Patti Fields was elected president of the Iowa City School Board at Tuesday’s School Board meeting. Mike Cooper — who was recently re-elected to the board — took over the position of vice president.
Fields...
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...
Red and black ink covers the pages of a 15th-century book. They crackled as Timothy Barrett carefully turned them.
Most people would probably ask the title of the book.
But Barrett wants to know the...
Doctors and nurses from the UI Children’s Hospital went to Jamaica last week — but it was hardly a vacation.
Physicians including Stacy McConkey, a UI clinical associate professor of pediatrics,...
Larry Meyers, the Johnson County supervisor known for his work to preserve the area’s northern quarter, died Tuesday. He was 58.
Meyers learned he had cancer just after serving his first year on the...
Iowa City’s Southeast Side has recently become a magnet for media attention. Violence, gang activity, and increased crime have sent the area into a tailspin.
One local group is trying to change that,...
Rep. Dave Loebsack empathizes with students who have low bank balances.
As an Iowa State University student, the Democrat paid his way through college, relying heavily on federal financial aid.
So it...
UI officials are not tracking the total number of H1N1 forms students turn in when they miss class because of flu-like symptoms.
Faculty members are not required to report the number of forms they receive...
The UI Children’s Hospital’s “teen lounge” is not exactly teenager-friendly.
The “very, very small” room houses one pool table, an old, scratched big-screen TV, and a single computer, said...
The UI’s national search for a chief diversity officer is set to begin in two weeks. The hiring, along with the search for a vice president for Strategic Communications, will complete President Sally...
Terrance Lillis knows about the job market in a struggling economy firsthand.
Having found employment during two different recessions, Lillis visited the UI campus to offer advice to students facing similar...
Thousands of UI students can struggle when trying to pick out a major. That includes senior Abby Milloy, who felt that there might be something missing from the UI’s. So she created her own.
As Milloy...
