of life, and weather patterns to downtown Wednesday. But the mid-afternoon downpour didn’t deter event organizer and Bo-James owner Leah Cohen from...
When a Cambus with a sign “Music/Theater” clanked to a halt in front of Schaeffer Hall this week, there were no passengers inside.
The lack of music students laden with instruments marks progress...
Four homes of the UI cultural centers sit tucked in a tree-lined side street away from the rush of Grand Avenue traffic. Screen doors snap shut as students wander in and out of the houses that are meant...
The attorney for a Coralville woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son in 2008 asked a Buchanan County judge on Wednesday to take uncommon measures to determine whether a jury can be impartial.
Andrea...
Maryam Deravi told an audience of roughly 40 she worried for her family in Iran because of the controversial presidential elections.
“It’s stressful,” she said. “I want everyone to know what’s...
Students have long pursued minors during their college careers, but now, many are tacking one of the UI’s 18 certificate programs onto their résumés.
The university has added several certificates...
Onstage, Forrest Heusinkveld raps like a professional MC while keeping the beat for Iowa City band the Uniphonics. In his spare time, the UI percussion- and jazz-studies major devotes his attention to...
PostSecret doesn’t advertise. Aside from appearing in an All-American Rejects video, Dirty Little Secret in 2005, the project doesn’t get much play in mainstream media.
Still, nearly a quarter billion...
The UI has received more than 200 applications for its vacant vice president for strategic communications position, one of four administrative spots officials are still trying to fill.
The position, created...
Iowa City and UI officials are making recycling easier for those living in residential neighborhoods and residence halls, but tenants in larger apartment buildings still have no city-sponsored options.
“There...
Iowa City School District officials seemed closer to hiring a consultant who would help address burgeoning enrollment in some district schools.
Robert Schwartz and Mark Porter with RSP & Associates,...
Iowa City city councilors will soon consider two ordinances that would impose a citywide curfew and criminalize certain bad behavior in juveniles.
The proposals, which the council will discuss on Sept....
