When high-school senior Hana Ibrik decided she wanted to learn Arabic, she was forced to look beyond the walls of City High.
The 17-year-old chose to study Arabic at the UI as a postsecondary option to...
The world of Facebook has transformed from a simple tool to share comments and pictures to a complex and diverse realm with uses for every niche.
Thomas Oetting, a UI clinical professor of ophthalmology,...
Since she was a child, UI sophomore Kristin Langhammer hasn’t been able to drink milk.
So when she began looking at colleges, the UI Food Service made her choice easier — it was willing to find her...
As the campaign advances and election day nears, UI Student Government candidates seem to be getting more competitive.
That was the mood at their second debate, held Monday night and sponsored by the...
Student representatives from the state universities gathered Monday to urge lawmakers to fully fund the state Board of Regents’ budget requests amid statewide cuts.
Approximately 12 percent of funding...
Working more than 90 hours per week without pay probably doesn’t sound enticing to most college graduates.
But for UI senior Jared Garfield, this scenario will be reality when he joins his business...
Deferring the purchase of an $80,000 sculpture on Monday, Iowa City city councilors said it could be up to two years before they think about installing it at Water Works Prairie Park.
The council unanimously...
UI students hoping to go into the library field are seeing fewer job openings because of the economic crisis keeping retirement-age librarians from leaving their positions, said Jim Elmborg, the director...
Iowa City’s greenhouse-gas emission rate is similar to the nation’s average of 19.6 metric tons per capita. But that’s nearly 20 times more than the sustainable level.
The city’s average is based...
The group that brought such big names as Karl Rove and Alice Sebold to campus may not be prepared for next year’s lecture lineup. And the University Lecture Committee members can’t seem to agree why.
They...
UI researchers studying male infertility genes have sparked the idea of males taking contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
UI sophomore Kevin Nash said that if the research develops into the...
When last week’s gay-marriage ruling was handed down last week, opponents in the Iowa Legislature were predictably outraged.
Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley, R-Chariton, and House Minority Leader...
