2008 Woodie Awards
In second grade, Heather Tracy's sister was sent to the hospital for a week.
Ever since then, the now UI freshman knew she wanted to become a nurse - and her dream took a step forward when Tracy got accepted to the UI.
Now, only five months after moving to Iowa City, Tracy is planning on going back to Minnesota and trying her luck there.
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Knowing that bringing such a prominent conservative figure to liberal Iowa City would spark controversy, the UI Lecture Committee withheld its announcement that Karl Rove will speak on campus about his years as the "architect" of the Bush administration until Thursday. (21) comments
AMES - Using a ballpark price tag of $700 million to $850 million, UI Hospitals and Clinics officials told the state Board of Regents Thursday they want to build a new children's hospital and a critical-care tower, have all private patient rooms, and make major renovations to existing facilities in the next 10 years. (0) comments
Most people will walk out of a hospital without being subjected to a blunder.
But health-care providers do break the ancient promise to "first, do no harm." The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates 15 million mistakes occur annually, or 40,000 cases every day.
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In the end, Republican presidential-nominee hopeful Mitt Romney just didn't have enough momentum to win the nomination, one UI professor asserted, after the former Massachusetts governor decided to drop out of the Republican race Thursday. (1) comment
AMES - After Iowa State University denied a professor tenure last spring, he appealed, saying he wasn't awarded the promotion because he supports the theory of intelligent design.
On Thursday, the state Board of Regents voted to uphold ISU's decision on Guillermo Gonzalez, an assistant professor of astronomy and physics. After going through a string of appeals, Thursday's decision was the last chance for Gonzalez to see his case within the regents' system. He said he is unsure whether he will go to court.
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Unplanned pregnancy. Abortion rights. No, you didn't miss another highly publicized political debate between the Democrats and Republicans.
This discussion involved Iowa City senior citizens at the Senior Center on Thursday.
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UI freshman and self-proclaimed "shoe person" Molly Schau pulls on a swanky red dress in the dressing room of her favorite store, smiles to herself in the mirror, and twirls around, delighted.
"If you think you look good in something, you're more likely to buy it," she said. "Even if it costs more or isn't made well."
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The search for a new city manager will be in full swing a week from today, when several candidates will start interviewing with Iowa City City Council.
The council released the names of the five candidates who will be interviewed.
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Anne Coatar loves to share the produce she grows in her garden - and she hopes to share it now with local kids.
Coatar, a UI English major and a small-garden farmer, wants to create a program that would allow children in the Iowa City area the opportunity to participate in the growing season at her rural Johnson County home, with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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On track for the safest hunting decade in Iowa history and for the second year in a row, Iowa saw no hunting-related firearm deaths in 2007.
Signs point to a 1983 Iowa law that requires younger hunters to take hunter-education courses as a reason for the low number of fatalities in recent years, said Rod Slings, the supervisor of recreational safety programs at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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Regents vote money for search firm
AMES -The state Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday to spend $40,000 on a search firm to help find the group a new executive director.
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