Vanessa Miller

Of 10,089 UIowa workers who completed a “personal health assessment” in '24, 53% said they’re “thriving” — while 46% said they’re “struggling.” Re: “productivity barriers” - 55% said they have “too much to do” & 39% reported financial stress.https://t.co/PmRGT5Bsso

After 2 yrs fighting a lawsuit involving the death of a 75-yr-old UIowa cancer patient found unresponsive on the floor next to her inpatient bed three days postsurgery, the state has agreed to pay the family $1.5M. UIHC will cover the full amount. https://t.co/Et6uUlJwd5

As UIowa works to comply w/ regent directives & legislative mandates to curtail diversity, equity & inclusion work across campus, its philanthropic foundation is grappling with how to handle the tens of thousands donated to a long-standing diversity fund.https://t.co/Q6cVinZrUC

U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, to a question about the Signal group chat: “Clearly there was a mistake made here,” she said after noting, “We need to make sure we have proper platforms for people to communicate.” https://t.co/93SY72GUQc

A judge has ordered MercyOne to produce records re: its 6-yr management of the bankrupt Mercy Iowa City after a committee overseeing the hospital’s liquidation accused MercyOne of withholding documents/details related to Mercy’s “swift financial decline.”https://t.co/Fk1z4lrDzX

UI: Regents directed it to close Access, Opportunity & Diversity Division by March 27. But board said it didn't give UI additional guidance - via email, phone etc. - beyond its original directives & pres comments, which didn't explicitly direct the closure.https://t.co/NBNapRSbXD

UI: Regents directed it to close Access, Opportunity & Diversity Division by March 27. But board said it didn't give UI additional guidance - via email, phone etc. - beyond its original directives & pres comments, which didn't explicitly direct the closure.https://t.co/NBNapRSJNb

Iowa State in 2020 reviewed a bronze plaque honoring W.T. Hornaday, who in the 1870s directed the Bronx Zoo & curated an exhibit caging a Congolese man in the “Monkey House” w/ an orangutan. ISU gave Hornaday an honorary degree in 1903.https://t.co/ROt86WFpT3

After strident pushback from Republican lawmakers accusing UIowa of falling short of a mandate to eliminate diversity, equity & inclusion efforts, UI officials announced Thursday plans to shutter its renamed “Division of Access, Opportunity & Diversity.”https://t.co/1170Wa5N9S

A bill aimed at upping Iowa-resident enrollment in the University of Iowa Colleges of Medicine & Dentistry could deprive the institution of $5.7M in out-of-state tuition income over a 4-year span. https://t.co/RYeVD2QL1u

Steindler Orthopedics will open in North Liberty this month. Also in North Liberty, UIowa's 1st new hospital off its main campus will welcome patients to the NL hospital’s orthopedic clinics & operating rooms, orthopedic injury walk-in clinic & ER April 28.https://t.co/yH7DpOi80b

When asked for comment from The Gazette, spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks said her office had “reached out to senior leaders at the State Department and the administration for more information and expressed concern on behalf of the IWP.”https://t.co/rgzxjEDEkN

After 58 years of diplomacy - cultivating global good will through creative work - the U.S. State Department is cutting support for UIowa’s esteemed International Writing Program because it's no longer a priority & doesn't align with “national interest.”https://t.co/rgzxjEDEkN

The state of Iowa has agreed to pay $85,000 to the Cedar Rapids family of a 3-year-old boy who was bit in the ear by a bomb-sniffing police dog patrolling Kinnick Stadium during a Hawkeye football game in September 2022.https://t.co/NFFldUppQ7

University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson: 'I can't imagine getting rid of the word diversity, you all. Now, if you tell me I need to, I will.' https://t.co/fOVjjEkKvE

A member of the Board of Regents during its meeting just asked, "Does this mean that we're really not selling Mayflower?" UI VP reports, "Yeah, it does." https://t.co/VTu6Neg07Y

The University of Iowa is cutting identity-based "living learning communities" from its residence halls. Those include: “All In” for LGBTQ+ students; “Unidos” for Latinx students; & “Young, Gifted, & Black.”https://t.co/FuSkWQ9U3T