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...
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....
Schools nationwide — including Iowa State University — are ending their on-campus housing’s landline service this fall, but the UI has yet to join the trend.
ISU is in the process of deactivating...
Blood samples from 483 Mongolian animal workers arrived on the UI campus this month, destined for epidemiology research labs.
A rising number zoonotic infections — viruses transmitted between animals...
On Thursday, UI senior Jeff Shipley will have one final task before joining his fellow Hawkeyes downtown to forget their first week of classes.
He has to turn in a list of peoples’ signatures in support...
For UI students, “swine flu” are two words heard as commonly as “plagiarism” and “finals” this first week of class.
That’s because they’re required to be in every class syllabus.
“If...
