At the first of several planned University of Iowa town hall meetings, the atmosphere turned heated as community members had a chance Tuesday to ask new UI President Bruce Harreld questions. The crowd partially filled the lecture hall in the Pomerantz Center with protestors on the perimeter and in the front of the room holding […]
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Plans and protest at UI Town Hall: LV’s live-tweets
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Regents president Rastetter ‘disappointed’ by Faculty Senate no confidence vote
Following this afternoon’s UI Faculty Senate meeting at which a vote of no confidence in the Iowa Board of Regents was passed, Regents president Bruce Rastetter has issued the following statement: Statement from Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter on University of Iowa Faculty Senate Vote of No Confidence The landscape of higher education is changing […]
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Graduate student union releases statement condemning Harreld appointment
Following this afternoon’s announcement of J. Bruce Harreld as the next president of the University of Iowa, the UI graduate student union (COGS) has released the following statement: The Board of Regents’ unanimous election of Bruce Harreld as President of the University of Iowa shows how far the Branstad-appointed Board is willing to go to […]
