UI graduate teaching assistant John Rost requested July 9 off for the Martyrdom of the Bab, a Baha’I Holy Day. He had no trouble getting accommodations.
“I just let my TA know that I wasn’t going...
A Cedar Rapids woman was killed recently when a whitetail deer struck a motorcycle she was riding on Interstate 380 near Center Point, Iowa. The driver, Donald Bruce, was taken to UI Hospitals and Clinics...
A recent study shows a computer program that improves cognitive abilities in the elderly helps keep them safer and reduces how much they must pay for medical care.
Fredric Wolinsky, a UI professor of...
On Thursday evening, Hancher supporters, students, and UI faculty met in Macbride Hall to discuss the future of the art and music buildings destroyed in the 2008 flood.
Although the entire Art Campus...
Mike Carberry, the executive director of Iowa Renewable Energy Association, used to be an antique dealer and an occasional environmental volunteer.
But five years ago, he read Al Gore’s Inconvenient...
Iowa schools are being blown away by the demand for wind-energy training. Experts say they see the upward trend in Iowa, ranked second in the nation for wind power production capacity.
At the UI, officials...
Law-school admissions offices are facing a bittersweet paradox.
While the economy may be down, unemployed college graduates’ interest in postgraduate education is taking off.
“Generally, we do well...
UI junior Sean Schwabenlander attended a lecture on Islam when he was a sophomore in high school. A year later, he converted to the religion.
He will hear a similar presentation on July 12, but this time...
UI students are looking for cheaper alternatives for buying books, and the University Bookstore has seen a decrease in sales.
UI graduate student Tim Hau said he likes saving money but prefers to have...
Students in the interdepartmental studies department can major in arts management, Romany studies, and even human rights.
And with the inclusion of three pre-approved interdepartmental-studies tracks,...
