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Good Morning America host Michael Strahan and Dasia Taylor.

UI student, entrepreneur Dasia Taylor showcases NERD STEM Box on Good Morning America

A University of Iowa student and entrepreneur appeared Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” showcasing a science kit she designed to bring hands-on experiments into homes. Dasia Taylor, a junior majoring in global health studies, demonstrated her NERD STEM Box:…

Iowa’s public university system ranks third nationally in student ROI

Iowa has been ranked the third best state to be a college student, according to…

Mediacom extends deadline for World Class Scholarship applications

Mediacom Communications is extending the application deadline for its scholarship program, Mediacom World Class Scholars.…

Mediacom office

Kirkwood moving operations to Coralville, will sell Iowa City campus

Kirkwood Community College is set to relocate a “majority” of its Iowa City operations to…

Kirkwood Community College

Kirkwood releases results from area workforce survey

Kirkwood Community College has released the results from the Skills 2024 Survey, a report created…

Kirkwood Community College

Bull Force wins first place at Iowa JPEC Fall Venture School

Bull Force and its founder Greg Schut won first place and $2,000 at the University…

Lori Sundberg to retire in 2023 as Kirkwood Community College president

Lori Sundberg has submitted her letter of intent to retire as Kirkwood Community College president.…

Lori Sundberg Kirkwood president retire

Iowa parks, schools receive water bottle filling stations

Visitors to Tucker Park in Hiawatha now have access to an Elkay water bottle filling…

University of Iowa pauses search for new VP, Carver College dean

The University of Iowa is temporarily suspending its search for a new vice president for…

Performing arts boarding high school opens in Iowa City

Auditions will be held January and February 2023 at ICON Arts Academy, a new performing…

Beth Brown and Leslie Nolte are co-founders of ICON Arts Academy in Iowa City.

Kirkwood, CID announce major funding for new aviation program

Nearly $1 million from a federal grant and local sources will go toward funding Kirkwood…

Eastern Iowa Airport Director Marty Lenss speaks to the audience during a federal grant funding announcement for a new Kirkwood aviation program Sept. 28.

University of Iowa lecturer named to IRS committee

Robert Gettemy, a full-time instructor at the University of Iowa, is one of eight people…

A University of Iowa professor was named to a select IRS committee.

Workforce Innovation leaders honored at Kirkwood

Local companies leading the way in workforce innovation were honored Sept. 21 during an awards…

Workforce innovation panelists

University of Iowa researchers help discover 60 new autism genes

Scientists at the University of Iowa contributed to a study published in Nature Genetics that…

Jake Michaelson, associate professor of psychiatry in the UI Carver College of Medicine, was the lead scientist from the University of Iowa working on the study. identifying new autism genes.

Kirkwood, University of Iowa announce nursing partnership

Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa (UI) will be finalizing a new partnership…

Medical lab renovations among University of Iowa plans approved

A series of items were approved by the Iowa Board of Regents Sept. 15, including…

The second floors of the Medical Laboratories Building and Medical Research Center will be renovated to undergo research in pediatric cancer and epilepsy.