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,...
Terry Endreshak works quickly and efficiently.
Grabbing to-go cups for Starbucks coffee and plastic-wrapping banana bread, the Main Library Food for Thought Café manager keeps the line flowing while...
Officials with the UI Hospitals and Clinics reached an agreement with a local union over mandatory flu shots Tuesday.
Representatives of the Service Employees International Union Local 199 filed an injunction...
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...
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...
The UI’s national search for a chief diversity officer is set to begin in two weeks. The hiring, along with the search for a vice president for Strategic Communications, will complete President Sally...
Terrance Lillis knows about the job market in a struggling economy firsthand.
Having found employment during two different recessions, Lillis visited the UI campus to offer advice to students facing similar...
Thousands of UI students can struggle when trying to pick out a major. That includes senior Abby Milloy, who felt that there might be something missing from the UI’s. So she created her own.
As Milloy...
A North Liberty man arrested last week after allegedly growing marijuana for a national gang said he was a member of Iowa City’s homegrown gang the Broadway Goons, according to North Liberty police.
This...
