Artfully dodging the sting of the recession, the UI Press is preserving itself with traditional business practices and introducing some new ones, too.
Nationwide book sales for most college presses are...
UI psychology Professor Mark Blumberg is fascinated with freaks.
But these freaks — a man with no legs who learned to walk with his hands, a dog in Oklahoma who learned to walk upright, and Siamese...
Some West Coast farmers and foodies are urging their peers to consider abandoning certain buy-local ideals when it comes to pork. The ideal source of the savory meat, they say: Iowa.
“If you’re looking...
Attorneys and prosecutors in the Curtis Fry case argued over the use of an intoxication defense at Fry’s final pretrial conference on Wednesday, never reaching a conclusion.
Sixth District Judge Mitchell...
Best-selling author Alice Sebold adorned bright red, rectangular glasses as she began her Wednesday presentation at the IMU by reading from her first novel, The Lovely Bones.
She started, “My name was...
Robert Youle rarely sleeps.
He juggles dozens of cases at his law firm in Colorado while volunteering daily for the American Cancer Society — earning him one of three alumni awards presented by the...
Greg Bal, the UI Student Legal Services’ supervising attorney, wants students to know something about local landlords.
“Landlords in Iowa City are trying to get every penny out of you,” he said...
Iowa City councilors will continue to make large cuts to the city’s operating budget in an effort to balance capital projects and counter economic stresses.
Councilors agreed to cut $1 million from...
In six months, UI senior Evan Malcom will put his accounting degree to use as a corporate accountant at Grant Thornton LLP in Kansas City.
He got a head start in his field thanks to the Volunteer Income...
Human rights will be highlighted at the third-annual UI Provost’s Forum for International Affairs, which will take place today and Friday in the University Capitol Centre.
Gay Seidman, a University...
It’s been roughly 150 years since Iowa’s first governor worked at a desk in the Old Capitol.
But Wednesday, Gov. Chet Culver signed a proclamation declaring March as Flood Awareness Month from that...
They met in college. Decades later, they still spend most days just feet apart. Their relationship withstood changed addresses and many state border crossings. Today, the two remain a lasting duo: Linda...
