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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

Matt McGregor demonstrates how to use some of the lab equipment on Monday, October 7.

UI professor Ryan LaLumiere receives $2.13 million grant for heroin relapse study

Grace Culbertson, News Reporter October 11, 2019

In 2005, Ryan LaLumiere dabbled in studying the connection between the brain and heroin in a lab at the Medical University of South Carolina. When the opioid crisis’ second wave hit the U.S. five years...

Photo Illustration taken on October 8, 2019 by Raquele Decker.

UISG aims to empower bright ideas of students through new website

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter October 10, 2019

University of Iowa Student Government has created an outlet for students to share their ideas through their new website “Hawk Ideas.” UISG published the “Hawk Ideas” website this fall. Former...

Photo Illustration by Ryan Adams

Iowa Youth Writing Project raises $4,275 for low-income students

Grace Culbertson, News Reporter October 10, 2019

The Iowa Youth Writing Project recently raised thousands of dollars for a new program that will cover the cost of supplies such as snacks, backpacks, notebooks, and writing utensils for its students.  The...

Stacey Abrams takes a question from a supporter at Temple De Hirsch Sinai on April 25, 2019. (Paul Christian Gordon/Zuma Press/TNS)

Stacey Abrams will visit the UI to speak about fair elections

Brooklyn Draisey & Julia Shanahan October 10, 2019

Former Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams will visit the IMU next month to give a presentation advocating for fair elections in 2020. According to a press release, Abrams will speak at 5:30...

Vice President of Student Life Melissa Shivers sits down for an interview with The Daily Iowan on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.

Q&A: VP of Student Life Melissa Shivers talks DEI action plan, student disability services, and #DoesUiowaLoveMe

DI Staff October 9, 2019

The Daily Iowan: With the recent allegations against a woman in Kappa Kappa Gamma for racist language, how is the Office of Student Life addressing this issue in the sorority and in the larger issue of...

Assistant Professor of Management Daniel Newton poses for a portrait at the Tippie College of Business on October 9, 2019. Newton was commissioned by NASA to research task switching in efforts to help astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

NASA and Tippie form first official partnership for new grant

Kexin Cheng, News Reporter October 9, 2019

Space and business are colliding for the first time at the University of Iowa.  The Tippie College of Business recently announced its first official partnership with NASA for a new grant. UI Assistant...

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National Book Foundation recognizes UI Press author Ashley Wurzbacher for upcoming short-story collection

Cory Tays, News Reporter October 9, 2019

University of Iowa Press author Ashley Wurzbacher’s upcoming fiction book about the trials and triumphs of various professional women — a decade-long project — garnered her national recognition. Wurzbacher’s...

GPSG members vote on funding movement at the University of Iowa GPSG meeting in the IMU on October 8th, 2019.

Graduate and Professional Student Government talks public/private partnership and organization funding

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter October 9, 2019

A member of University of Iowa Graduate and Professional Student Government said in a meeting Tuesday night the UI will soon select a bidder in its exploration of a public/private partnership. In the...

YouTube star and disability advocate Jessica McCabe speaks about ADHD at KRUI on Tuesday, October 8, 2019.

YouTube star and disability advocate gives lecture at the University of Iowa

Grace Culbertson, News Reporter October 9, 2019

As hundreds of people watched from the audience, YouTuber Jessica McCabe took the stage at TEDxBratislava in 2017 with a freshly written draft of her speech, slight terror, no sleep, and a lot to say about...

Vice President of Student Life Melissa Shivers sits down for an interview with the Daily Iowan on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.

Shivers discusses path forward after racist ideology in sorority Instagram comment

Brooklyn Draisey, Managing Editor October 9, 2019

University of Iowa Vice President for Student Life Melissa Shivers on Tuesday told The Daily Iowan that language containing racist ideology is “not part of who we are” at the UI and in the Fraternity/Sorority...

Neuroscientist Ted Abel poses for a portrait at Bread Garden Market on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Abel is a professor and researcher at the University of Iowa.

Ted Abel named new chair of Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Lauren White, News Reporter October 9, 2019

Just in time for its recent name change from the Department of Pharmacology to the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, the department at the University of Iowa named Ted Abel as its new chair...

Club members review what they discussed in the previous meeting during a meeting of Aphasia Reading Club (ARC) on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. ARC is a group for people with mild to moderate aphasia who have difficulties with reading comprehension.

Aphasia Reading Club provides safe space for individuals with communication disorders

Mitchell Griffin, News Reporter October 9, 2019

For someone with aphasia — a neurogenetic communication disorder — reading, speaking, and writing can all be difficult actions to accomplish. The Apahsia Reading Club on campus and in Iowa City seeks...

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