Articles from 2024

Professor Dave Bright presented at the Iowa Nonprofit Summit with the session "Exploring Survey Research Opportunities with the University of Iowa."

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Representing numerous colleges, offices, centers, programs, and initiatives at the University of Iowa (UI), the facilitators share a common interest in working with nonprofits to answer research questions and improve nonprofit effectiveness. This session will begin with brief introductions to resources at the UI and then a review of potential for collaborative research opportunities between Iowa nonprofits and UI researchers. Specifically, before finalizing a survey that would build on the INA Salary & Benefits Study, we would love to meet with interested nonprofits to explore the potential value that a multi-organizational survey study could provide. One critical question we want to explore with nonprofit leaders is, “what information would help you be more effective, individually and organizationally?” Drawing on themes from that discussion, we will break into small group discussion to further explore interests and informational needs of nonprofit leaders.

On October 30th, Professor Brian Farrell presented a talk “What Wrongful Convictions Reveal About the Criminal Legal System” for pre-law students at the University of Northern Iowa

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
When you hear about wrongful convictions as such, society begins to lose trust in their own criminal justice system.

Professor Kate Melloy Goettel spoke on the Iowa Public Radio show River to River about DACA and the Affordable Care Act

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
DACA is a transformative policy allowing hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to live and work without fear of deportation. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is a law that was signed into law in 2010 to make health insurance more affordable and accessible to more people.

Professor Kate Melloy Goettel co-authored an amicus brief to the First Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the scope of judicial review of visa decisions following the Supreme Court's 2024 decision in Department of State v. Munoz

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
In Department of State v Munoz they ruled a U.S. citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in her noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country.

Professor Todd Pettys gave the introductory remarks at the Across the Aisle event on the Election on November 4th

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Brought to you by the Collegiate Community Committee, our goal is to bridge division by bringing people with different perspectives on important social and political issues into conversation with each other. This event will focus on the Presidential candidates, Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, on three key issues: international relations, the rule of law, and taxes.

Professors Dawn Anderson, Stella Burch Elias, and Dawn Anderson were nominated by students as ICON All-Stars

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
This fall, the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology asked students to nominate their favorite ICON course sites for the first-ever ICON All Star Awards, an award that recognizes an instructor’s use of technology to enhance teaching and learning at Iowa through ICON course sites.

Professor Kate Melloy Goettel organized and moderated a webinar, Loper Bright in the Immigration Context, for the American Immigration Lawyers Association on October 28, 2024

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
With Loper Bright, the Court has now clarified that judges reviewing agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act must provide their own best judgment of what the law means.