![A church leader speaks during a service at Sanctuary Community Center, a church in Coralville, on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Adey and Tom Wassink are pastors who advocate for women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights within their organization.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024_03_03_ChurchesLGBTQ_AN0189-1200x800.jpg)
Local churches provide safe space for LGBTQ+ community
Roxy Ekberg, Politics Reporter
• March 5, 2024
![Living Memoirs Project | Iowa City resident shares journey to his autism diagnosis](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/joelwesselinkmug-1200x800.jpg)
Living Memoirs Project | Iowa City resident shares journey to his autism diagnosis
Nikash Pradhan, Guest Columnist
• February 20, 2024
![A volunteer works on a desk at Northwest Junior High in Coralville, Iowa on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC00307-1200x800.jpg)
Junior High students learn service work through Home Depot desk-building project
Grace Olson, News Reporter
• February 20, 2024
![University of Iowa professor Donika Kelly performs a poem during the inaugural Black History Ball at the Iowa City Senior Center in Iowa City on Friday, Feb. 3, 2024. Several organizers planned the ball for over five months.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024_02_03_BlackHistoryBall_KL0003-1200x800.jpg)
First of its kind Black History Ball brings community together, share culture
Jack Moore, Assistant News Editor
• February 6, 2024
![Oct. 31, 2022; Washington, DC, USA. Protestors gather outside as the U.S. Supreme Courts hears oral arguments in two affirmative action college admission cases on October 31, 2022. The two lawsuits from Students for Fair Admissions, an anti-affirmative action group founded by conservative legal strategist Edward Blum, accuse the University of North Carolina and Harvard of discriminating against Asian American students and giving unfair preference to Black and Hispanic applicants – challenging decades of legal precedent. In the lawsuit against UNC, the group says the school also discriminated against white applicants. Mandatory](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/USATSI_19335811-1-1200x764.jpg)
The future of UI diversity scholarships remains unclear
Marandah Mangra-Dutcher and Kate Perez
• January 23, 2024
![Iowa guard Caitlin Clark laughs while receiving the AP Player of the Year award during a 2023 NCAA Final Four press conferences and open practices at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, March 30, 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_12_31_yearinreview_staff_0012-1200x800.jpg)
Photos: 2023 – Year in Photos
DI Visuals Staff
• December 31, 2023
![Photo Illustration.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023_11_06_BannedBooks_CB0010-1200x800.jpg)
Iowa book bans contradict history of controversial literature in school
Archie Wagner, Amplify Editor
• November 7, 2023
![Olivia Buerger signs after winning a point for her team during the Deaf Awareness Week volleyball game at the Iowa Field House on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_09_18_deafvolleyball_IT0011-1200x800.jpg)
UI cultural Deaf community emphasizes importance of interpreters
Noora Minalla, Amplify Reporter
• October 24, 2023
![Noora Minalla poses for a portrait on the Pentacrest in Iowa City on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023_10_09_sudanese_CB0052-1200x800.jpg)
UI student tries to connect to her larger cultural community through Sudanese Student Association
Noora Minalla, Amplify Reporter
• October 10, 2023
![The Latino Native American Cultural Center and Native American Student Organization hosts a Decolonization Rally for Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the Pentacrest on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_9730-1200x800.jpg)
UI organizations hold rally on Pentacrest for Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Marisa Lopez, Amplify Reporter
• October 9, 2023
![Ella Christopher and Grace Nelson pose for a portrait in Iowa City on Sept. 24, 2023.
Ella Christopher and Grace Nelson are navigating their Freshman year of college as students with a physical disability. Along with new classes and a new environment the two are dealing with the shortcomings of the University of Iowa in terms of accessibility regulations and resources. On a day to day basis, Ella and Grace encounter inaccessible—often broken—handicap door buttons, expensive care assistants, uninformed faculty, and much more. All of these factors impact their personal wellbeing and their education t the university.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_09_25_Accessibility_MF_0009-1200x800.jpg)
UI students push for DEI efforts to include more disability issues
Archie Wagner, Amplify Editor
• September 26, 2023
![University of Iowa third-year transfer student Dania Green poses for a portrait on the Pentacrest in Iowa City on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Green studies art and fine arts at the UI and enjoys painting and portraiture, inspired by all types of people and cultures. But being a transfer student and student of color at the UI, Green said she feels drained by the lack of diversity on campus, saying it’s taken much more energy to adjust to campus with a small number of students of color.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Amplify1-1200x800.jpg)
Students of color struggle to find community at UI amid lack of diversity
Marisa Lopez and Sophia Connolly
• September 12, 2023