The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The Hawkeye Marching Band prepares to walk in the during the Thursday, December 26, 2019. Members of the community and fans gathered to watch the floats and performances by bands from Iowa and around the area.

‘What I know about band people is that they’re resilient:’ Hawkeye Marching Band holds online auditions for the 2020-2021 season

Marissa Smith, News Reporter April 23, 2020

The Voxman Music Building would normally flood with a symphony of drummers tapping, flutes humming, and trumpets sounding of potential incoming students and potential Hawkeye Marching Band members...

Alka Walter poses for a potrait in front of the UI Health Care Iowa River Landing East Clinic on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Walter is a clinical assistant professor in the UI Carver College of Medicine and serves as the Congolese Health Partnership co-chair.

Congolese Health Partnership creates multilingual video series to educate immigrants, refugees on COVID-19

Will Fineman, News Reporter April 22, 2020

An Iowa-based health partnership created multilingual video series to help inform immigrants and refugees about COVID-19 and curtail the spread of misinformation. The videos were produced by the...

University of Iowa Main Library is seen on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

New University of Iowa library collection documents daily life during COVID-19

Lauren White, News Reporter April 22, 2020

University of Iowa Libraries hopes to collect the stories of the struggles that people are facing amid the novel-coronavirus pandemic, in an effort to establish a sense of community and document the...

Photo Illustration by Ryan Adams

Earth Day moves indoors: Celebrations adapt to online format amid COVID-19 outbreak

Annie Fitzpatrick, News Reporter April 21, 2020

Faculty, staff, and students are brainstorming new ways to celebrate the planet on Earth Day as they social distance indoors because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. University of Iowa Office...

Cambuses pick up and drop off passengers at the WCTC stop on Monday, April 20, 2020.

CAMBUS partners with UI Laundry Services to deliver clean linen to UIHC

Marissa Smith, News Reporter April 21, 2020

University of Iowa Laundry Services has enlisted Cambus to help deliver crucial linen to UI Hospitals and Clinics, amid community spread of the novel coronavirus. The two groups have worked collaboratively...

Nina Grover, a third-year UI student, poses for a portrait on the balcony of her apartment on Monday, April 20, 2020. (Jake Maish/The Daily Iowan)

University of Iowa students grapple with how, whether to pay rent after classes transition online

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor April 21, 2020

University of Iowa junior Nina Grover was used to paying her groceries, rent, and insurance on time. She kept her finances minutely organized, maintaining one account for personal spending and another...

A crowd member watches the royalty show in Iowa City during the pride weekend on June 15, 2019.

Iowa City community reacts to Pride celebrations across the globe moving online

Riley Davis, News Reporter April 21, 2020

After the cancellation of Pride events this summer, Iowa City and University of Iowa LGBTQ organizations are planning to move their celebrations online. Iowa City Pride canceled its in-person summer...

Old Capital as seen on April 13, 2020.

UI fraternity under investigation for allegedly holding large social gathering amid COVID-19 pandemic

Brooklyn Draisey, Managing Editor April 21, 2020

The University of Iowa has placed the Sigma Chi chapter on temporary suspension pending an investigation into an “unregistered social event” allegedly held March 28 with 30 to 50 people present, which...

Carson King claps during a football game between Iowa and Middle Tennessee State University on Saturday, September 28, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Blue Raiders 48-3.

Carson King’s beer supply ‘replenished’ after Anheuser-Busch gives nearly $1 million to UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital

Alexandra Skores, News Editor April 21, 2020

"Iowa Legend" Carson King's Busch Light supply-turned-fundraiser "for the kids" was officially "replenished" back in March — Anheuser-Busch has officially committed a donation of nearly $1 million...

Old Capital as seen on April 13, 2020.

UI becomes first fair-trade university in the Big Ten

Caroline Price, News Reporter April 20, 2020

After a two-year effort from a University of Iowa student organization, the UI is now the first certified fair-trade university of the Big Ten — for its emphasis on adequate wages for workers and...

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National registrar association awards Sarah Harris with honorary membership after 30 years at UI

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter April 20, 2020

The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers recently awarded honorary membership to University of Iowa Senior Associate Registrar Sarah Harris, who has spent more than...

Keri C. Hornbuckle
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Study of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have toxicological importance for humans and ecological systems.

UI receives $11.4 million grant renewal to study health effects of manmade chemicals

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter April 20, 2020

Researchers in the Iowa Superfund Research Program at the University of Iowa received a $11.4 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health to continue studying the health effects of...

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