Kathryn Palmer

The University of Iowa’s learning centers used to hold in-person classes for graduate business and social work students, but those students have preferred remote learning since the pandemic.

A new pilot program gives students who were formerly incarcerated or in the foster care system, and some low-income parents, money to help pay their living costs.

An external investigation outlined misconduct that “created fissures that have weakened the governance structure of the university.”

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is considering allowing government agencies to seize patents of high-priced, federally funded inventions. 

The cancellation of an art exhibit and other recent moves by university leaders have turned the campus into a free speech battleground.