As an 10-year-old, Brian Quijada had a nightly family ritual: dinner and a telenovela.
The program of choice was “La Mentira” — “The Lie” — a Mexican soap opera about a man trying to uncover...
One local business will no longer deliver pizzas to the city’s Southeast Side after two of its employees were recently robbed at gunpoint.
The decision came after a third armed robbery on Monday night,...
Hoping to enforce underage drinking laws, Iowa City City Councilors sought a clear way to hold bars accountable.
That’s why they approved an ordinance that hinges bars’ liquor-license renewal on their...
The UI will soon have a new trash-management system in its academic buildings: Faculty members will have to centralize their garbage disposing, and custodial staff will empty central bins once a month....
UI lecturer Irina Kostina paces back and forth, firing off sentences for students to conjugate, encouraging them as they struggle with a language they began learning just a week ago.
Last semester, she...
Six candidates for the Sept. 8 School Board election presented potential solutions to various issues of concern in the district, including the district’s strained budget and the closing of Roosevelt...
The life of a graduate student and a musician do not often intersect. One requires hours holed up in the library, the other involves playing shows. One involves teaching classes, the other entertaining...
Coralville garnered $27 million this week to renovate First Avenue, support flood-prevention efforts, and help decrease traffic congestion.
The funds are part of the state’s $800 million I-JOBS program,...
Flu shots are no longer optional for anyone associated with UI Health Care: It is a condition of employment.
“People who do not comply will not be eligible to continue their positions at UI Health Care,”...
It works like a debit card. Your parents may foot the bill. And it can get you home on a tipsy Saturday night.
University Cab Cash, an online business based in Florida, is designed to help students pay...
The way students at the UI and across the country buy textbooks is undergoing a digital transition.
At Iowa Book, 8 S. Clinton St., e-textbook sales have doubled last year’s numbers. While the University...
Scientists at the UI say kids may need two doses of H1N1 vaccine to stay healthy.
With the start of clinical trials in children on Monday, they began to study whether this is true.
The UI Hospitals and...
