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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Members of the UISG meet in the Black Box Theater on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.

First-Generation Summit Committee responds to UISG president’s veto

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter February 19, 2019

The First-Generation Summit Planning Committee strongly urges the University of Iowa Student Government Senate to override the UISG president’s veto of legislation that would fund the second First-Generation...

Community members gather on the Pentacrest to protest the closing of the Labor Center on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018.

UI asking Iowa regents to reconsider Labor Center closure

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor February 19, 2019

The University of Iowa has heard the community’s calls to “Save the Labor Center.” The state Board of Regents may vote to reconsider the Labor Center’s closure at the governing board’s Feb....

A speaker addresses members of UISG at the IMU on September 25, 2018.

UI Student Government senators could override president’s vetoes

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor February 18, 2019

University of Iowa Student Government senators will vote at the group’s meeting tonight on legislation the organization’s president recently vetoed because of concerns regarding spending student fees. At...

The UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is seen in September 2018.

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital receives $4.5 million gift

Kinsey Phipps, News Reporter February 18, 2019

The Richard O. Jacobson Foundation recently contributed $4.5 million to create two endowed chairs at the University of Iowa Stead Family Pediatrics Department. There are 15 divisions in the Pediatrics...

The University of Iowa College of Law's Boyd Law Building on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. The College of Law is the number 20 ranked law school in the country.

UI legal clinic helps felons apply to reinstate their voting rights

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter February 18, 2019

As one of only two states in which felons are more or less permanently disenfranchised, those who seek to reinstate their voting rights in Iowa can face difficult application processes. The University...

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Project HOPE celebrates 10 years at Education College

Alexandra Skores, News Reporter February 18, 2019

For 10 years at the UI College of Education, Project HOPE has provided a STEM-based curriculum intervention for minority and low-socioeconomic middle school students to be exposed to healthcare professions. Project...

A collection of specimens from the evolutionary order crocodylomorphia at Trowbridge Hall on Feb. 13.

UI professor uncovers complex evolutionary history of crocodylia

Kinsey Phipps, News Reporter February 18, 2019

UI earth and environmental sciences Professor Christopher Brochu’s office shows his passion for his research simply by its contents: books stacked high, papers scattered across his desk, and photos of...

Members of UISG and GPSG join for a meeting in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. The annual meeting was initiated with a brief introduction by President Bruce Harreld. (Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan)

GPSG works with state legislators to increase professional student retention

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter February 18, 2019

The University of Iowa’s Graduate & Professional Student Government is working on initiatives to retain more professional students in Iowa following graduation, because the state suffers from a lack...

UISG President Hira Mustafa speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

UISG president vetoes First-Generation Summit legislation

Brooklyn Draisey, News Editor February 16, 2019

University of Iowa Student Government President Hira Mustafa has vetoed a bill allocating funds to the second "I'm the First" First-Generation Summit at Iowa. Student Senate Bill 31 allocated a maximum...

Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School football photo

UI student Gerald Belz died from hypothermia, UI police say

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor February 15, 2019

University of Iowa student Gerald Belz's death on Jan. 30 amid polar weather was because of hypothermia due to cold exposure, UI police announced Friday. The UI Public Safety Department received Belz's...

J. Martin Scholtz of the Texas A&M University College of Medicine speaks during the VP for Research candidate forum on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Scholtz is the first candidate in the search.

Faculty attend first Vice President for Research forum

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter February 14, 2019

The first University of Iowa vice president for Research candidate, J. Martin Scholtz, visited the campus on Thursday to discuss his vision of making the UI one of the more pre-eminent universities of...

Students and colleagues remember UI professor of African Art History Christopher Roy

Students and colleagues remember UI professor of African Art History Christopher Roy

Andy Mitchell, News Reporter February 14, 2019

African-art history Professor Christopher Roy has left behind a legacy after 41 years at the University of Iowa, a tenure that spans continents and changed the university forever. The professor died on...