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The University of Iowa plans a pharmacy research lab, and regents consider a new three-year health degree

The Good Day Iowa City teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 4 sources

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The University of Iowa is dropping a previously planned standalone cancer research facility and planning a new lab in the College of Pharmacy instead. The approved renovations to the pharmacy and biology buildings to support cancer research and the .

The pharmacy lab costs $13 million and the biology renovation $4.2 million

Source: The Daily Iowan

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Pharmacy building$13 million
Biology building$4.2 million
  • Pharmacy building: shelled sixth floor, construction starts Spring 2027
  • Scheduled completion: Summer 2028
  • NIH will provide 81 percent of the project's funding
  • Biology building: North wing renovation

Also Wednesday, a regents committee recommended approval of the UI's first three-year degree, in applied health studies. It targets adults with some college but no degree, not incoming freshmen. The program would be primarily online, with an in-person MRI-pathway portion in Iowa City, and major courses would begin in August 2027.

The new degree would start small and cut credits

16
students expected in the UI program's first year
98
students expected by its fifth year
90
credits in UNI's new three-year degree
120
credits in a typical bachelor's degree

Sources: The Gazette, not

Sources: Iowa City Press-Citizen, The Gazette, The Daily Iowan

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