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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The Hawkeye Marching Band performs during halftime at the season opener against Wyoming on Saturday, Sep. 2, 2017. The Hawkeyes went on to defeat the Cowboys, 24-3. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Marching Band forms hand to ‘wave’ to UI Children’s Hospital

October 17, 2017

The Hawkeye Marching Band joined in the wave to the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital at the Oct. 7 Homecoming Game by forming a giant hand on the field. By Sarah Watson [email protected] “Horns...

A Herky statue with a "PHIL Was Here" sash stands on the Pentacrest on Monday, April 24. Beginning in 2012, the UI launched PHIL Was Here to celebrate philanthropy at the university. (The Daily Iowan/Ben Smith)

UI’s fifth-annual We Are Phil Week raising money for nine campaigns

Grace Lynn Keller, [email protected] October 17, 2017

Monday marked the beginning of University of Iowa’s Phil Week, a fundraising event for nine campaigns on campus. The nine projects for this year’s Phil Week include empowering UI WiSE Femineers,...

Van Allen Hall on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)

NASA awards UI researchers $1.25 million for mission proposal

October 16, 2017

A University of Iowa research team led by Professor Craig Kletzing has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from NASA. The team, with four others, will use the grant to conceptualize plans to explore...

The Iowa Memorial Union glows in the evening Monday, Oct. 9th 2017. (Paxton Corey/The Daily Iowan)

UISG hopes to supply students with outdoor recreational equipment

Sarah Watson, [email protected] October 10, 2017

The University of Iowa Student Government plans to supply recreational equipment for students to check out for free from the IMU. A Facebook survey posted Oct. 3 invited students to check which of 12...

The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

Lecture retells story of creating Iowa’s Constitution in Old Capitol

Paige Schlichte, [email protected] October 5, 2017

The Old Capitol has served as a hallmark of the University of Iowa’s campus since the university was founded in 1847, yet every day, thousands of Hawkeyes walk past the building without knowing its...

Homecoming letters are seen on the Pentacrest on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Dear World project encourages Hawkeyes to share stories deeper than skin

Paige Schlichte, [email protected] October 3, 2017

Today, University of Iowa students will be given the chance to highlight diversity and build community by sharing their individual stories in a social experiment known as Dear World, which heads to the...

UI senior Analisa Iole leans for a portrait on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. Iole is the Hawkeye Marching Band's first female drum major. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Hawkeye Marching Band introduced its first ever female drum major

October 2, 2017

Analisa Iole was introduced to Kinnick as the first female drum major in modern history of the Hawkeye Marching Band. By Sarah Watson [email protected] Dating back to the late 1880s, all of the...

Director of University of Iowa Counseling Services Barry Schreier poses for a photo in a counseling room in the new East Side counseling facility in the Old Capitol Mall on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The University Counseling Service celebrated the opening of the new location Thursday. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

UI celebrates progress on mental health, opening of East Side counseling location

Marissa Payne, [email protected] September 29, 2017

Accessing resources for mental-health treatment on the University of Iowa campus has now become easier for students — the UI has extended its University Counseling Service offerings across campus to...

The Hawkeye Caucus speaks to students on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. UISG hosted tables where students could register to vote.

UISG raves for student voter registration 

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] September 26, 2017

Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day, and for the University of Iowa Student Government, this meant getting the word out about voting. UISG and the Hawkeye Caucus hosted a voter-registration...

John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator, looks back as the spacecraft Cassini is seen in the background, during a news briefing about NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, USA on Sunday, August 5, 2012. The Curiosity robot is equipped with a nuclear-powered lab capable of vaporizing rocks and ingesting soil, measuring habitability, and potentially paving the way for human exploration. (Patrick T. Fallon/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

UI researchers reflect on end of 20-year Cassini mission to Saturn

Brooklyn Draisey , [email protected] September 19, 2017

The NASA spacecraft Cassini ended its 20-year mission to Saturn on Sept. 15, making its final descent into the atmosphere before disintegrating completely. Launched on Oct. 15, 1997, the Cassini has...

Students converse during the UISG Asian American Discussion Circle at the Asian Pacific American Cultural Center on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The event served as an outlet for Asian UI students to explore identity and express issues related to Asian students. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UISG hosts Asian Discussion Circle to build bridges

Sarah Watson, [email protected] September 19, 2017

The University of Iowa Student Government hosted an Asian discussion circle in which students talked about the difficulties of bridging the gap between Asian-American students and international students...

Education Sec. Betsy DeVos listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a strategic and policy discussion with CEOs in the State Department Library in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 11, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Campus organizations disappointed by DeVos’ intent to change campus sexual assault guidelines

September 12, 2017

Sarah Watson [email protected] Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on Sept. 7 her intention to change sexual-misconduct policy on college campuses by re-evaluating Title IX. “It’s...