Despite recent violent incidents involving Johnson County and Cedar Rapids plainclothes officers, authorities said that garb generally has a limited effect on how situations play out.
Last month, Johnson...
Resources for refugees beyond basic resettlement have dwindled in recent years, forcing refugees to turn to families or publicly available programs.
Johnson County has no local specific service provider...
The Union Bar was heading down the same path as fellow downtown bars Et Cetera and 3rd Base Sports Bar until a twist of fate last weekend.
The Union, 121 E. College St., would have been the third bar...
Yan Li found himself munching a sandwich among a group of largely undergraduate international students this week. A UI graduate student in actuarial science, he wasn’t technically supposed to be there.
A...
Because its renovation work has been delayed, the Burlington Street pedestrian bridge will not carry people over Riverside Drive during the first two weeks of class.
Instead, city officials have set...
Beyond the hustle and bustle of this week’s UI Greek rush festivities is a lingering concern about sororities and fraternities.
As the recession continues, students are reconsidering their involvement....
Motivated by frustration and memories of discrimination, broken hearts and lost friends, more than 40 citizens — including many Sudanese refugees — gathered at the Iowa City Public Library to remember...
John Deng.
There aren’t many people in Iowa City who were familiar with that name prior to July 24, when Deng — after allegedly stabbing a man — was reportedly shot and killed by Johnson County...
Researchers for Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, Mass., are developing a medication that could cut treatment time for hepatitis C in half. But until Wednesday, they were almost crawling over each other...
Most insurance providers will pay for a broken wrist or a tonsillectomy in Iowa. They’ll also pay for depression medication. But try to persuade them to pay for any mental-health problem not on their...
UI researchers will have more money to work with in the coming year — a lot more.
Officials announced Wednesday morning funding for research from external sources, which is anyone outside the UI, rose...
Despite the appearance of having returned to normal, the futuristic structure that stands on the east bank of the Iowa River known as the Iowa Advanced Technology Labs is still in the process of recovering...
