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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

State Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, holds a graphic during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in Kollros Auditorium in Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa Legislature sends funding cuts aimed at UI, ISU budgets to Gov. Reynolds

Marissa Payne, [email protected] March 22, 2018
Midyear budget cuts to the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, as well as other programs and services, were finalized with a Wednesday vote in the Iowa Senate.
The Iowa House Chamber is seen during Hawkeye Caucus at the State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa House passes about $11 million in midyear cuts to UI, ISU

Marissa Payne, [email protected] March 21, 2018
The Iowa House is sending a revised budget bill, including around $11 million in cuts to the UI and ISU, to the Senate for a final vote.
UI president Bruce Harreld speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Q&A: UI President Bruce Harreld discusses officials leaving, tuition hikes coming

DI staff, [email protected] March 9, 2018
The Daily Iowan sat down with UI President Bruce Harreld on Wednesday to talk about tuition, administrator departures, and other issues.
Audit reveals discrepancies in UI emergency preparedness

Audit reveals discrepancies in UI emergency preparedness

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] March 9, 2018
The UI received a red rating on an internal audit looking at its emergency preparedness, but it is working to improve its plans and procedures.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a Johnson County Republicans event in Coralville at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Iowa Gov. Reynolds spoke to Republican constituents who had a minimum donation of $25 per individual to attend, $125 to host, and $500 to sponsor. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Free-speech bill moves to Iowa House following lawsuit against UI

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] March 7, 2018
A bill recently passed through the Iowa Senate looks to regulate how institutions handle free-speech.
Interim Provost Sue Curry listens during the state Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting inside the IMU Main Lounge on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Almost one year later, UI starting search for new provost

Marissa Payne, [email protected] March 1, 2018
After almost a year without a permanent executive vice president and provost, the UI announces co-chairs to lead the search for a replacement.
Bill Harshbarger hoists a Democratic Socialists of America  flag as undergraduate students speak to show solidarity during a COGS protest on the Pentacrest Feb. 26, 2018. COGS, or Campaign to Organize Graduate Students, led a rally to raise awareness for the Supreme Court Janus case, which will negatively impact the ability to form unions and wages amongst public workers. (Katie Goodale /The Daily Iowan)

Nontenured faculty gather at the Pentacrest to voice their concerns

Emma Sailor, [email protected] February 27, 2018
Instructors without tenure face job insecurity and lack of benefits.
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld listens during a meeting in the Reiman Ballroom of the ISU Alumni Center in Ames on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The Board of Regents will have a full board meeting on Feb. 23. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

University of Iowa wrestles with grad, retention gaps

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] February 26, 2018
The Annual Graduation & Retention Report reveals shortcomings in UI graduation and retention rates.
UI Housing seeking to market residence halls to returning students

UI Housing seeking to market residence halls to returning students

Marissa Payne, [email protected] February 26, 2018
The UI encourages returning students to continue living in the residence halls after their first year.
The Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research is pictured inside the Medical Education and Research Facility on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Wynn, a major donor to the UI, was recently accused of sexual assault. The University made the decision to remove Wynn's name from the center's title. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Regents approve removal of Wynn’s name from UI vision institute

February 23, 2018
Following reports of sexual assault, Steve Wynn's name has been stripped from the vision center he helped fund.
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld listens during a meeting in the Reiman Ballroom of the ISU Alumni Center in Ames on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The Board of Regents will have a full board meeting on Feb. 23. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UI addresses retention and graduation rates revealed in new report

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] February 22, 2018
The Annual Graduation & Retention Report for Fall 2017 revealed gaps in graduation and retention rates at the UI.
The Board of Regents meeting commences inside the IMU Main Lounge on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. In attendance was Sarah Fisher Gardial, Dean of the Tippie College of Business, who addressed the removal of a full-time MBA program through the business school. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa regents to make a second attempt to establish predictable tuition increases

Marissa Payne, [email protected] February 22, 2018
After nearly a year under new leadership, the state Board of Regents is reaffirming its commitment to predictable tuition increases with a multiyear tuition model.