Education

Des Moines Register: The University of Iowa is adding a women’s wrestling program to its athletics department, the Register has learned. The Hawkeyes will be the first Division I Power Five school to offer women’s wrestling. …

Attendees at Thursday’s Future Ready Iowa conference got a refreshing personal reminder of the impact that STEM education can have for Iowa students from Langston Saint, a ninth grader from Sioux City.

Saint, who reminded …

The Mercy College of Health Sciences board of directors announced it has appointed Thomas Leahy as the private Catholic college’s interim president, following the recent departure of Doug Fiore, who was inaugurated as the college’s third president …

Optimae LifeServices announced it has earned a three-year, full accreditation from the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals for its employee training program. In evaluating the program, members of the NADSP review team praised Optimae …

An Iowa State alumni couple, C.G. “Turk” and Joyce A. McEwen Therkildsen, have provided a $42 million gift commitment to Iowa State University’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. The gift provides the lead donation …

The Department of Business Analytics at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business has been recognized as one of the best undergraduate analytics departments in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The …