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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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New recycling bins are seen in the UI Office of Sustainability on July 2, 2018. The Public Space Recycling Bin grant from Coca-Cola North America and the Keep America Beautiful foundation provided the office with 500 new recycling bins to be placed around campus.

UI Sustainability Office granted 500 recycling bins from Coke

Julia Poska, [email protected] July 2, 2018
As recipients of a grant from Coca-Cola and Keep America Beautiful, the office will distribute the bins around campus to increase recycling potential.
FILE - The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

UI College of Dentistry will no longer accept new adult Medicaid patients

June 29, 2018

The University of Iowa College of Dentistry will no longer accept new adult Medicaid patients, officials announced this week. New Medicaid patients will continue to be accepted at the UI Hospitals &...

A women's 6-on-6 pamphlet and signed book on display in the Women's Archive at the Main Library, June 27, 2018. The women's 6-on-6 archive is on display all across Iowa this summer. (Paxton Corey/The Daily Iowan)

Remembering when 6-on-6 basketball ruled Iowa

Julia Poska, [email protected] June 27, 2018
Thanks to a traveling exhibit from the Iowa Women’s Archives, 6-on-6 girls’ basketball is gone but not forgotten after 25 years.
The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

UI points to Anti-Violence Plan after online sexual misconduct

Gage Miskimen, [email protected] June 26, 2018
Officials believe the UI’s 2018-2021 Anti-Violence Plan will help address issues of sexual misconduct on campus.
UI lecturer issued criminal-trespass warning for taking photos of women working out

UI lecturer issued criminal-trespass warning for taking photos of women working out

June 26, 2018

A University of Iowa lecturer has been issued a criminal-trespass warning by the UI police that includes all campus recreation buildings for reportedly taking pictures of women working out at the UI Campus...

Campus unveils new ‘UI-Guest’ Wi-Fi network to visitors

Campus unveils new ‘UI-Guest’ Wi-Fi network to visitors

Julia Poska, [email protected] June 25, 2018

As of this month, guests on the University of Iowa campus can connect for free to a new Wi-Fi network, “UI-Guest,” which will phase out “attwifi,” the previous guest network. Nicole Dahya, the...

Students in an October 2011 file image react during a science experiment in first grade class at Alexander Science Center School in Los Angeles, learning about three states of matter: gas, liquid, and solid. New education guidelines in Iowa will make science education more analytical rather than focusing on memorization. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

UI transforming K-12 science education in Iowa

Allison Meyer, [email protected] June 20, 2018

When the state of Iowa developed, then adopted, new science standards in 2015, K-12 earth-science education was meager. Few teachers were certified or endorsed in earth science, and the courses that did...

The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Next UI theme semester: “Redesigning Our American Dream”

Brooke Clayton, [email protected] June 20, 2018

In a political moment dominated by a campaign to Make America Great Again, the University of Iowa’s theme semester asks the community to consider what exactly does make America great. For the UI’s...

The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Subject of viral tweet no longer enrolled at UI

Gage Miskimen, [email protected] June 20, 2018

Nick Caracci, a former University of Iowa student accused of numerous instances of sexual misconduct, is no longer a student at the UI. UI Public Safety public-information officer Hayley Bruce confirmed...

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UI student sets off to Portugal on Fulbright Grant

Brooke Clayton, [email protected] June 14, 2018

Rita Guzmán was born and raised in Decorah, and her time at the University of Iowa has led her to Chicago with an internship and Dublin and London with Study Abroad. Her next stop, now as an alumna,...

A sandbag wall protects the IMU as floodwaters move over the bank and onto the river terrace on June 10, 2008. (File photo/The Daily Iowan)

10 years later, the collective memory of the 2008 flood remains

Katelyn Weisbrod, Managing Editor June 13, 2018

Predicting floods is incredibly complicated and not terribly accurate. In June 2008, this came at a high cost to the University of Iowa when a 500-year flood damaged over 20 buildings, some too badly to...

The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

UI student, subject of viral tweet, previously accused of stalking

Gage Miskimen, [email protected] June 12, 2018

A University of Iowa student who was the subject of a viral tweet earlier this week was previously reported to the UI police for harassment and stalking dating to December 2017, according to documents...