The Daily Iowan sat down with UI President Sally Mason to discuss increased class sizes, alcohol-related issues, and transparency on budget concerns.
DI: This year, the UI has seen an increase in class...
Memorial services will be held today for S.J. Brownlee, a UI alumnus and former state Board of Regents president who died last week at his home in Emmetsburg, Iowa. He was 82.
Brownlee graduated Phi Beta...
Students could major in two new programs if the state Board of Regents approve the plan at its meeting in Council Bluffs this week.
Regents will vote on whether to accept UI officials’ requests for...
Voluntary manslaughter has been a popular plea or verdict in several recent local trials.
David Christian will plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Sept. 25. He is charged with second-degree murder...
For some UI students, coming to college can be like coming to a foreign country — even though they may only be three hours from home.
But one UI group is working to make some of those students feel...
UI sophomore Hemali Batra checks her e-mail compulsively.
But immediate access to technology was a luxury she missed on her solo trip to Malawi last summer.
When she told her parents she planned to...
As the sun streamed in through the windows of T-Spoons on Market Street, a cheerful UI sophomore, Tiantian Sun, described her efforts to create the first Asian sorority on campus, alpha Kappa Delta Phi.
Sun’s...
A Coralville man was arrested after allegedly hitting a woman seven times with a metal pipe and holding her against her will, according to the Coralville police.
Wallace Galbreath, 52, was charged Sept....
More than 150 UI students, and perhaps as many as 200, might have exhibited symptoms similar to those of the H1N1-flu virus in the past week.
That estimate — based on the number of patients at UI Student...
The sun slowly descends, ending another long, hungry day for much of the UI’s Islamic population.
At roughly 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, it was time to break the fast with a generous portion of a plump,...
The Iowa City City Council will hold the first public hearing on a curfew and loitering ordinance on Sept. 15.
The decision came after a two-hour discussion at a special work session on the issue. The...
As the big Iowa-Iowa State game approaches, thousands of Iowans are indulging in the intrastate rivalry for bragging rights. And this year, the city’s mayors are getting into the competition.
Iowa City...
