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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The Center for Student Involvement and Leadership is seen on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.

Hawkeye Service Teams hopes to modify Alternative Spring Break

Alexandra Skores, News Reporter September 23, 2018

The Hawkeye Service Team has made some modifications focusing on leadership to its Alternative Spring Break Program. The program is designed to promote learning through service, social justice, and community...

Fulbright Scholar studies water quality in Romania

Fulbright Scholar studies water quality in Romania

Josie Fischels, News Reporter September 23, 2018

Among various rural and urban communities in Transylvania, Romania, University of Iowa human toxicology graduate student Barbara Okeke will spend the next nine and a half months conducting important water-quality...

Students now required to apply for UI Honors program

Students now required to apply for UI Honors program

Kinsey Phipps, News Reporter September 20, 2018

Honors at Iowa and the UI Admissions Office have worked closely to develop a new way of admitting students to Honors. Doing away with automatic acceptance, Honors hopes to reach more students who may...

Tailgaters walk out of a party before a football game against Iowa State University on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018.

University of Iowa no longer a top-20 party school

Julia DiGiacomo, News Reporter September 19, 2018

For the first time in years, the University of Iowa is not ranked among the nation’s most prominent party schools. Last year, the UI ranked No. 6 on the Princeton Review’s top 20 party school list....

Nite Ride releases new app to help reduce waiting times

Nite Ride releases new app to help reduce waiting times

Paul Elwell, News Reporter September 19, 2018

The University of Iowa Public Safety Department has made several improvements to its Nite Ride program to reduce waiting times. The program has provided safe, after-hours transportation for women, and...

UI student receives Fulbright Grant to study in Bulgaria

UI student receives Fulbright Grant to study in Bulgaria

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter September 18, 2018

UI Fulbright scholar Tom Bowman will use his English teaching assistant award to live in Bulgaria and help students further their proficiency in English. Bowman will live in Bulgaria until the end of...

From left: UI sophomores Megan and Ciera Stitz pose for a portrait in the Adler Journalism Building on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. The duo produces YouTube videos and have over 1 million subscribers.

Twin UI sophomores double as YouTube celebrities

Kinsey Phipps, News Reporter September 18, 2018

Walking around campus, Megan and Ciera Stitz may seem like normal college students. But the Stitz sisters are not simply normal sophomores at the UI, they have wound up in YouTube stardom. One day in...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as seen on Sept 17, 2018.

Many factors contribute to 20-year ADHD increase, UI researchers say

Charles Peckman, News Reporter September 18, 2018

An analysis from University of Iowa researchers found an increase in American children diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder from 1997 to 2016. Researchers found a 4.1 percent increase...

Office of Sustainability and the Environment Director Stratis Giannakouros poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018.

Office of Sustainability manages new director, integration into CLAS

Charles Peckman, News Reporter September 18, 2018

As the University of Iowa continues to work toward its 2020 sustainability targets, the Office of Sustainability & Environment, which oversees many of the university’s green initiatives such as Recyclemania,...

Dr. M. R. Rajagopal speaks at the College of Nursing on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Rajagopal was nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for his work establishing Pallative care centers and services throughout India.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee speaks at UI about medical field struggles in India

Kate Pixley, News Reporter September 17, 2018

M.R. Rajagopal, a palliative-care physician, activist, and Nobel nominee, visited the University of Iowa on Monday for a series of lectures, which will continue today. Rajagopal is the founder and chairman...

A volunteer carrying voter registration forms is seen on the Pentacrest on Monday, September 17, 2018. Members of the University of Iowa ROTC read the U.S. constitution aloud in honor of Constitution Day.

UISG, GPSG hopes to increase student voter turnout through Voter Registration Week

Alexandra Skores, News Reporter September 17, 2018

The University of Iowa Student Government and the Graduate/Professional Student Government have teamed up to devise the first ever Voter Registration Week, hoping to engage students in voting and being...

Professor Melissa Tully poses for a portrait in the Adler Journalism Building on Sept. 17, 2018. Tully recently became the new Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

UI journalism professor gains tenure and new position leading undergraduate studies

Kinsey Phipps, News Reporter September 17, 2018

Professor Melissa Tully has been appointed associate director for undergraduate studies in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication after gaining tenure this fall. At the start of the fall semester,...