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 [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]

Upper Iowa University will bring three presidential finalists to campus from April 29 to May 7, officials said Monday. The visits will include a series of public forums to allow community members to meet the candidates and hear presentations. Names of the candidates will be announced soon, according to Bill Cook, chairman of the presidential [...]

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics leaders want state regents to approve a 6 percent increase to the hospital rate for the 2014 fiscal year. The state Board of Regents meets Wednesday and Thursday in Cedar Falls. The meeting information was released Thursday. The new UIHC rate would be effective July 1. Determining the proposed [...]

A former president at the University of Iowa who has led the University of Michigan for the past 11 years will retire next year, it was announced Thursday. Mary Sue Coleman was UI president from 1995 to 2002. She left the UI in the summer of 2002 to take the Michigan presidency. Coleman made her [...]

The state Board of Regents must hold public comment time at meetings and develop a clear process for complaints about ethics violations by board members if the regents want to build public trust, numerous speakers at a transparency forum said Wednesday. Those were two of the frequently mentioned suggestions from speakers at the forum, which [...]

The transparency task force of the state Board of Regents will hold several public hearings around the state in the coming weeks, including in the Des Moines area, Muscatine, Council Bluffs and Dubuque. The first of those public hearings has been scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 17 in room 226 at Johnston High [...]

DES MOINES – Conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats said Thursday his Family Leader ally Robert Cramer was the victim of an unconstitutional religious “litmus test” in calling for Gov. Terry Branstad and Senate Democrats to “re-vote” on his confirmation to the state Board of Regents. While noting that such a confirmation reconsideration would be “atypical [...]

Despite a confirmation process that became partisan, the state Board of Regents will continue to try and make the best decisions for Iowa’s three public universities and work to keep political fallout from impacting the board, one regent leader said Tuesday. Gov. Terry Branstad, meanwhile, said he will find appointments to fill two seats on [...]