Iowa regents hire a Des Moines-based government & public affairs firm w/ ties to Republican heavy-hitters like Gov. Terry Branstad & a history representing Saudi Arabia to lobby on behalf of the University of Iowa this upcoming session. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

UIowa Religious Studies chair said Jay Holstein often got emails from students thanking him - some 10 yrs later. "It was after I had seen maybe 20 of these in one semester that I realized, whatever it is, there’s something really important going on here." www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

The Ukrainian women have looked to the partnerships & friendships they’ve built around the world, including with “Wrestletown USA,” aka Iowa City. “This is like a breeze in a place where there is no oxygen,” Vorontsov said about the chance to train in Iowa. www.thegazette.com/news/team-uk...

Following outcry from hundreds of nurses and staff demanding more privacy in their patient interactions, University of Iowa Health Care has updated its photo ID badge policy letting employees share only their first name and last initial. www.thegazette.com/health-care-...

By allowing University Heights to build trails across 24 acres of UI-owned property, the Board of Regents will enable a full 36-acre trail project to proceed — charting routes across the forested area characterized by steep ravines & deciduous trees. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

New Iowa State President David Cook won't be required to live in the campus' 124-yr-old presidential home flagged as having “health & safety concerns, poor energy efficiency, functional restrictions, & non-accessible conditions in some public spaces.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Given incoming Iowa State University President David Cook won’t begin his tenure until March 1, 2026, the Board of Regents this week plans to name recently retired College of Business Dean David Spalding to serve as interim president for three months. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

The first of two finalists to succeed Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen is Benjamin Houlton, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

The UIowa Sailing Club after 60 yrs must exit the Macbride Nature Rec Area by June 30, '26 - 3 yrs before the UI lease expires in '29. “We thought we would have a little more time." www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

1 of the 4 finalists a search committee selected to become its next Iowa State University president has decided not to continue with the public portion of the interview process — leaving just 3 in the running & on track to visit campus next week. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

"Connecting on professional & personal levels w/ so many distinguished writers from around the world has really been one of the great joys of my life.” But Merrill, 68, is ready to hand the reins to someone younger & more energetic. “I'm a bit tired." www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

A U.S. attorney is asking a federal court to pause proceedings in a lawsuit 4 University of Iowa international students filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — in part — because of the government shutdown and frozen funds. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

UIowa is 'evaluating our badge naming practices based on employee feedback & evolving industry standards' after 500+ nurses & staff covered their names w/ stickers in protest. 'We've heard concerns from folks for a long time about privacy and safety.' www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

None of the 9 campuses the Trump administration has asked to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” have done so, but conservative lawmakers in Iowa are urging the Board of Regents to be the 1st. “Iowa has a chance to be a leader.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

IA regent David Barker has been confirmed as asst. secretary for postsecondary ed — though Barker said he can’t be sworn in until the “Schumer shutdown” ends. In the meantime, he’ll keep serving as a regent. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

'Without public input or a clear plan, state officials have begun dismantling the Iowa City archive, laying off staff, and removing collections — many of which were donated under the condition that they remain accessible in Iowa City.' www.thegazette.com/crime-courts...

Iowa State fires employee who wrote on social media that Charlie Kirk 'got what was coming' -- following widespread condemnation of the post, including from high-profile conservatives. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

The contract Iowa regents signed w/ a conservative law firm to investigate the universities DEI practices includes a $700K commitment over 3 phases for an anticipated 1,120 billable hours, or $625 per hour. www.thegazette.com/article/cons...

The University of Iowa for the first time since being included in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual best college rankings in 2004 has fallen out of the top 100 universities nationally, dropping four spots from No. 98 last year to No. 102. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Re: new University of Iowa Center of Intellectual Freedom Council, regent said, “We have 2 women out of 26 ... We get 2 women? It doesn't even make sense why we would only have 2 women.” And, “Did you say there are 3 Democrats?” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

“Each instance of social media posts w/ cheers, taunting & vile glee is more disturbing than the last,” IA Republican lawmakers wrote in demanding termination. “Such behavior is sickening.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

In an about-face from plans to close its University of Northern Iowa-based ROTC unit, the Army will allow it to stay open as an extension unit of the University of Iowa’s ROTC program. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

“The project to fix this road as it needs to be is on hold,” UIowa VP wrote of the Macbride Nature Recreation Area - before a review on whether to exit the lease. “But if we can patch until we are no longer managing MNRA, we should keep it operational.”https:// www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Iowa regent on new academic freedom policy: “I’m not afraid of whacko wokeness if my conservative views are presented as well. I’m confident our values can prevail if presented fairly.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

A Dance Marathon volunteer who spent years raising money “for the kids” has won the right for philanthropic organizations nationally — including UIowa’s Dance Marathon — to use that phrase again after filing a petition to cancel Penn State’s FTK trademark. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Regent David Barker called the assertion a UIowa inpatient tower on the main campus would save 26K (life years) "embarrassingly inaccurate. Frankly, this estimate has caused me to question the overall quality of the analysis that led to the tower proposal.” www.thegazette.com/article/rege...

