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Local filmmakers get funding, despite spending scandal
The problem with the Iowa film tax credit almost affected directors filming nearby.
UI researchers received a significant financial boost Wednesday after learning they will receive the vast majority of National Institutes of Health grants coming to Iowa. The grants bring the UI’s total stimulus funding to over $46 million.
New coalition tries to aid Southeast Side
A new group is trying to involve community members in finding solutions to juvenile problems on that area of Iowa City.
Hopeful seeks on-campus voting stations
UI students may be able to vote in the Nov. 6 City Council election in campus locations.
City Council election: Terry Dickens pushes safety
The candidate wants an immediate fix for public-safety issues.
Hundreds of faculty and staff members who want into the UI’s early retirement program are still unsure if their applications will be approved.
First-time homebuyers are scrambling to cash in on the credit.
Director appointed for UI water initiative
Internationally recognized engineering professor Jerry Schnoor will head the UI Water Sustainability Cluster Steering Committee.
UI named healthiest university in Iowa
Collaboration between student, staff, and faculty health organizations allows UI to become healthiest university.
Spotlight Iowa City: UI senior wins magazine mention
Ali Keenan will appear in Glamour magazine for helping people in India.
CR woman charged with prostitution
A Cedar Rapids woman was charged with prostitution Tuesday after allegedly agreeing to perform sex acts in exchange for money, according to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
Woman charged; movies 11 years overdue
A Colorado woman was arrested after failing to return overdue movies to an Iowa City store more than 11 years ago, according to Iowa City police.
A man who had been missing from the Hope House for a month reportedly stole from a home and assaulted officers, University Heights police reported.
The trial for a former Hawkeye football player accused of raping a female student-athlete was delayed again.
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