University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld was searching for a guiding star in March to lead the institution through the COVID-19 pandemic amid a horizon filled with uncertainty.
As the number of...
Honeybee Hair Parlor owner JoAnn Larpenter-Sinclair said her stylists have been lucky to receive unemployment benefits, but she’s worried about potentially jeopardizing that with the $27,500 Small...
When Willard “Sandy” Boyd became University of Iowa president in 1969, he never expected to receive the news a year later that students just a few states over had been killed on a college campus.
A...
Former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Judy Hoke McCarver stood on the main floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, waiting for the elevator. It was about 8:30...
On Tuesday, three days after the statewide implementation of a shelter-in-place directive, residents of and visitors to the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago walked their dogs, carried overflowing...
When he first joined Iowa’s medical marijuana program, 61-year-old Navy veteran John Fenner tried to treat the nerve damage in his left leg with the most potent THC product he could obtain. But the...
On the Iowa sideline, head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery yells and gestures, his fiery passion on display for all to see. In contrast to McCaffery’s spark, assistant coach Billy Taylor is...
Sarah Fisher Gardial promptly walked into High Ground Cafe at 7:30 a.m. The sun was slowly rising across the lacquered veneer tables that accent the coffee shop; one of Gardial’s go-to spots for...
One University of Iowa student would've been among the 400 arrested at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on Jan. 1 had they chosen to stay at a pro-democracy protest just 15 minutes longer.
“I feel relieved,...
A triple-major with hope for effective policy. A woman from a Republican family stepping foot on a liberal campus. A student with conservative viewpoints trying to create relationships with those who hold...
The crowds of Iowans who attend political rallies are familiar with long waits, shifting from foot to tired foot and bouncing slightly to the background music while wishing they brought a snack.
These...
