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The Daily Iowan
The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan
The Johnson County Health and Human Services building is seen on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
Event goers wait for a fashion show to start during ‘Downtown at Sundown’ for a Juneteenth celebration in Iowa City on Friday, June 17, 2022. Iowa City community members celebrated with music, games, vendors, and a fashion show.
Boyd Law Building is seen on the University of Iowa campus on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.
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Campus
A blue tarp is seen on the Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories on March 21, 2023.
UI to renovate, expand Advanced Technologies Laboratory, Cambus maintenance facility
Sourced from International Programs of Razan Babikir.
Babikir’s leadership shines through at Iowa
A Venezuelan flag is seen during a Unidos event at the Latin Native American Cultural Center on April 30, 2025. This is one of the final living learning community events for Unidos, as the floor will be discontinued for the 2025-2026 school year.
Students reflect on time at LLCs before closure
A cook at Catlett Marketplace makes an omelet at the Sunnyside Up station on Friday, May 2, 2025. University Housing and Dining has been affected by the nationwide egg shortage in recent weeks.
UI dining navigates rising egg prices as contract ends
Young Fever fans pose for a portrait before an Indiana Fever preseason matchup against the Brazilian women’s national team at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on May 4. Former Hawkeye Caitlin Clark scored 16 points during the game.
Caitlin Clark entertains frenzy of fans in Carver homecoming
Downtown
Midnight Coffee is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Midnight Coffee was recently rebranded from Coffee Emporium.
Coffee Emporium’s rebranding begins a new chapter as Midnight Coffee
A grid (left to right) of The Chauncey building, The Plaza Tower apartment building, Starbucks on S Clinton and Burlington St., and 201 E Washington St. in Iowa City on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Units of The Chauncey Condominiums, Moen faces foreclosure
Attendees gather during Bright Future: Celebration of the Iowa City Public Library at the ICPL on Friday, April 11. The fundraising event featured a silent auction, piano and local band performances, readings, a live raptor, and a session of community singing.
Iowa City Public Library opens after-hours for fundraising event
Jon Sims gestures to polytab in his workspace at ReUnions commercial brewing facility on Monday, April 7, 2025. Sims used polytab to transfer all three murals onto the walls of ReUnion in downtown Iowa City. Sims is an illustrator and designer for ReUnion Brewery.
Iowa City grant returns art to the public
A Big Grove employee works in the taproom at Big Grove Brewery & Taproom on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
Local breweries brace for impending tariffs on essential business materials
City Council
Iowa City mayor Bruce Teague III reads the proclamations to start off the Iowa City Council meeting on April 15, 2025. Arbor Day, Day of (NO) Silence, Fair Housing Month, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month being the days proclamations.
Iowa River Trail Bridge to be replaced
An Iowa City Transit bus is seen on Madison street in Iowa City on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Ridership has been on the rise since a fare-free program was put into place
Iowa City officials discuss future of fare-free bus service as deadline approaches
Iowa City Council member Oliver Weilein works on a computer before a city council meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Weilein was elected in the District C special election on March 4.
Oliver Weilein serves in first city council meeting following election win
The interior of the Iowa City Senior Center is seen on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The windows and doors of the Senior Center are set to be renovated in late spring.
The Iowa City Senior Center heads into phase two of renovation project
Iowa city residents walk up to the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center voting station during the Iowa City special election on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Young voters show up for Weilein in Iowa City City Council election
Higher Education
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on April 2, 2022.
UIHC to have “honest conversation about the feasibility” of new inpatient tower with looming federal funding cuts
President Donald Trump watches during finals of the NCAA Men's Wrestling Championship at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on Saturday, March. 22, 2025.
International students receive support from courts and organizations amid lawsuit
Members of the Iowa Faculty Senate meet at the University Capitol Centre in Iowa City on Tuesday Jan. 28, 2025.
UI Faculty Senate elects new VP and secretary
Protesters gather and hold up signs in the back of the meeting room during a board meeting in Ames, Iowa on April 23, 2025.
Students, community members gather in protest at Iowa State University during Regents meeting
The Carver College of Medicine is pictured on April 4, 2018.
Regents approve closure of six UI Carver College of Medicine specialty graduate programs
Local Government
County supervisors listen to members of Field to Family give a service agreement update during the Johnson County work session in Iowa City on April 9, 2025.
JoCo approves new building heaters after cold snap, extends youth diversion program
County Supervisors listen to an annual update by the Johnson County Historic Preservation Commission during the Johnson County work session in Iowa City on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.
Governor signs law overhauling Johnson County supervisor elections
The Johnson County Jail is seen in Iowa City on Sunday, April 21, 2024.
Johnson County approves survey to gather public input on future of jail, sheriff’s office
County supervisors listen to memebrs of Field to Family give a service agreement update during the Johnson County work session in Iowa City on April 9, 2025.
JoCo board approves $33,000 for summer youth program
Sheriff Brad Kunkel and Axiom’s Rob Decker talk to the board of supervisors about the declining building quality of the jail and Sheriff’s Office during the Johnson County work session in Iowa City on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.
JoCo Board approves fleet shop expansion, poor farm renovations, and child abuse prevention funding
Student Government
Senators gather for an Undergraduate Student Government meeting in the Richey Ballroom located in the IMU on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
Meet Iowa’s upcoming USG president and vice president
Senators gather during a meeting of the Undergraduate Student Government in the Iowa Memorial Union on Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025.
USG swears in 2025-26 administration
Photo contributed by Brody Baker.
Meet the new UI Young Americans for Freedom chairman
Senators gather for an Undergraduate Student Government meeting in the Richey Ballroom located in the IMU on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
USG holds last meeting of the school year, passes three bills
Board of Regents members listen to a free speech training update during a board meeting at the Iowa State Alumni Building in Ames on Sept. 18.
Meet the newest student member on the Iowa Board of Regents
UI Hospitals & Clinics
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on April 2, 2022.
UIHC to have “honest conversation about the feasibility” of new inpatient tower with looming federal funding cuts
The Iowa Judicial Branch courthouse is seen before a session in Des Moines on Feb. 11. The oral arguments for Bert Miller and Nancy Duffner vs. State of Iowa were held later Tuesday evening.
Meet the Iowa family who learned their parents’ fertility doctor could be their father
Attendees checkin during a North Liberty Campus Community Open House in North Liberty, Iowa on Saturday, April 12, 2025. The hospital was budgeted for $526.6 million and is officially opening April 28.
UI Health Care hosts open house for new orthopedics hospital
Iowa Board of Regents President Sherry Bates (left), University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson (second from left), and other University and healthcare faculty pose for portraits during a ribbon cutting event for the University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus inside the entrance lobby of the hospital on Friday, April 11, 2025. The North Liberty Hospital is set to open for patient care on Monday, April 28, 2025.
UI Health Care hosts ribbon cutting ceremony, unveils new orthopedics hospital
North Liberty Hospital is seen in North Liberty, Iowa on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. The hospital will have its ribbon cutting ceremony on April 11.
UI Health Care to unveil new $525 million orthopedics hospital
Above the Fold
The Pomerantz Center, which houses the University of Iowa’s Admissions Visitor’s Center, is seen on Monday, 30 Oct., 2017. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)
A family takes photos in front of an Iowa City sign during the Back to Dubuque Street block party in downtown Iowa City on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. The block party celebrated the progress of the Dubuque Street Reconstruction Project and included live music, bingo, drinks, and food.
Construction is seen on the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program House in Iowa City on Oct. 12, 2022. The Nonfiction Writing Program was created in 1976.
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