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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Contractors work in front of Seashore Hall as part of the preparations for its demolition on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Seashore Hall will be demolished in December 2017 to allow for the expansion of the Spence Laboratories of Psychology. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

Partial demolition of Seashore Hall taking place this winter

November 28, 2017

By Madison Purvis [email protected] The University of Iowa plans to partially tear down long-standing Seashore Hall during winter break. On April 21, the state Board of Regents approved the...

Patients check into the Holden Center on Aug. 25, 2016.

The Donald D. Dorfman Research Award doubles for 2017

November 27, 2017

Two Iowa researchers are honored for their outstanding work in the area of leukemia research. By Madison Purvis [email protected]  Two heads are better than one, especially in cancer research. Earlier...

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Kid Captain lives with help from ‘Kidney Grandma’

Marissa Payne, [email protected] November 24, 2017

Kidney failure is no problem Landon Wilkerson’s “Kidney Grandma” couldn’t solve. After he was born, doctors thought Landon, this week’s honorary Kid Captain, wouldn’t make it a year without...

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UI conducts clinical study on drug for Parkinson’s patients

Madison Lotenschtein, [email protected] November 22, 2017

Leukemia and Parkinson’s disease, like most diseases, ravage the body of all it was capable of doing. The two diseases were never known to be closely correlated until Nilotinib, a drug used to treat...

NoName performs during the Telefone Tour on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. Telefone is NoName's debut mixtape, released on July 31, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)

Hip-hop icons discussed at Afro House

Sarah Watson, [email protected] November 17, 2017

Voices of the queens of hip-hop echoed throughout the Afro-American Culture Center Thursday night as a group gathered to discuss the role of African-American women in the genre. The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity...

Crowds gather to observe the first four arriving solar cars from, left to right, Iowa State University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan and Polytechnique Montreal during the American Solar Challenge on Monday, July 28, 2014. The solar car race ended at the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus in Minneapolis, Minn., with the University of Michigan taking first place. (Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

ISU’s old solar car hits road to help UI’s ASME team

Sam Hookom, [email protected] November 17, 2017

The University of Iowa's American Society of Mechanical Engineers received a new solar car from an unexpected source and rival – Iowa State. The team, which revamped itself this past spring and...

UI Parking and Transportation Director Dave Ricketts poses for a portrait in his office in the West Campus Transportation Center on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Ricketts began working as a Cambus driver 43 years ago. During his time as director Ricketts has overseen 60 transitions for parking structures from building to surface and vice versa. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

UI transportation director retires, reflects on storied career

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] November 17, 2017

Even the best bus runs out of fuel. Dave Ricketts, who has been with the University of Iowa Parking and Transportation Department for 43 years, is hanging up the reins as the department’s director. Today,...

UI Marching Band Director Kevin Kastens directs the Hawkeye Marching Band during the second-to-last band practice of the season at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center on Thursday, Nov. 16. Kastens is retiring this year after 20 years in multiple directorial positions at the University. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Hawkeye Marching Band Director retires after 20 years

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] November 17, 2017

With the final wave of his baton on Saturday, a Marching Band icon will end a storied career. Kevin Kastens will retire as the director of the Hawkeye Marching Band and the associate director of bands....

Attendees light candles during the Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil in Danforth Chapel on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. The event included the reading of 284 murdered trans peoples' names. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI Trans Alliance recognizes lives lost to anti-transgender violence

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] November 17, 2017

A total of 284 candles were lit Thursday night in honor of transgender individuals who lost their lives this past year. The University of Iowa Trans Alliance held the Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil...

A drag troupe from the Delta Labda Phi fraternity dances at a Cultural Showcase at the IMU on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. The event was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Sixth-annual Cultural Showcase welcomes the world

Tian Liu, [email protected] November 17, 2017

Performance and cultural pride were the themes of the sixth-annual Cultural Showcase, which the Campus Activities Board put on Thursday night in the IMU. UI Breakers, University of Iowa Dance Club,...

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Kid Captain faces tough odds

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] November 17, 2017

It only took one small accident to put an athletic 11-year-old girl’s life in a scary place. Laurel Schaul, this week’s Kid Captain of Springville, Iowa, was not sure she would ever be able to walk...

Panelists speak during the Shelter House homelessness panel discussion at MERF on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. The panel discussed misconceptions about the homeless and ways to combat homelessness in the community. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Panel discusses health care for homeless

November 16, 2017

This week is national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, and a discussion panel on the afternoon of Nov. 15 focused on the issue of homelessness from a health-care perspective. By Paige Schlichte [email protected] The...