The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Award to fund new UI center

HOLLY HINES November 4, 2009

The UI School of Social Work will use a $4.75 million award to create the National Resource Center for In-Home Services to research child-welfare practices nationwide. The new center, which will be part...

UIHC faces big cuts

EMILY BUSSE November 4, 2009

The UI Hospitals and Clinics has its own share of cost-cutting to tackle after statewide cuts last month resulted in a 5 percent reduction in Medicaid reimbursement — roughly $5.7 million lost in patient-care...

Witness: Michelle Kehoe mentally ill

REGINA ZILBERMINTS November 4, 2009

GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — Michelle Kehoe’s defense opened its case Tuesday with description of the Coralville woman’s long history of mental illness. “It is not faked, it is not feigned, it is not...

UIHC pulls back donation plan

JOHN DOETKOTT November 4, 2009

The UI Hospitals and Clinics is delaying its plan to ask patients if they want to receive information about donating to the hospital. The decision comes in response to concerns from staff members and...

Mims, Dickens, and Champion victorious

NICOLE KARLIS November 4, 2009

After months of campaigning, Terry Dickens and Susan Mims will join the Iowa City City Council in January, and Connie Champion will return. The election saw one of the lowest turnouts in 30 years —...

UI to change rhetoric courses

JORDAN FRIES November 4, 2009

Students who complain about the rigors of rhetoric may soon be quieted by changes UI officials are implementing. The Dean Student Advisory Committee recently persuaded officials to begin offering only...

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