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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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UI Foundation and Alumni Association move forward with merger

UI Foundation and Alumni Association move forward with merger

September 12, 2017

By Brooklyn Draisey [email protected] Two University of Iowa organizations are merging to form one that UI officials say will work toward better relations with alumni. University of Iowa...

FILE - Regent Larry McKibben speaks during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU Main Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. The regents provided a summary of the state's funding situation and discussed future steps they would take to make a predictable tuition plan. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

After Tuition Task Force meetings, regents ask: ‘What do we do next?’

Marissa Payne, [email protected] September 10, 2017

Midyear votes to approve tuition rates at the three universities governed by the state Board of Regents will be a thing of the past, regents say. Consistent with what The Daily Iowan reported on Sept....

Incoming freshmen wait for food at the President’s Block Paty after convocation on Aug. 20, 2017. This years incoming class was smaller than the previous two years with only 5,029 incoming students. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

UI takes measures to limit enrollment in Class of 2021

Marissa Payne and Emily Wangen September 8, 2017

The University of Iowa has managed to dial down its enrollment growth, announcing on Thursday the Class of 2021 is its third-largest class in UI history after welcoming record-setting class sizes for two-consecutive...

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)

UI seeks change in leisure studies

September 6, 2017

The University of Iowa has requested approval from the state Board of Regents to change the name of the M.A. in Leisure Studies program to M.A. in Sport and Recreation Management. The proposed name change...

Sarah Fisher Gardial, Dean of the Tippie College of Business, speaks during the state Board of Regents meeting inside the IMU Main Lounge on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Gardial spoke changes in the market dynamics that led to the decision to close the full-time M.B.A. program.

Regent expresses approval of Tippie full-time M.B.A. program closure

Despite the reaction from some University of Iowa alumni about the Tippie College of Business’ announcement in August that it plans to close its full-time M.B.A. program, the college’s dean maintains...

University of Iowa J. Bruce Harreld speaks during an interview with the Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. This was the DI's first interview of the 2017-18 school year with Harreld. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Harreld talks DACA, tuition increases

DI staff, [email protected] September 6, 2017

DI: You’re coming into your second full year as president of the University of Iowa. How would you say you’ve taken the UI from “great to greater,” as you said you wanted to in 2015. What still...

UISG President Jacob Simpson and Vice President Lilián Sanchez pose for a portrait in the UISG offices in the IMU on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UI community ‘stands in solidarity’ with DACA students

Marissa Payne, [email protected] September 5, 2017

Members of the University of Iowa community are voicing a commitment to the UI’s values of community, inclusion, and respect after the announcement on Tuesday that President Trump’s administration...

Regent Milt Dakovich, vice chair of the state Board of Regents' tuition task force, listens to public comment during the regents' tuition task force meeting in 101 Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Regents’ Tuition Task Force report contains no recommendations

Marissa Payne, [email protected] September 2, 2017

The state Board of Regents’ report on its August Tuition Task Force meetings can tell constituents this much: “historically flat state support for public higher education” drives universities’...

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Gardial discusses data behind Tippie full-time M.B.A. decision

Marissa Payne, [email protected] August 31, 2017

The closing of what many view as the Tippie College of Business’ flagship full-time M.B.A. program was a strategic decision to shift resources and continue building on success, Tippie Dean Sarah Gardial...

On Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, white supremacist groups clashed with hundreds of counter-protesters during the "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. Dozens were injured in skirmishes and many others after a white nationalist plowed his sports car into a throng of protesters. One counter-protester died after being struck by the vehicle. The driver of the car was caught fleeing the scene and the governor of Virginia issued a state of emergency. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Zuma Press/TNS)

UI reviewing operations manual to account for possible protests

Brodie Malatt, [email protected] August 31, 2017

Following a year that witnessed protests on college campuses across the nation over controversial political speakers and campus-climate issues, the University of Iowa has begun reviewing its operations...

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UI considering property purchase near Pappajohn Business Building

August 30, 2017

The University of Iowa is seeking approval from the state Board of Regents to purchase two local properties located at 109 E. Market St. and 128 N. Clinton St. from Gloria Dei Lutheran Church for approximately...

The new UI Vice President for Student Life, Melissa Shivers, poses for a portrait inside her office in the IMU on Friday, Aug. 25. 2017. Shivers moved from her previous job at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville where she filled the role of Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Life and Dean of Students. She has been employed within public higher education for 20 years. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

New UI vice president for Student Life talks success, diversity, safety

DI staff, [email protected] August 29, 2017

DI: What do you think of Iowa City and the campus community so far? What are some goals you hope to achieve coming into the job? Shivers: Certainly, as a person who was born and raised in the South,...