The Iowa Board of Regents will choose a new board president at the June meeting, after three members took part in their last meeting Thursday. The six-year terms of three regents — Craig Lang, of Brooklyn; David Miles, of Dallas Center; and Jack Evans, of Cedar Rapids — end April 30. Lang, the board president, [...]
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CEDAR FALLS – Issues about how state funding is allocated among Iowa’s three regent universities will be discussed by a new Board of Regents task force that will look at state funding levels and the model of distribution. Board members have for some time wanted to analyze state funding levels and have that discussion, and [...]
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The Iowa Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a disciplinary action taken by the Iowa Board of Medicine against a University of Iowa radiology professor cited for excessive use of alcohol. That ruling, made this week, means the disciplinary action levied against Wendy R. K. Smoker in January 2011 and affirmed by a district [...]
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CEDAR FALLS — Kinnick Stadium will get a new score board and sound system in time for the fall 2013 season. The state Board of Regents Thursday approved the UI proposal with little discussion during a meeting in Cedar Falls. The lease financing for the project will cover $8 million, and the total project [...]
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All University of Iowa employees have now completed a sexual harassment prevention course, UI President Sally Mason told state regents during a meeting Thursday. Mason reported the 100 percent compliance to the regents, saying she was pleased the university reached that level. The regents in February had asked Mason to report back on the issue [...]
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A new state Board of Regents task force will examine the model of state funding to Iowa’s three public universities, Regents President Craig Lang announced Thursday. Lang, whose last meeting as a regent is today, has asked David Miles, another regent whose six-year term on the board ends this month, to head the new task [...]
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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics must find more budget efficiencies and grow patient volumes in response to financial challenges in the health care industry, UI hospital leaders said Wednesday in seeking state regents approval of next year’s budget. It’s not a new message from hospital leaders, but they repeated it Wednesday during a state [...]
continue »After declines last year, the University of Iowa and Iowa State University both saw their most recent average student debt levels increase, according to a new report released Thursday. The University of Northern Iowa saw average student loan debt decrease for the second year in a row, according to the annual student financial aid report [...]
continue »IOWA CITY — Kinnick Stadium will get a new scoreboard and sound system under a University of Iowa proposal that will go to the state Board of Regents next week. UI officials want to purchase a new video display and sound system for Kinnick from Daktronics, Inc., at a cost of up to $4.5 million, [...]
continue »IOWA CITY — Major budget cuts last year at the University of Northern Iowa could have been handled in a better way, leaders of the state Board of Regents said Saturday, but regents now are focused on moving forward, dealing with challenges UNI still faces and building relationships with faculty there. “As I look back [...]
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