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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

UI to serve as backup for communication center

HOLLY HINES July 22, 2009

Officials are debating how much say the UI will have in policies regarding the new Johnson County Joint Emergency Communication Center. The UI has representation on the advisory board — which is composed...

Area wine producers get boost with appellation designation

TYLER LYON July 22, 2009

Martha’s Vineyard, Napa Valley, and Baldwin, Iowa? Tuesday, one of these things was not similar to the others. But that changes today. Effective today, the Alcohol and Tobacco and Tax Trade Bureau will...

UI team to aid NASA in quest for understanding of black holes

SCOTT RAYNOR July 22, 2009

More than 90 years after Albert Einstein predicted certain properties of black holes, NASA has hired a team of UI researchers to confirm them. The UI portion of the “GEMS” project — short for gravity...

UI arborist a man of the woods

TYLER LYON July 21, 2009

The early morning sun shone over the old Art Museum through the leaves of the sugar maples fortunate enough to survive the 2008 flood. However, the tree taken down by UI arborist Andy Dahl Monday wasn’t...

UI wary of emerald ash borer bug

KIF RICHMANN July 21, 2009

According to UI officials, there are 600 to 700 ash trees on the UI campus, amounting to almost 10 percent of the campus trees. And they may be at risk of falling victim to the emerald ash borer, an exotic...

Third bank robbed, preparedness stressed

ABE TEKIPPE July 21, 2009

An armed man reportedly robbed American Bank & Trust on Monday morning, becoming at least the third such incident in Johnson County this month. At 9:05 a.m., Iowa City police received a call about...

New UISG website to promote what student government does

ADAM SALAZAR July 21, 2009

Some on campus may doubt the power and weight of the UI Student Government on campus and in the community. The No. 1 complaint, said President Mike Currie, is that “we don’t do anything.” That’s...

Officials: Revised medical-journal policy will not affect UI

ADAM SALAZAR July 21, 2009

The Journal of the American Medical Association recently removed a confidentiality order related to reporting conflicts of interest in its published authors, based on a case involving a UI professor of...

Local scientists remember Apollo mission 40 years ago

HOLLY HINES July 20, 2009

On a borrowed black-and-white TV, a young Philip Kaaret watched the first Moon landing with his family during a vacation in Finland. Now, the UI professor in the physics and astronomy department — along...

IC hosts first book fest

ADAM SALAZAR July 20, 2009

Iowa City received an esteemed title in November 2008: the third U.N. City of Literature. On July 18, the city hosted its first physical literary event to show for it — beyond producing esteemed writers...

Coralville comes back after flood

MICHELLE BORYCA July 20, 2009

Teressa Shrock and Joseph Polina stopped into Eldorado Mexican Restaurant for a date night Sunday — a monthly destination. “We like this place,” Polina said. They experienced a six-month El Dorado...

Local kids get divorce workshop

SCOTT RAYNOR July 20, 2009

The word “sad” was drawn in blue marker and written with big bubble letters. It was shaped oblong, resembling the many falling teardrops on a white background. The artist, a 12-year-old boy, was illustrating...