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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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UI Dance Marathon representatives Madison Woodfine, Alex Linden, and Dylan Lloyd stand inside the IMU main ballroom on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. Woodfine is the UIDM Event Director, Linden is the Executive Director, and Lloyd is the Moral Director. UIDM is one of the largest of the nationwide Dance Marathon event. Indiana and Florida host the top sports for most dollars raised in the country. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Dance Marathon fixated more on event’s importance rather than reaching a donation goal

Christopher Borro, [email protected] January 30, 2018
Dance Marathon board wants to focus more on raising money for the cause than hitting a monetary goal this year.
Dr. E. Dale Abel poses for a portrait in his laboratory in the Poppajohn Biomedical Discovery Building on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Dr. Abel and his team recently published a study on excess fat in the heart which could lead to new preventative treatments for heart failure. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

UI study may link fat in heart with heart failure

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] January 29, 2018
A recent study demonstrates that excess fat in the heart could lead to cells producing inadequate energy, which has the potential to lead to heart failure.
The Iowa Memorial Union glows in the evening Monday, Oct. 9 2017.

Museum of Art Dada exhibition engages viewers

Julia DiGiacomo, [email protected] January 29, 2018
The exhibition Dada Futures opened Jan. 27 at the UI Museum of Art featuring a variety of works from throughout history.
A Kansas public elementary school is ending the free distribution of Bibles to students after complaints that the practice violates the constitutional separation of church and state, the school superintendent said. (Dreamstime)

UI Philosophy Professor Leads Discussion on the Bible

Andy Mitchell, [email protected] January 26, 2018
UI professor leads a discussion on biblical text from a nonreligious perspective.
Woody Harrelson visits the IMU on Thursday, Jan. 25 to speak about his new movie "Lost in London" which premiered earlier this month. This is the first live screening of the film in the U.S. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Woody Harrelson at UI for first U.S. screening of ‘Lost in London’

Julia DiGiacomo, [email protected] January 26, 2018
Woody Harrelson visited the UI for the U.S. first screening of his film Lost in London in a year.
Iowa sophomore Katie Uehara works at the IMU welcome desk on Thursday, Jan. 25. 2018.

Career programs at UI leaving students prepared for workforce

Marissa Payne, [email protected] January 26, 2018
The UI sees higher job placement rates than the U.S. overall as the institution makes concerted efforts to prepare students to enter the workforce.
Hancher Auditorium is seen on Thursday Jan. 25, 2018.

Dancers converse on social issues, creative process

Julia DiGiacomo, [email protected] January 26, 2018
Award-winning choreographer Camille A. Brown will speak about her experience and creative processes today in Hancher as part, sort of, of the Creative Matters Lecture Series.
In this photo illustration, Elyse Fisher, an actress in the UI Theater Department, poses for a portrait before the dress rehearsal for Dybbuk of Dachau. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Lecture led by former rabbi sparks discussion of antisemitism in Iowa

January 25, 2018

By Sarah Stortz [email protected] The University of Iowa School of Social Work is shedding light on the issue of anti-Semitism by inviting someone who has experienced it firsthand. Rabbi...

Dr. Aju Jugessur stands in front of one of the machines used in his lab at the Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratory on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Dr. Jugessur is the director of the University of Iowa Microfabrication Facility.

UI offers first online lab course

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] January 25, 2018
Students get real-time lab exposure for a nanotechnology course online.
John Dorman speaks on flood insurance during a collaborative flood meeting at the University Capitol Centre on Wednesday. John Dorman, assistant director for rist management for the state of North Carolina, spoke on their flood prevention methods and how they might be utilized in Iowa City. (Katie Goodale/ The Daily Iowan)

Iowa Flood Center works with North Carolina to better brace for the flood

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] January 25, 2018
North Carolina Flood Risk Management Program Director John Dorman came to the Iowa Flood Center to start a collaboration to make both programs better.
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics building is seen from the west on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. A $1.3 million grant now helps UI practicum students to provide counseling services in rural areas across Iowa for the next four years. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

UIHC planning on using Vitamin C to fight cancer

Jordan Prochnow, [email protected] January 25, 2018
Doctors at UIHC received a grant to implement high doses of Vitamin C to slow the growth and spread of cancer cells.
Master of Health Administration student Winnie Uluocha speaks during the College of Public Health's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Human Rights Week in the College of Public Health Building on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. The event included a showing of Dr. King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech and a "privilege walk," where participants compare their privilege to others and reflect on it. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI College of Public Heath hosts privilege walk for civil rights week

Christopher Borro, [email protected] January 25, 2018
In light of Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations, volunteers acknowledged privilege to address particular issues.