Four candidates running for the Iowa Legislature met Monday and, among other things, agreed that the current Medicaid program in Iowa should be expanded to meet the state’s needs, as reported by...

Have you ever heard the phrase “dress for success”? You may have thought that this was true to some extent. Looking nice attracts new pals and paramours, but who goes shopping for companions...

On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said that in response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, which killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, it should be condemned...

Rollback, time. Yes, all you happy campers, it’s time to gather around and be transported back to the near-to-recent past (and present) when a handful of privileged students were (are) benefiting...

In the United States, if a movie makes people mad enough to riot, we blame the rioters, not the movie. In much of the rest of the world, it’s the other way around. That’s the difference our...

The August jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Sept. 7 has done little to increase Americans’ confidence in the economy. At this point in the presidential campaign, the economy...

The United States has a lot of problems. The American flag being laid on the ground isn’t one of them. Leading up to President Obama’s visit to Iowa City, the University of Iowa posted a picture...

I am a student. I am a refugee. I am a woman. I am an Iowan, and I am an adamant supporter of President Obama. As a Croatian refugee, I grew up seeing the American dream play out in front of me. My parents,...

On Sept. 8, Gov. Terry Brandstad, Lt. Gov. Reynolds, and other officials, including University of Iowa President Sally Mason, marked the kickoff of a new STEM initiative, a program meant to increase classroom...

“Who invented astrology?” wondered a woman at the bar. “Was it Copernicus?” Cue the laugh track. This in a local watering hole whose patrons — most anyway — know that “astrology”...

Unlike the drought-stricken row crops that fell victim to a merciless season of cloudless skies, high temperatures, and scorched earth, a bumper-sized crop of crowds turned out across the state this year...

Last week, the University of Iowa made an excellent new addition to its current majors: environmental planning and policy. Beth Ingram, the assistant provost for undergraduate education, described this...