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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The Old Capitol is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

Drake steps up as UI steps back on support for LGBTQ+ students

Emma Jane, News Reporter April 8, 2025

Following the passing of Senate File 418, a bill removing gender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, leaders at Drake University took an opposing stance as University of Iowa...

A sign is held up during the “Hands Off!” protest in downtown Iowa City on April 5, 2025. This was a part of a nationwide anti-Trump protest and over a thousand attendees showed up.

‘Hands Off’ rally draws more than 1,000 protesters in downtown Iowa City Saturday

Emma Jane, News Reporter April 6, 2025

A crowd of more than 1,000 people, ranging in age from children to the elderly, gathered in downtown Iowa City Saturday to protest President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency, or...

Stickers are seen outside the Iowa Memorial Union’s Black Box theatre during a Young American’s for Freedom sponsored event on Monday, March 25, 2024.

Students express disdain over YAF mass email

Grace Olson, News Editor April 3, 2025

University of Iowa students received a mass email Monday morning asking them, “Are you sexist?” The first sentence of the email reads: “Whether you hate women or love women, we have a speaker...

Students create pictures to donate to the children’s hospital during the Interfraternity Council exhibition event held inside the Iowa Memorial Union building in Iowa City on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

Interfraternity Council works to fight stereotypes following fraternity suspension

Genevieve DiChiara, News Reporter April 2, 2025

The University of Iowa Interfraternity Council, or IFC, is working to become more engaged in the Iowa City community to overcome stereotypes surrounding fraternities following Alpha Delta Phi’s hazing...

Pedestrians walk across South Clinton street in front of the Old Capitol Mall in Iowa City on March 31, 2025. The University of Iowa plans to purchase the remainder of the Old Capitol Mall in the coming years.

Iowa City’s longtime partnership with the UI

Kate Perez, Senior Reporter April 1, 2025

Since its inception in February 1847, the University of Iowa has been embedded in the heart of Iowa City. The Pentacrest, widely considered the center of the UI campus, backs up against Clinton...

The exhibit Drug Addiction: Real People, Real Stories, is seen at the Old Capitol Museum on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The exhibit is a part of a national nonprofit, The INTO LIGHT Project, and seeks to humanize the victims of overdose with sketched portraits, biographies, and pins. The exhibit will be open until December.

The Into Light Project sparks conversation about substance use disorder across Iowa

Anna Mitchell, News Reporter March 31, 2025

Lined with 32 portraits of individuals who have died from substance use disorder, 31 of whom are from the state of Iowa, the Hanson Humanities Gallery located in the Iowa City Old Capitol Museum is...

NutriSport and Smoothie opens in the Pedestrian Mall on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

New NutriSport and Smoothie location comes to campus

Chloe Oppelt, News Reporter March 31, 2025

NutriSport and Smoothie, a beverage shop that sells protein shakes and other health beverages, has joined Iowa City’s Old Capitol Town Center. Expected to open in mid-April, the NutriSport team has...

People gather outside of the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Englert Theatre launches disability inclusion series with community meetup

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 30, 2025

The Englert Theatre kicked off its new series of disability inclusion events with a disability community social event at The Green House Friday afternoon. Whit Martinez, community engagement coordinator...

Runners cross the finish line during the WIB x SWE x WIH 2025 5K across Iowa City’s east and west campus on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The race began and ended in Hubbard Park, and was catered by Everbowl and Traveling Tom’s Coffee. The 5K was a collaborative event between Women In Business and The University of Iowa Society of Women Engineers, and raised money for Planned Parenthood.

UI student, women-run organizations hold 5K to support women’s initiatives

Genevieve DiChiara, News Reporter March 30, 2025

Upward of 300 people came to Hubbard Park to run, walk, support, and volunteer at a 5K hosted by the University of Iowa organizations: Women in Business, or WIB, Women in Health, or WIH, and the Society...

Pro-Palestine protesters stand outside of Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Jerusalem Quartet concert met with pro-Palestine protest at Hancher Auditorium

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 27, 2025

About 20 protesters gathered outside Hancher Auditorium Thursday evening to oppose a performance by the Jerusalem Quartet, an Israeli ensemble, denouncing it as cultural complicity in the ongoing violence...

Protesters hold sigs and cheer during a COGS protest on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The demonstration lasted several hours and coincided with the One Day for Iowa celebration.

COGS protest gathers on the Pentacrest to boycott One Day for Iowa

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 26, 2025

As students passed the One Day for Iowa celebration on the University of Iowa Pentacrest Wednesday, some stopping to play one-on-one basketball or take a free sticker from university staff promoting...

Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo poses for a portrait in her office at the Jefferson Building with her new book, “Fighting for Control: Reproductive Care, Race, and Power in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” on Friday, March 7th, 2025. Dr. Murillo is an assistant professor of Gender, Women’s and Sexualities Studies as well as History at the University of Iowa.

Five UI gender studies professors publish books during year of potential department closure

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 24, 2025

In the same year the Iowa Board of Regents considered closing the University of Iowa's Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, five of its professors published books. For Brady G'sell,...