The Daily Iowan: How has the university responded to the vote maintaining the 21-ordinance? What are the next steps?
President Sally Mason: We're pleased that we can continue the experiment, which is...
University of Iowa Student Government representatives say having an undergraduate student on the state Board of Regents is vital in an era of decreasing education funding and increasing tuition.
UISG...
A newly elected state official is looking to change the voting system, which organizers say helped bring out a record number of voters in Johnson County and across the state during the recent midterm elections.
Some...
Despite harsh economic times, University of Iowa students are continuing to find the means to study overseas.
Nationwide, the number of students who studied abroad for credit dropped slightlyin2008-09—the...
A possibly cheaper text- book alternative for college students hinges on a Supreme Court decision.
The case — which deals with how far federal law extends regarding the first- sales doctrine and copy-...
Most sports fans know athletics isn't exactly fair.
Catriona Parratt takes that knowledge to the next level. A University of Iowa associate professor of American studies, she researches sport's ability...
A 15- year-old Iowa City student allegedly started a fire in the mens bathroom of his high school.
Christopher J. Spurgeon, 15, was charged Tuesday with first degree arson.
According to a police report,...
Cash donations to the University of Iowa Museum of Art have dropped significantly since the 2008 flood, but museum officials say they are not in any immediate financial need.
Donors contributed $192,870...
Sitting in his tidy new office wearing a black tie speckled with tiny gold tigerhawks, Tom Markus said he has wanted to be a city manager since he was in high school.
His father and uncle worked at a...
Jeffrey Moore is living with AIDS.
The 56-year-old from Cedar Rapids said he knows exactly when he contracted the disease — after a condom broke during sex with his HIV-positive partner.
"I just...
Electrical sockets poke out of the thick gray carpet, awaiting 20 sleek computers. Two pristine new projectors hang from the ceiling. But amid the shiny and new elements of the soon-to-open math tutoring...
Drew Dillion churned out more than 52,000 words throughout November.
The 26-year-old Iowa City resident typed half into his computer, and scrawled the rest by hand in a small spiral notebook.
Dillion...
