Jerri MacConnell, 75, knew she’d marry Warren Paris, 82, once her apartment's new management began enforcing COVID-19 guidelines that cut short the number of days another person could stay with her. "Their...

The University of Iowa athletics department conducted 472 COVID-19 PCR tests for the week of Feb. 1-7 and received six positive tests and 466 negative tests. As part of Iowa’s return to campus...

The University of Iowa will continue the same COVID-19 health and safety procedures despite new state regulations regarding the pandemic, the university said in a campus-wide email on Monday.  The...

For the ninth time in 11 weeks, Iowa women's basketball guard Caitlin Clark won the Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor. This is Clark's 14th honor of the season from the Big Ten, and she is one...

For the past 13 years, UI professor Rachel Marie-Crane Williams has poured over research and an in-depth investigation about the 1943 Detroit race riots. Her work will culminate in a full-length graphic...

“You will be green again, and again and again.” - Marvin Bell, “Mars Being Red” Nathan Bell remembers growing up in a household full of laughter. Sitting around the dinner table, he, Jason, and...

“I like to think we have a world right here, and a life that isn’t death.” - Marvin Bell, “White Clover.” Dorothy and Marvin Bell officially celebrated 61 anniversaries, but by the count they...

During the Zoom reading in November, Marvin’s former student Naomi Shihab Nye said farewell to her teacher, reading aloud his poem, “The Last Thing I Say.” “I hope you can feel some of the love...

“The espresso machine lets go the steam someone may write in the mirror. It is an impulse that survives disaster. The guns fail when surrounded by writing.” - Marvin Bell, “Writers in a Cafe.” Christopher...

“The writing of a poem is, for me, an almost total act of abandon leading to discovery leading to recognition.”  - Marvin Bell. Whether it was letters to friends, poetry, or essays, Jason and Nathan...