The UI has mandated all major buildings and renovations to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified, but the ranking system has drawn some opposition elsewhere.
The system rates green-sustainable...
While some literary professors might spend time drudging up primary sources, UI American studies Professor Lauren Rabinovitz whips up snacks to complement her lessons.
“Occasionally, I throw food into...
A UI student faces three charges after allegedly using a stolen credit card and university ID to buy a computer and other items at the Old Capital Town Center, according to UI police.
Liuyizhi Yuan, 18,...
UI officials confirmed an agreement was reached with two unions who asked them to halt a mandatory flu vaccination program.
The UI Hospitals and Clinics will continue with the program and start vaccinating...
More UI students are turning to the Crisis Center this year.
Approximately 320 UI students received groceries from the Johnson County Crisis Center in fiscal 2009, a 33 percent increase over last year....
The UI saw more calls regarding disrespectful behavior on campus last year, and officials cite the tough economy and flooding as contributing factors.
Seventeen percent of the calls to the UI Office of...
When Ugur Akgun told his students to log online and Tweet questions during his lecture last week, he was disappointed to discover Van Allen Hall didn’t have wireless.
Frustrated, the assistant research...
Amid talk of parking lots and walking distance, another factor in the debate over where to build the Hancher/Voxman/Clapp complex lies underground in the tunnels and pipes branching from the UI Power Plant...
After months of waiting, the UI Labor Center and the Center for Human Rights are set to receive a $50,000 grant to combat discrimination against immigrant workers across the state.
Amy Weismann, the deputy...
Some faculty members are worried about the disparity between the increase of tenured positions at the UI compared with nontenured jobs.
The number of tenured and tenure-track faculty at the UI increased...
A recent game of catch in the Mayflower Residence Hall ended in the building’s evacuation as ankle-deep water partially flooded two floors.
Josh Nikolovski, a freshman living on Mayflower’s third...
The director of the UI’s Dual Career Network, received an e-mail last March from somewhere unexpected: Tübingen, Germany.
Waiting in Joan Murrin’s inbox was an invitation from the German American...
