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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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UI Pappajohn Education Center Director Tom Rice gestures during a UI Academic Structure 2020 study forum with the Steering Committee  leading Phase II of the study in the Iowa Theatre inside the IMU on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. The committee listened to comment from faculty, staff, students, and community members. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Community urges UI to rethink Iowa-centric practices in reorganization

Marissa Payne, [email protected] December 5, 2017

Before the University of Iowa can achieve excellence, campus-community members urge officials to look outside state lines to find an institutional identity. The Academic Organizational Structure 2020...

Members of the UI community hold signs in protest on the Pentacrest on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017.

Graduate students hopeful about federal tax overhaul

December 4, 2017

The tax bill isn’t set in stone yet, but graduate students can still take a breath. By Molly Hunter [email protected] While the tax-overhaul process isn’t over yet, graduate students fighting...

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Summer Hawk Tuition Grant to discontinue after summer 2018

DI staff, [email protected] November 30, 2017

Following Summer 2018, the Summer Hawk Tuition Grant III will no longer be offered, the UI announced Thursday. According to an email from Kari Yankey, administrative services coordinator in the Academic...

COGS financial officer Landon Elkind speaks to the crowd at a protest on the Pentacrest on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. The students protested a current GOP tax proposal that would repeal tax exemption on students' tuition waivers, making that income taxable. That provision in the House version of this legislation has been concerning for graduate students. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

COGS calls proposed tax bill a ‘danger to higher education’

November 30, 2017

COGS and faculty members gathered on the Pentacrest Nov. 29 to protest the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. By Tian Liu [email protected] Those protesting on the Pentacrest were filled with passion...

FILE - The Iowa City Kirkwood Community College campus is seen on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Trade schools should not be overlooked, college officials say

Kayli Reese, [email protected] November 28, 2017

Approaching senior year in high school, teenagers are suddenly faced with one of the most difficult decisions they will have to make in their adolescence: what to do after high school. For some, that...

UI Associate Professor of Chemistry Chris Cheatum gestures during a UI 2020 Initiative forum meeting with the Steering Committee in the Iowa Theatre inside the IMU on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. The committee listened to comment from faculty, staff, students, and community members. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

UI community pushes for realistic approach to campus reorganization in public forum

Sarah Watson, [email protected] November 14, 2017

Campus community members stressed their concern about limited resources at an open forum Monday. The forum was part of Phase II of the UI’s two-phase Academic Organizational Structure 2020 initiative...

FILE - The University of Iowa campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Des Moines law firm to complete UI’s employment practices review

November 9, 2017

The UI has selected a law firm to review its employment practices six months after settling former employees'’ allegations of discrimination. Six months after announcing a review of the...

Chaden Djalali (University of Iowa)

Dean of UI’s largest college a finalist for provost at University of Connecticut

Marissa Payne, [email protected] November 3, 2017

The dean of the University of Iowa’s largest college was announced Tuesday as a finalist for a position in the University of Connecticut administration. Chaden Djalali, who has served as the dean...

Trevor Graves (hawkeyesports.com)

Former UI wrestler released on bond after court appearance for academic misconduct charges

Marissa Payne, [email protected] November 2, 2017

A former University of Iowa student and wrestler has been released on bond after making a court appearance Thursday facing charges of federal computer fraud in a high-tech cheating scandal. Trevor Graves,...

FILE - UI President Bruce Harreld addresses the crowd during a meeting in the IMU on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 after being selected 21st president of the UI. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Judge decides Iowa regents’ meetings with UI President Harreld do not violate law

Marissa Payne, [email protected] October 30, 2017

A 5th District judge issued a ruling Monday that two current and three former regents did not violate Iowa’s Open Meetings Law by meeting with Bruce Harreld prior to hiring him as University of Iowa...

Judge William Kelly speaks during a hearing in the Polk County courthouse in Des Moines on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. The plaintiff, former UI employee Gerhild Krapf, filed the civil suit in May 2016, alleging the regents violated Iowa Open Meetings Law by meeting privately with UI President Bruce Harreld in July 2015 prior to his hiring. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Polk County judge decides Iowa regents’ meetings with Harreld in 2015 were legal

Marissa Payne, [email protected] October 30, 2017

A Polk County judge ruled Oct. 28 that two current and three former members of the state Board of Regents did not violate Iowa's Open Meetings Law by meeting with University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld...

Tom Rice from the Office of the Provost speaks in the Old Capitol Senate Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The meeting was primarily discussing the Academic Organization proposal and what it would mean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

UI striving for perfect foresight in 2020

Tian Liu, [email protected] October 25, 2017

An evaluation of the University of Iowa’s academic structure may mean changes to the current size of colleges and departments across campus, including the potential deconstruction of the College of...