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Participants plunge into Coralville Lake during the Iowa City Polar Plunge on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Each participant raised $75 to plunge in the 40-degree weather. (The Daily Iowan/Olivia Sun)

Special Olympics Iowa challenges Iowa City to take the plunge

IC community dives into the Coalville Reservoir for Special Olympics. Volunteers raised money for the organization by plunging into the cold water.
A participant dances at the 24th Annual University of Iowa Powwow and Round Dance on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The Powwow, hosted by the Native American Student Association, celebrated American-Indian traditions of song and dance. (The Daily Iowan/Olivia Sun)

24th annual UI Powwow and first Native student visit day work to support recruitment and retention

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] April 16, 2018
The 24th UI Powwow coincided with the first-ever Native Student Visiting Day.
The Iowa Memorial Union glows in the evening Monday, Oct. 9th 2017.

DITV: Taste of Asia takes over Iowa Memorial Union

April 15, 2018
Taste of Asia takes over Iowa Memorial Union
Regents listen to a presentation during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU main lounge on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.

Iowa regent universities look to retain faculty as faculty resignations rise

Emily Wangen, [email protected] April 12, 2018
After the UI saw an increase in the number of faculty resignations last year, the institution is now reporting a decline in departures, but other regent schools are reporting an increase.
UI Environmental Coalition's logo is shown on a table during the UI Environmental Coalition's Treasure Trade on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UIEC puts on events for Earth Month

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] April 12, 2018
The UI Environmental Coalition gets students involved in saving the environment.
One of the staff is watching visitor to operate the touch screen in the UI Mobile Museum on the plaza between the Main Library and the Adler Journalism Building on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (The Daily Iowan/ Gaoyuan Pan)

Interactivity, pangolins among UI Mobile Museum’s highlights

Local 3D printing breakthroughs and Iowan birds of prey are among the exhibits displayed for the museum’s fifth statewide tour.
File Photo/The Daily Iowan

UIHC receives grant renewal to expand research

Jordan Prochnow, [email protected] April 12, 2018
UIHC has announced a grant renewal for the Clinical and Translational Science Award.
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

The University of Iowa hops on the Common App

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] April 12, 2018
The UI will give its applicants the ability to apply through the Common Application starting in the fall.
Students roam the halls of the Pappajohn Buisiness Building on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. The Tippie College of Business which is housed in Pappajohn is instituting a new Masters of Business Analytics Program in fall of 2018. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI research draws correlation between bad behavior and workplace, insomnia

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] April 11, 2018
A research by a UI graduate fellow shows bad behavior at work place leads to insomnia.
A mammogram machine sits at the Breast Imaging Center of Excellence Clinic on Thursday, Mar. 1, 2018. Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery Dr. Ingrid Lizarraga is a principal investigator for a new study in treating breast cancer at the University of Iowa. (Ashley Morris/ The Daily Iowan)

Doctors and breast cancer survivor discuss the journey women with breast cancer face

Elly Woods, [email protected] April 11, 2018
Physicians and health officials gathered Tuesday to discuss the causes and prevention of breast cancer. A survivor also spoke about her experience with the disease and the many treatments she underwent.
Perspectives on Senate File 2311

Perspectives on Senate File 2311

Julia DiGiacomo, [email protected] April 11, 2018
UI students and faculty involved with renewable energy are advocating against Senate File 2311, which would put caps on taxes towards energy efficiency programs.
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, UI alumni and co-writers of A Quiet Place, speak in the Pappajohn Business Building on Monday, April 9, 2018. "A Quiet Place" stars John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, and topped the box office during its opening weekend. (The Daily Iowan/Olivia Sun)

Screenwriters of A Quiet Place speak at the UI about their careers as filmmakers

April 10, 2018
UI alumni Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, screenwriters of a new hit movie, visit the UI and speak about the development of their careers and the process by which they write and produce their films.