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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 University of Iowa Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices on Thursday, Feb 3, 2022.

UI students react to closure of Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity

Isobel Perez, News Reporter March 24, 2025

Days before University of Iowa students left campus for spring break, a blue banner was added over the Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity, or AOD, webpage, announcing the department's closure...

The Old Capitol Building is seen on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

COGS plans protest as UI cuts funding guarantee for graduate students

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 18, 2025

Around 20 members of the University of Iowa’s graduate student union gathered at Kindred Coffee on Friday to touch base on recent developments impacting graduate students and plan for upcoming actions. The...

Newly elected vice president of the Association for Asian Studies Dr. Hyaeweol Choi poses for a portrait at Gilmore Hall on Feb. 15, 2023.

UI gender studies department remains open after debate

Kate Perez and Anna Mitchell March 13, 2025

Members of the University of Iowa’s Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies have felt a mix of emotions in the last four months — fear, excitement, disappointment, and determination...

Contributed by Delaney Behning.

Women flock to political science degrees following recent political turmoil

Chloe Oppelt, News Reporter March 13, 2025

The political science field has been growing, and the number of women in politics has increased along with it.  Recent UI graduate Delaney Behning just completed her bachelor’s degree in political...

The Old Capitol Building is seen on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

COGS reports UI departments revising graduate student admissions

Grace Olson, News Editor March 13, 2025

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. According to a release from the Campaign to Organize Graduate Students at the University of Iowa, Ph.D. and Masters students were informed of...

The Old Capitol Building is seen in Iowa City on  Tuesday April, 25, 2023.

Microsoft’s new computer chip excites UI researchers for future of quantum computing

Jacob Calvin, News Reporter March 12, 2025

Solids. Liquids. Gases. Since grade school, people have been told these classical states of matter define the universe. Microsoft’s latest breakthrough challenges that idea, harnessing a unique...

Photo contributed by Marie Krebs.

UI grad student transfers after backlash over DEI presentation

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 12, 2025

Marie Krebs, a graduate student in the University of Iowa’s School of Social Work, is leaving the university after facing disciplinary action for a presentation she and a classmate gave on diversity,...

Council members sort through the agenda during a faculty council meeting inside the Old Capitol Centre on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024.

UI Faculty Council passes faculty policy revision for tenure review

Evan Watson, Assistant News Editor March 11, 2025

The University of Iowa Faculty Council voted to pass a revision to a section of the university’s faculty policy, which has been in the works since May, in a regular meeting Tuesday. The policy...

Demonstrators from the Erase Hate Not Our Communities Protest gather on the Pentacrest in Iowa City on March 1. The demonstration was held in response to the University of Iowa’s plan to discontinue identity-based Living Learning Communities on campus.

Students disheartened by UI decision to eliminate identity-based LLCs

Isobel Perez, News Reporter March 11, 2025

The morning of Feb. 18 began like any other: students waking up and getting ready for classes. But for Olivia Oriho, alongside other students and resident assistants living in the University of Iowa’s...

The Daily Iowan’s 2025-26 executive editor, Roxy Ekberg, poses for a portrait in the Adler Journalism Building in Iowa City on Monday, March 10, 2025. Ekberg is a second-year at the University of Iowa. In the Honors Program, she is double majoring in journalism and political science. Prior to her role as Politics Editor, she worked as a news reporter at The Daily Iowan and worked at her local newspaper, The Wakefield Republican.

Roxy Ekberg named The Daily Iowan’s 2025-26 executive editor

Sam Peterson, News Reporter March 10, 2025

Anticipation was running high in The Daily Iowan newsroom Monday night as the name of the individual who will hold the title of executive editor for the 2025-26 academic year was announced, marking...

The Iowa Memorial Union is seen on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.

IMU modernization project delayed as students weigh in on impact

Jacob Calvin, News Reporter March 10, 2025

This year marks the 100th year since the University of Iowa Iowa Memorial Union was constructed. In 2008, the building temporarily closed for flood mitigation and hasn’t undergone a major construction...

The government of the Chronic Health Alliance club poses for a portrait during a bracelet making meeting in the Student Disability Services lounge in the University Capitol Centre on March 7, 2025. Left to right: Kathleen Belz, Sarah Winternitz, Shay Petter.

UI club advocates for students with chronic illnesses

Genevieve DiChiara, News Reporter March 9, 2025

The Hawkeye Chronic Health Alliance organization at the University of Iowa is a resource for students to have a safe space and gain support if they have or know someone with a chronic illness or to...