Sasha Chapnick-Sorokin stepped onto a dim stage in a white shirt and floral skirt. Sitting at a brown grand piano, she played Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s upbeat “Eccossaise” in front of a group of about...

With the weeklong Mission Creek Festival beginning today, we spoke with development director Nathan Gould to fill us in on the festival. Daily Iowan: How many workers/volunteers does it take to set up...

Leadership is natural for Jeff Simak. He enjoys being in front of people. He’s cheerfully extroverted, and people appear to be drawn to him like iron to a magnet. He took his talents to the sports...

American economic growth will improve when more goods sold in the United States come from within its borders, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said. And that, in turn, will create more American jobs, the...

A number of students attending an alcohol-free dance party March 25 had one thing in common: They were already drunk. Some University of Iowa students told The Daily Iowan they drank before the event,...

Filling the shoes of outgoing Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy is going to be “a tall order,” said Regent Rose Vasquez. Geoffroy announced his plans to step down as Iowa State’s...

Jennifer Wolff went through a bout of depression in 2003, when doctors told her a rare spinal-cord tumor would confine her to a wheelchair. But before being crowned Ms. Wheelchair Iowa at a pageant March...

The location of the new University of Iowa Museum of Art remains unknown, but Director Sean O’Harrow knows exactly what he wants: a building that challenges the norms of art museums in the United States. Art...