RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated PressLeadership & PolicyCiting Concerns, Board to Audit Iowa State President’s FlightsIOWA CITY, Iowa ― Iowa State University’s governing board ordered an audit Thursday of every flight President Steven Leath has taken on school airplanes, and its leader said some of the trips appear “questionable at best.” In a rare rebuke of an ally, Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter said during a meeting at the […]October 20, 2016Leadership & PolicyIowa State President: ‘Learned my Lesson’ on Use of PlanesAMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University President Steven Leath said he will be more cautious about mixing personal and official business after facing criticism over his use of university airplanes and a $1.1 million private land deal with his boss. Leath told the university’s student government Wednesday night that he misjudged how both issues would […]October 6, 2016Leadership & PolicyIowa State President Says He Will Stop Flying School PlaneAMES, Iowa ― The president of Iowa State University said Monday he will no longer pilot a university airplane he has used for trips that have mixed business and personal affairs. President Steven Leath also said he and his wife will make a donation to the university’s scholarship fund in the amount of costs associated […]September 26, 2016Leadership & PolicyIowa State President Damaged School Plane on Personal TripAMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University’s president was returning from an 11-day personal trip to North Carolina when he damaged a small university-owned airplane in a rough landing, the school confirmed Saturday. President Steven Leath, a pilot, flew himself and his wife on July 3, 2015, in the university’s Cirrus SR22 to Ashe County, […]September 25, 2016SportsUniversity of Iowa to Lay Off Ex-athletic Official Who SuedIOWA CITY, Iowa ― The University of Iowa is planning to lay off a former top athletic administrator who is suing the school for gender discrimination and retaliation, the school confirmed Wednesday. Iowa has informed former senior associate athletic director Jane Meyer that her position as a project manager will be eliminated Sept. 9, saying […]July 13, 2016StudentsPolice Probe Beating of Black University of Iowa StudentIOWA CITY, Iowa ― A Black University of Iowa freshman told police that he was severely beaten by three White men who shouted racial slurs, investigators said Wednesday. The Iowa City Police Department said that it was investigating the assault of Marcus Owens as a hate crime. Owens, 19, walked in to the department late […]May 4, 2016Leadership & PolicyKey Regents Weren’t Told About U. of Iowa Official’s IncidentIOWA CITY, Iowa ― Regents responsible for overseeing campus safety issues at the University of Iowa say they were never told about an incident in which the school’s public safety director is accused of interfering and lying during a hit-and-run investigation of his stepson. Leaders of the Iowa Board of Regents’ subcommittee on campus safety […]March 1, 2016News RoundupDocuments Reveal U. Iowa Deals with GOP InsiderIOWA CITY, Iowa ― The University of Iowa has quietly awarded several no-bid contracts totaling $321,900 to a prominent GOP consultant for polling and social media services often delivered through subcontractors, a review by The Associated Press discovered. Critics say the contracts with former Iowa Republican Party chairman Matt Strawn’s namesake company ― uncovered […]December 9, 2015StudentsFour National Groups to Oppose Laws Allowing Guns on CampusesIOWA CITY, Iowa ― Four national groups representing college educators and trustees said Thursday they would fight a growing push in state legislatures to allow people to carry concealed guns on campuses. The groups also called for the repeal of measures in several states that already allow for so-called campus carry, arguing that academic institutions […]November 12, 2015Faculty & StaffEmeritus Professor’s Suit Seeks to Void University of Iowa Presidential HiringA retired professor has filed a lawsuit arguing that the University of Iowa presidential search committee repeatedly violated the open meetings law and that its actions should be voided.September 16, 2015Previous PagePage 2 of 4Next Page