The UI continues to spend money to maintain its national reputation as an accredited university, despite campuswide budget cuts.
Across campus, some class sizes could expand, programs could be eliminated,...
Iowa City Farmers’ Market Vendor Jerry Dill said he’s “disappointed” city officials are considering moving the market to a new location downtown once a month.
“I hate to hear that. My main concern...
Switching from relaxing in the South Carolina sun to cleaning headstones in a national cemetery, UI senior Amy Rohlfing has made the leap to the alternative side.
“I had fun on [the trip to South Carolina],...
Newspapers are closing, newsrooms are consolidating, and the job market is the worst it has been in years.
UI journalism Professor Judy Polumbaum said for graduating seniors, “the hiring picture does...
The stretch of green grass between the IMU and Iowa Avenue hosts events ranging from Welcome Week to RiverFest and greek activities. It could also be the new site of Hancher Auditorium.
But the park holds...
Iowa City School District officials will most likely focus on mathematics and reading with the more than $1.1 million they’re expected to receive from the federal economic-recovery package, said the...
A toxicologist testified he is sure Curtis Fry was blacked out from drinking too much the night he allegedly killed a 75-year-old man.
Terry Martinez, who also specializes in pharmacology, said after...
The Quad Cities Passenger Rail Coalition has received $475,000 toward a goal of $56 million to install a passenger line linking Iowa City with Chicago.
Paul Rumler, the group’s executive director, made...
Jeff Elton can’t control his stomach.
The 55-year old Des Moines resident has a nasty medical condition — gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis — that precludes the normal digestion of food.
The...
Kneeling down on the hardwood floor of her Coralville home, Linda Bang had her hands full: one hand on Jack’s back and the other on Sam’s.
“Come on, boys,” she said on Tuesday evening to her two...
An intoxication defense in criminal trials isn’t uncommon, but UI professors are uncertain whether it applies for second-degree murder charges.
Generally, voluntary intoxication can be used as a defense...
UI freshman Mary Wine wishes local officials would focus their attention on other issues downtown.
A newly approved measure that increased the fine for under-19 patrons in bars after 10 p.m. doesn’t...