UIowa has placed on leave an assistant director who in an undercover video aired on Fox News described ways her campus is defying & skirting a new state law banning DEI. Drea Tinoco was put on leave Tuesday evening after the Fox clip aired, officials said. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Being told, "We have to redo our websites for the regents to take off DEI - anything like that',” a UI employee in a video apparently taken w/o her knowledge said, “We're essentially finding ways to operate around it.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

A state audit the University of Iowa requested based on suspicions against one of its business-owning doctors in the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology has turned up more than $300,000 in improper or unsupported spending. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Iowa State University on Tuesday officially launched its search for a new president with a refined position overview and list of expectations, attributes, and qualities infused with the stark reality that higher education is at a crossroads. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Of nearly 100 emails that in the span of a week flooded Iowa's Board of Regents following the release of its proposal to ban required courses involving “substantial” DEI or CRT content, just one supported the proposal. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

ISU Athletics — facing a $147M budget deficit through 2031, or just under $25M annually over the next 6 yrs — is rolling out painful concessions, including indefinitely postponing a $25M Hilton Coliseum renovation. www.thegazette.com/sports/facin...

Looking to “unify, amplify, and expand” its internationally-acclaimed writing programs, the University of Iowa on Thursday unveiled plans for a new Office of Writing and Communication. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

“Mollie will remember the day, I was incredibly blunt and direct with her and dad. I told them the survival chance was zero. Because no one had ever survived at 21 (weeks) and zero (days). So by the laws of life, there had not been a survivor." www.thegazette.com/health-care-...

After 2 decades shepherding billions to the University of Iowa, UI Center for Advancement CEO Lynette Marshall will retire in '26. A national search will launch in the coming months as Marshall prepares to lead the organization into a period of transition. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Having heard from dozens of faculty, staff & students — not only in Iowa but nationwide — IA regents are further postponing a vote on their proposed policy to ban DEI & “critical race theory” requirements for majors, minors, and certificates. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

"What you’re seeing is positive trends thanks to strong oversight of our higher ed system,“ Republican Rep. Collins said. "Voters demanded to see the focus of higher ed clawed back from the lunacy it had become & Iowa Republicans are doing exactly that." www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Per the records-production order, MercyOne provided just a single email. When asked about the lack of documents, MercyOne CEO Robert Ritz said all his org's Mercy Iowa City-related emails had been “deleted, lost, or destroyed in 2023.” www.thegazette.com/crime-courts...

After 11 yrs leading UIowa Health Care’s orthopedics department from the main Iowa City campus basement, Larry Marsh is stepping down as chair — just months after moving the department into a new 469K-square-foot orthopedics hospital in North Liberty. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

UNI's new Panther District “is envisioned to create an active campus and community destination" with restaurants, retail, housing, and a plaza for events. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

By adding 3 new da Vinci 5 surgery robots — making UIHC 1st in Iowa to have the “most advanced & integrated robotic surgery system ever” — UI could double its robotics surgeries. “This is the future of surgical treatment for the majority of patients." www.thegazette.com/health-care-...

On the heels of a White House memo threatening the hundreds of millions in Medicaid-related directed payment revenue U of Iowa Health Care has been getting for 3 years, administrators Wednesday said they could rethink plans for a new $1.5B inpatient tower. www.thegazette.com/health-care-...

UIHC to pay $3.5M in settlements per a deal inked in '23 to have UIHC cover up to $6M/claim & $15M/yr. This yr, UIHC has paid $7.3M in settlements, none above $6M, meaning Iowa hasn't paid any UIHC settlements this year. Iowa paid $9.7M in UIHC claims in '23. www.thegazette.com/health-care-...

Accusing regents of violating their own “Freedom of Expression” policy, the University of Northern Iowa’s United Faculty union this week slammed a proposed policy change that would bar DEI & CRT course requirements across Iowa’s public university system. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

“At 11 a.m., June 3, St. Ambrose University formally became the parent company of Mount Mercy University,” St. Ambrose Pres Amy Novak said in a message to faculty and staff. “Effective today, all assets of Mount Mercy have been formally transferred.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Per the proposed Iowa regents policy, “A student shall not be required to take a course that has substantial content that conveys DEI or CRT to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor or certificate unless the board has approved it as an exception.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

For the 1st time since airing plans to build a new 842K-sq-ft inpatient tower, UIowa has brought the project before regents in seeking OK to spend $73M on “early work.” UIHC already has spent $137M on aspects of the project not needing board approval. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Institutional capacity, faculty, funding, tuition & accreditation mandates were among the hurdles highlighted in a “Community Colleges for Iowa Bachelor’s Degrees Interim Study Report” submitted to lawmakers in response to Rep. Taylor Collins’ request. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Where the NIH in FY24 issued 469 awards to 13 entities in Iowa worth $218M, in FY25 it has issued awards to just UI & ISU worth a combined $82M. That total includes 161 awards worth $77M to UI, compared to UI’s 402 NIH awards in FY24 worth $191M. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

As inaugural chief physician executive for UI Health Care, Bevan Yueh, starting July 31, will work to integrate clinical care across the UIHC system, including its inpatient hospitals, physician groups, and other “current and future sites of care.” www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...