Why can't my country be like any other country? As I am talking to you, I don't know what is happening there right now or what will be happening tomorrow or in a week's time. Poor people are being killed...

President Obama will address the looming college-affordability crisis that will affect hundreds of thousands of college students in Iowa and beyond. A 2007 plan that steadily lowered the interest rate...

While I had the benefit of growing up in a family in which charitable giving was part of my early life's experience, I still vividly remember a moment — from the spring of my senior year at the University...

So who knew Mitt Romney was an expert on cookies? I'm pretty sure most of us had the idea he was an expert on air-tight dog kennels perched on car roofs and firing people, then bragging about it. But...

Today is Phil's Day at the University of Iowa, a day when we celebrate the generosity that makes the UI such an excellent institution. In many ways, our university's entire mission is about giving —...

Retaining America's status as a world economic power requires us to take back our status as the best-educated country in the world. The only way to do that is to enact education reforms proven to improve...

Private support has made all the difference in my academic experiences. Without the vital funding provided by merit scholarships, I wouldn't have been able to attend the University of Iowa, where I have...

Depending on whose press release you believe, Tennessee's new science law either promotes "academic freedom" or "allows creationism to be taught in public schools." Enacted on April...

Your education from the University of Iowa is the most valuable asset you will ever hold. It will provide you with earning power that will sustain you throughout your lifetime, will open unimaginable doors...

Last summer, my staff and I traveled Iowa, talking to folks of all walks of life about the middle class — everyone from recent college graduates to those looking for work to Iowans seeking to secure...

This is Hawkeye Country, undoubtedly.But it's easy to forget that aside from being a football mecca and an infamous epicenter of Big Ten bar culture, Iowa City is a worldly hotbed of cultural and artistic...