The university will save roughly $200,000 on the re-roofing of Burge Hall this summer, University Housing Director Von Stange said. The savings are a result of local contractors’ lower bids during the...

Most people worry more about the price of gas than the pump it’s coming out of. But if it’s a pump in Johnson County: Consumers beware. The Iowa Weights and Measures Bureau does not complete its...

One Iowa City woman has pulled her children from school and said she is leaving the city following a series of riots outside her home. Iowa City police responded to a fight Wednesday at City High, 1900...

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...

Solving crimes isn’t just the job of police or investigators — nurses play a major role in the justice system, too. The field of nursing forensics has people in the medical field collecting evidence...

Even as UI Student Government members try to move ahead with their plans to curb students’ binge drinking, background checks show nine of those representatives have received drinking-related tickets. The...

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...