The lone candidate for University of Iowa Student Government president has worked closely with the Iowa City City Council this year — experience he hopes will allow him to better advocate for UI students.
The...
A group of University of Iowa students applied strips of blue painter’s tape to a deep wooden-brown piano behind the UI Studio Arts Building on Sunday.
The five art students were decorating one of the...
Amanda Athur-Struss brandished a sword in front of five children and their parents.
The dull weapon was made of wood and putty, which was not much of a threat to the members of Iowa City Geeks meeting...
Donning an original Japanese kimono, University of Iowa senior Danielle Haugland helped show groups of children how to fold origami cranes.
According to a Japanese myth, folding 1,000 cranes will grant...
Mike Lagervall, the international president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, is convinced the University of Iowa is the answer to diabetes.
“When we find the cure to diabetes — and we will find...
Walking along the Pentacrest walkway on a cool April evening, flanked by a handful of staff, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said there’s a growing political force among young Americans.
“I think young people...
Geoff Chapin sat in his narrow, cement, windowless office, surrounded by the misplaced detritus of humanity.
“Welcome to my cave,” he said and laughed.
Separated into six black plastic tubs, Chapin...
This year, the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Doc Dash went through a makeover.
Organization for the 5K race had been somewhat unclear since it began roughly 25 years ago — the 2010 race...
In her three years at the Regina Catholic Education Center, President Carol Trueg secured a bus system and updated the school’s technology infrastructure. But soon, she’ll return to her roots.
On...
Andy Diep was afraid people would forget about the March 11 tsunami before Japan got enough help.
So to do his part, the owner of the sushi restaurant Konomi, 843 Quarry Road, organized a coalition of...
Dakota Sedlacek’s farm, on the outskirts of Iowa City, has been in his family for more than 130 years.
He would like to keep it that way.
“I feel obligated to do it,” the 19-year-old said. “And...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to purchase three properties near the Johnson County Jail they hope will eventually be home to a new criminal-justice center.
The supervisors...
