Students could major in two new programs if the state Board of Regents approve the plan at its meeting in Council Bluffs this week.
Regents will vote on whether to accept UI officials’ requests for...
Voluntary manslaughter has been a popular plea or verdict in several recent local trials.
David Christian will plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Sept. 25. He is charged with second-degree murder...
For some UI students, coming to college can be like coming to a foreign country — even though they may only be three hours from home.
But one UI group is working to make some of those students feel...
UI sophomore Hemali Batra checks her e-mail compulsively.
But immediate access to technology was a luxury she missed on her solo trip to Malawi last summer.
When she told her parents she planned to...
As the sun streamed in through the windows of T-Spoons on Market Street, a cheerful UI sophomore, Tiantian Sun, described her efforts to create the first Asian sorority on campus, alpha Kappa Delta Phi.
Sun’s...
Students now have another option of getting to and from downtown on weekend nights, but many have yet to discover the new service.
The East Side Loop Saferide — which runs Friday and Saturday from 11...
Susan Faith loves pigs. In fact, she loves pigs so much she carries around with her a photograph of a child kissing the animal, jokingly telling people this is how “swine flu” started.
“I know this...
A Coralville man was arrested after allegedly hitting a woman seven times with a metal pipe and holding her against her will, according to the Coralville police.
Wallace Galbreath, 52, was charged Sept....
Though the UI’s overall enrollment has dropped for the third-consecutive year, officials say they are willing to sacrifice a larger student population in order to retain high quality education.
Enrollment...
A Hills man was arrested after allegedly repeatedly smashing into a person’s car Wednesday evening, according to Iowa City police.
Robert Connolly, 49, was charged with first-degree criminal mischief,...
Two more Cedar Rapids juveniles were arrested in connection with an Aug. 5 shooting in southeastern Iowa City, according to Iowa City police.
Antonio Johnson, 16, and Antesio Sykes, 17, were charged with...
The UI Student Government legislative meetings will now be available for people to view online via video streaming. The purpose of the legislative video posts are to allow constituents to see what UISG...
