Education

Rear view of a diverse group of schoolchildren sitting at tables in an elementary school classroom and raising their hands to answer their Caucasian female teacher, standing by the whiteboard in the background

Iowa City Community School District must protect our teachers

Avid readers of the Corridor Business Journal (CBJ) or frequent attendees of CBJ events may know that my wife, Aspen Lohman, is co-owner of the Corridor Media Group Inc., which publishes the CBJ and the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal…

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.

University of Iowa College of Law named Top 25 Most Innovative

The University of Iowa College of Law has been named a Top 25 Most Innovative…

The University of Iowa College of Law was named Top 25 Most Innovative law school.

University of Iowa named top public school for writing in the country

The University of Iowa was the top-ranking public institution in the country for writing, according…

University of Iowa writing program

Iowa JPEC accepting applications for Venture School

The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is accepting applications for the Fall 2022…

The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is accepting applications for the Fall 2022 cohort of its Venture School program.

University of Iowa OPL’s jets offer flight testing for DARPA project

The University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab (OPL), a flight test laboratory that conducts research…

The University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab (OPL) conducts research on flight systems.

Homeland Security officials visit University of Iowa campus

Leaders of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HQ Office of Academic Engagement (OAE)…

Traci Silas and UI President Barbara Wilson.

ICCSD seeks North Liberty Junior High School building addition

The Iowa City Community School District is looking to move sixth graders to North Liberty…

A rendering of the proposed sixth grade classrooms addition to North Central Junior High.

Kirkwood, Mercy partner to offer financial assistance to nursing students

Kirkwood Community College and Mercy Medical Center have announced a new partnership that will help…

Kirkwood Community College partners with CID to offer new avionics program

Even amid a highly competitive labor market for aircraft mechanics, Matt Wolford wasn’t too concerned…

University of Iowa welcomes summer cohort of professionals from Africa

Two dozen young entrepreneurs from sub-Saharan Africa are hoping a six-week trip to Eastern Iowa…

Employers encouraged to complete Kirkwood’s Skills Talent Report 

In February 1999, the “Skills 2000 Commission Report: Assessment of Major Employers’ Skill and Employment…