The state Board of Regents would be authorized to sell $100 million in bonds to rebuild flood-damaged UI buildings under a new Iowa Legislature proposal.
The bill was unveiled and subsequently passed...
When Lindsey Quinn first heard about the possibility of adding same-sex partner Cybil Wriedt to her insurance plan as a spouse rather than a domestic partner, she didn’t think there would be a difference....
Iowa City caught global attention more than five months ago when its writing community became one of just three official Cities of Literature in the world.
Working from the only place in the United States...
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...
To debate, or not to debate, that is the question.
After UI Student Government President Maison Bleam selected Bryce Carlson — who has ties to Your Party — to moderate tonight’s UISG debate, members...
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...
