In addition to the sexual-harassment education mandated by the UI for faculty and staff, an online program addressing sexual misbehavior for freshmen will soon be introduced.
“The goal is that all the...
What do a guitar, a computer punchcard, and an open book have in common?
For the careful observer, they can all be uncovered in the walls of UI buildings.
The most notable of this trio is the contemporary...
Though a rookie among disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and theology, the UI’s communication sciences and disorders department reigns as the grandfather among programs of its kind.
“Speech pathology...
The future of Iowa’s funding from the federal stimulus package became a little clearer for Johnson County voters on Feb. 28.
In the second of four legislative forums sponsored by the League of Women...
Iowa’s court employees will take seven additional days of unpaid leave, the Iowa Supreme Court recently ordered.
Also known as furloughs, each temporary layoff day will save the Iowa judicial branch...
Out of the $53 billion set aside in the federal stimulus package for education, work-study programs will receive a hefty $200 million — an allocation many expect to pave the way for more UI students...
Iowa City drinkers may be upgrading rather than cutting down on beer consumption during an economic recession.
National alcohol sales dropped an unprecedented 9.3 percent during the last quarter of 2008,...
While weighing possible alternatives to combat rigid statewide budget cuts, furloughs at the UI may be a option — but not without plenty of complicated logistics.
Preparing for Gov. Chet Culver’s...
Since he let go of his Elvis Presley obsession and guitar hobby, Luther Bangert has become a major juggling enthusiast — juggling everything from flaming torches to bowling balls.
Bangert, who picked...
Prosecutors requested on Thursday that a judge order the attorneys for Curtis Fry to not use intoxication as Fry’s defense in the killing of a 75-year-old Iowa City man.
Police arrested 22-year-old...
Roller coasters aren’t part of the Iowa City skyline.
But with just office chairs and construction paper, students from Iowa high schools, including West High and City High, turned an IMU ballroom into...
The friendly, relaxed demeanor of James Matory immediately engaged the audience at his guest lecture Thursday — he held a beer bong and asked, “Does anyone know what this is?”
The Harvard professor...
