Some on campus may doubt the power and weight of the UI Student Government on campus and in the community. The No. 1 complaint, said President Mike Currie, is that “we don’t do anything.”
That’s...
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently removed a confidentiality order related to reporting conflicts of interest in its published authors, based on a case involving a UI professor of...
Iowa City received an esteemed title in November 2008: the third U.N. City of Literature.
On July 18, the city hosted its first physical literary event to show for it — beyond producing esteemed writers...
Teressa Shrock and Joseph Polina stopped into Eldorado Mexican Restaurant for a date night Sunday — a monthly destination.
“We like this place,” Polina said.
They experienced a six-month El Dorado...
The word “sad” was drawn in blue marker and written with big bubble letters. It was shaped oblong, resembling the many falling teardrops on a white background.
The artist, a 12-year-old boy, was illustrating...
Next month, UI senior Omer Elgaali will move into a new home — one his peers helped construct.
Students participating in the UI’s Summer Research Opportunities Program/McNair Scholars Program banded...
Long summer days. School still a month away. That means depleted pantries at home, and some families in the county are seeking assistance in filling them.
Today kicks off the Iowa City Crisis Center’s...
RED OAK, Iowa — It took six hours in a 1985 Chevrolet school bus, traveling at four miles per gallon, to get to the start of the 37th RAGBRAI.
I arrived on the afternoon of July 18 with Cedar Falls-based...
On a borrowed black-and-white TV, a young Philip Kaaret watched the first Moon landing with his family during a vacation in Finland.
Now, the UI professor in the physics and astronomy department — along...
UI police charged two with smoking in a prohibited area Tuesday, the first citations given out since the state’s smoking ban went into effect more than a year ago.
Between July 2008 and March, police...
Margaret Kaltefleiter lost her ocean view when she moved to Iowa City for a new job. But after leaving Florida, she soon gained new friendships and insight into her city.
A flier for a women’s group...
Law professors across the country drew their pens (or logged on to their computers) last week in defense of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and some UI faculty members were eager to add their marks.
Twenty-one...
