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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

University of Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta dresses Faculty Senate members during a Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 29, 2019.

UI Athletics Director Gary Barta talks effects of pay-to-play, sports-betting laws

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter October 29, 2019

University of Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta took opposition to the NCAA Board of Directors’ move Tuesday to allow collegiate athletes to own the individual right to their name, image, and likeness...

Associate Professor of Instruction for the Rhetoric Department Megan Knight reads a statement during a protest for sick leave time at the Old Capitol Building on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Faculty Forward would like to establish a sick leave bank for non-tenure track faculty. The University of Iowa’s Catastrophic Leave policy covers two percent of faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, most of the uncovered faculty are non-tenure track.

Fixed-term faculty protest catastrophic-leave policy outside UI Faculty Senate meeting

Kinsey Phipps and Katie Ann McCarver October 29, 2019

“What do we want? Sick leave. When do we want it? Now. If we don’t get it? Shut it down.” Members of Service Employees International Union Faculty Forward, a grassroots effort by nontenure-track...

Doug Lee, Assistant Provost of International Programs, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Lee was presented with the IES Abroad Volunteer of the Year Award which recognizes an individual who has supported and strengthened the mission of the study abroad field through extraordinary volunteer efforts.

International Programs official receives Volunteer of the Year Award

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter October 29, 2019

University of Iowa Assistant Provost of International Programs Doug Lee recently received the Institute for the International Education of Students Abroad Volunteer of the Year Award for his work assisting...

Program Manager of Recess and founding curator of the Center for Afrofuturist Studies Anaïs Duplan answers a question from the audience during the Black Curators Roundtable forum at the Iowa City Public Library on Monday, October 28, 2019. The forum is part of the exhibition “Anonymous Donor” guest curated by Duplan and exhibited at the Figge Art Museum, facilitated by the Stanley Museum of Art.

Black curators discuss ‘insiders and outsiders’ in the art world

Chloe O'Connor, News Reporter October 28, 2019

Three black curators — Anaïs Duplan, Eileen Isagon Skyers, and Gee Wesley — sat at the front of a crowded room in the Iowa City Public Library as a group of Iowa City residents took shelter from the...

The University of Iowa Study abroad office is seen on Monday, October 21st, 2019. The study abroad program is offering its first honors trip to Greece this summer.

‘Ancient Perspectives, Modern Eyes:’ UI introduces first Honors Study Abroad trip

Lauren White, News Reporter October 28, 2019

Through a new study-abroad program titled “Ancient Perspectives, Modern Eyes,” honors students can now travel to Greece for the summer in the University of Iowa’s first opportunity of this kind. Based...

Cyclists ride during the Big Rove bicycle event on Saturday, June 29, 2019. The route, which is part of the RAGBRAI training series, was 36 miles long starting in Iowa City with stops in North Liberty and Solon.

Iowa City cyclists say it’s too soon to decide between RAGBRAI and Iowa’s Ride

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter October 28, 2019

As cyclists are faced with a choice between participating in long-standing Iowa tradition RAGBRAI and the new Iowa’s Ride, some Iowa City residents said the event is creating divisions within the cycling...

Stanley Museum of Art Senior Living Communities Program Coordinator Amanda Lensing discusses Francis R. White’s Cedar Rapids Murals with senior citizens at Melrose Meadows Retirement Community on Thursday, October 24th, 2019. Lensing’s presentation focused on murals built in the US midwest after the New Deal in the 1930s.

Stanley Museum program shares love of art with local seniors

Gretchen Lenth, News Reporter October 28, 2019

When the Stanley Museum of Art lost its building in the 2008 Iowa flood, the community raised concern over the loss of art and space for exhibits. However, the loss of a university connection to the greater...

City Council candidate Laura Bergus sits down for an interview with The Daily Iowan in the Adler Journalism Building on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019.

Laura Bergus aims to bring local-government experience to Iowa City City Council

Hannah Rovner, News Reporter October 28, 2019

Iowa City native Laura Bergus is throwing her hat in the ring for one of the two Iowa City City Council at-large seats up for grabs Nov. 5. In high school, Bergus worked as a City Council intern and...

Hank Lab Co-Director Joe Kearney walks through one of the virtual reality environments wearing a headset with sensors attached at Hank Virtual Laboratory on October 24, 2019. The lab conducts research on pedestrian behavior, and has collaborated with companies such as Toyota.

Advanced virtual-reality tech helps UI scientists study pedestrian behavior

Mitchell Griffin, News Reporter October 27, 2019

Virtual-reality goggles, real-life simulations, and a cave-like environment are just a few of the many resources the University of Iowa Hank Virtual Environments Lab provides to researchers who combine...

GPSG creates local-restaurant passport for climate-conscious eating

GPSG creates local-restaurant passport for climate-conscious eating

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter October 27, 2019

The University of Iowa’s Graduate and Professional Student Government seeks to showcase local restaurants through climate-conscious menu items within the Iowa City community — specifically its food...

A server retrieves a dish from the kitchen at the Marion location of Short’s Burgers & Shine on Thursday, Oct. 24 2019. This is the first Short’s location outside of the Iowa City area.

Short’s Burger & Shine expands to Marion

Charlie Peckman, Senior Reporter October 24, 2019

Flaunting exposed brick, Edison bulbs, and a variety of local beers — not to mention mouth-watering portions of local beef — Iowa City Short’s Burger & Shine has expanded outside the friendly...

The Old Capitol building is seen in 2018.

University of Iowa to shift outreach and engagement programming to colleges

Sarah Altemeier, News Reporter October 24, 2019

The University of Iowa announced Thursday that next fall it will restructure its Outreach and Engagement Office to offer such programming through individual colleges and departments. In 2013, former UI...

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