Veterans struggle with G I Bill as benefits rise and delays persist
Veterans Dwain Caldwell Ariela Myers and Dan Merwin describe juggling tuition housing and loan needs as the G I Bill payments expand since 2009. Delays in housing stipends and slow paper records have left students scrambling while UNI vets and local facilities like the Sullivan Brothers museum and convention center highlight veteran support in Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
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Ariela Myers
Boulder
Colo
Iraq
Myers
Dan Merwin
McAllen
Texas
Cedar Falls
UNI
Merwin
Waterloo
Sullivan Brothers Iowan Veterans Museum
Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center
Veterans struggle with GI Bill delays at UNI and college costs
IowaWatch reports veterans facing delayed GI Bill housing and book stipends while juggling loans and part time jobs. Students Myers Merwin Caldwell describe late allowances, loan dependence, and high education expenses during their first UNI semester.
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Dwain Caldwell
University of Northern Iowa
Washburn
Myers
Merwin
National Guard
Caldwell
UNI
G I Bill benefits delays hit Iowa veterans hard
Iowa universities report average wait times from two weeks to two months for G I Bill tuition and housing stipends. Veterans describe late tuition payments, fees, and struggle coordinating with university and VA officials amid transitioning to electronic processing.
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Iowa
UNI
Patricia Welter
Welter
Jathan Chicoine
Iowa State University Veterans Affairs
ISU
Chicoine
Bird flu GOF research sparks debate on human transmission
Research leaders warn GOF studies could speed understanding of how bird flu may become human transmissible. With 10 Chinese H7N9 cases and four deaths, Beijing, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam tighten controls as the ethics and safety of gain of function work remain contested among scientists and policymakers.
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Ab Osterhaus
Erasmus Medical Centre
Netherlands
United States
Osterhaus
Reuters
China
Beijing
Japan
Hong Kong
U.S. National
Barclay
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Iowa Center For Public Affairs Journalism
IowaWatch.org
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IowaWatch
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C
Jemmison
Curtis Coy
Washington
Sues
Dennis Arps
Arps
Coy
Facebook
Vietnam
Science Advisory Board For Biosecurity
NSABB
Ron Fouchier
Rotterdam
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
University of Wisconsin
Wendy Barclay
Imperial College London
People Square
Shanghai
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