The local-option sales tax would have garnered millions of dollars more for flood mitigation if it had passed in Coralville, but some of the area’s business owners say they’re glad customers will not...
For Lindsey Quinn-Wriedt, a UI graduate student who recently married her wife, the out-of-state legal issues facing her nascent same-sex marriage are daunting.
“It’s scary — if we were in a car...
UI senior Rachel Bender cannot picture where she will be living 10 years from now — and the uncertainty excites her.
Bender, 22, is an international-studies major with an emphasis in global health and...
As the weather heats up, the grills come out and people are ready to barbecue.
And though the pork industry took a big hit after the term “swine flu” scared some people away from the meat, prices...
DI: The first question on everyone’s mind right now concerns Hancher and the Arts Campus. What is the next step with those buildings? What does the future look like for art students?
Mason: The next...
At a time when the UI is facing budget shortfalls and may be forced to reduce faculty and staff, some university officials say they’re not concerned about the possibility of professors delaying retirement.
A...
An increasing number of international students are seeking out the coveted “gold standard” U.S. degree, UI officials say.
The UI has received double the number of international-student applications...
In the courtroom, few can stop state public defender Tyler Johnston when he starts talking too fast.
One exception is the court reporter who is transcribing his every word for the record.
Now, Johnston...
In Yuma, Ariz., the temperature rarely falls below 40 degrees on a typical day in January.
And for Iowa-raised Nathen Baker — a graduating UI senior who will teach fourth grade in the far-southwest...
The Iowa City School Board on Tuesday evening decided to cut back on teacher-librarians and media secretaries and to increase the student-to-teacher ratio.
The board had decided to postpone a vote on...
Despite having to move into an old hardware store after last summer’s flood, students and faculty in the UI School of Art and Art History are using state-of-the-art technology and said they will continue...
With absentee and provisional votes now accounted for, the results of last week’s local-option sales tax election remain the same; Iowa City will implement the measure, Coralville will not.
In Tuesday’s...
