![Owners of Da Flava Unit Express Tony and Zee Brown pose for a portrait in Iowa City on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The duo, who have been together for over 20 years, opened the restaurant about a year ago and now sell their Caribbean-inspired street food in Sycamore Mall Shopping Center.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023_08_24_daflavaunit_GS_3-1200x801.jpg)
JoCo small business owners go from mobile food to stationary eats
Archie Wagner, Amplify Editor
โข August 29, 2023
Community Chat | Joseph Cress and Amanda Tugade
April 30, 2023
![Karla Sierra, Stands for a portrait at The Old Capitol on Sunday, 26 2023.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/032623_FirstGenStudents_AS16-900x600.jpg)
First generation students find college a luxurious experience of overwhelming choices
Archie Wagner, News Reporter
โข April 4, 2023
![Students listen to instructor Sara McGuirk in the "Writing and Community Outreach" creative writing class on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/5A-iowayouthwriting-900x600.jpg)
Iowa Youth Writing Project filling academic gaps for area K-12 students
Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist
โข March 19, 2023
![Photo contributed by Tara Bynum.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tara-Bynum-_-Headshot-fall-2022-900x746.jpg)
UI assistant professor writes book about Black Joy in early American History
Meg Doster, Amplify Editor
โข February 21, 2023
![The University of Iowa freshman student and amateur performer Archie Wagner, waits for his turn to perform in the hallway of the 2nd floor ball room, Iowa Memorial Union on December 2, 2022.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/archie2-photo-900x600.png)
UI student performs drag for the first time to explore gender
Archie Wagner, News Reporter
โข January 24, 2023
![Emily Hartman, poses for a portrait, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/amplify-900x600.jpg)
โI am proud to be Jewishโ: UI student finds community in Iowa City
Emily Hartman, Guest Writer
โข December 6, 2022
![SWANA students at the UI want to feel heard](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/yasmina-900x600.jpg)
SWANA students at the UI want to feel heard
Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist
โข October 18, 2022
![Contributed photo of the first Support Circle in Iowa City meeting at the house set for the Afghan family. From left to right: Carol Tyx, Tom McMurray, Mary McMurray, Eric Jones, and Sally Hartman. Andy Douglas is taking the photo.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/amplify-900x600.jpg)
Sponsor circles help facilitate Afghan refugee resettlement in Iowa
Simone Garza, News Reporter
โข May 3, 2022
![University of Iowa first-year multiracial student Kate Perez poses for a portrait on the Pentacrest on Monday, April 18, 2022.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/photo1-900x600.jpg)
Multiracial UI students search for acceptance
Kate Perez, News Reporter
โข April 19, 2022
![Illustration by Rose Foley](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/amplify-dom-photo-for-web-900x597.png)
Women in leadership positions at the UI make their mark on campus
Day Martinez-Soto, DEI Director
โข March 22, 2022
![Yasmina Sahir, a journalist who writes opinion pieces at The Daily Iowan poses for a portrait on Sunday, Feb 27, 2022 in front of the Starbucks on the corner of Clinton and Burlington in Iowa City.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Amplify-900x600.jpg)
Remaining unrecognized and unresearched has political, social, and physical health consequences
Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist
โข March 1, 2022