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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 nursing students complete nursing degrees with little to...

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 over losing an employee last year. “He’ll do a great...

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 will result in more than a sky-high number of...

Employers encouraged to complete Kirkwood’s Skills Talent Report 

In February 1999, the “Skills 2000 Commission Report: Assessment of Major Employers’ Skill and Employment Needs in East Central Iowa” was published by the...
The Iowa City Association of Realtors donated a trailer for Iowa City High School's vocational trade program.

Iowa City High School receives donated trailer for vocational trade program

The Iowa City Area Association of REALTORS (ICAAR) donated a trailer to hold construction supplies to the Iowa City High School vocational trade program...
UI professor Dr. Aaron Boes studies the impact brain lesions has on addiction.

University of Iowa study finds brain network linked to addiction

A study involving University of Iowa Health Care neuroscientists found a brain network associated with addiction while studying daily smokers who lost their nicotine...
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Kirkwood, TrueNorth give workers better understanding of truck driving as a career

Kirkwood Community College has collaborated with TrueNorth, a Cedar Rapids-based insurance and financial company, on a unique training designed to give TrueNorth employees a...
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Kirkwood Community College closes two underused centers

Pointing to a shifting educational landscape in eastern Iowa, Kirkwood Community College is closing Tippie-Mansfield Center in Belle Plaine and the Cedar County Center...
ACT has agreed to sell the Tyler Building to the Iowa City Community School District.

ACT sells campus building to Iowa City Community School District

ACT has agreed to sell the Tyler Building on its main campus to the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) with both parties stating...
University of Iowa educators highlight efforts to improve mental health in schools during a June 2 Iowa Board of Regents meeting.

University of Iowa center tackles mental health crisis in K-12 schools

Experts during a June 2 Board of Regents presentation expressed concern that the K-12 mental health crisis in Iowa and across the country is...

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