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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

Calvin Hall is seen on Wednesday, January 23, 2019.

Banks, credit unions respond to longest government shutdown

Alexandra Skores, News Reporter January 24, 2019

With the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continuing into its 34th day, some Iowa banks and credit unions are offering a special loan program to federal employees facing a dearth of paychecks. Some...

Members of the UISG meet in the Black Box Theater on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.

Demographics Assessment Team offers recommendations for representation in UISG

Mastura Ibnat, News Reporter January 24, 2019

“Every student has the right to be represented by a democratic student government,” Section 8 of the Student Bill of Rights states. Demographics Assessment Team lead Tristan Schmidt kept this statement...

Westlawn Hall at the University of Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Westlawn Hal is the location of University Counseling Services. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

UCS survey reveals students thoughts on anxiety, stress management

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter January 24, 2019

Although many college students are probably aware of the high level of stress on their campus, or in their daily lives at school, fewer have probably given thought to the benefits of learning how to prevent...

The Iowa State Capitol is shown on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

Bill to eliminate professor tenure reintroduced in Iowa Legislature

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter January 24, 2019

UPDATE Feb. 2: The legislation recently passed a three-member Senate Education subcommittee — the first procedural hurdle to becoming a state law. From there, the Senate Education Committee will need...

UI printmaking professor creates artwork through influence of science

UI printmaking professor creates artwork through influence of science

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter January 23, 2019

UI printmaking Assistant Professor Terry Conrad has created artwork inspired by tagging along with a research mission studying tiny creatures called foraminifera, a group of single-cell organisms able...

Ron Stallworth poses for a portrait on Wednesday, January 23. Stallworth, whose memoir Black Klansman was adapted into a Spike Lee film, discusses his time as a police officer and his infiltration into the Ku Klux Klan.

‘Black Klansman’ Ron Stallworth remembers his time in the KKK

Charles Peckman, News reporter January 23, 2019

“If you play their game, you can defeat them at their own game.” As Ron Stallworth sat behind a microphone in KRUI’s studio Wednesday afternoon, the crisp January sunlight seemed to shine through...

The Iowa State Capitol is shown on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

Iowa psychiatrists hopeful after mental-health funding recommendation

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter January 23, 2019

With 137,000 Iowans living with chronic and serious mental illness and approximately 220 practicing psychiatrists, Iowa psychiatrists hope a new proposal from Iowa’s governor will bring more psychiatric...

The Accelerate Pheno, a new technology that diagnoses Sepsis, is seen in a lab at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. Lab scientist Brett Irving demonstrates how to use the technology.

UIHC invites in new sepsis treatment

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter January 23, 2019

An immune reaction to an infection that could be viral, could be bacterial, and could be in any organ system in the body, sepsis is a life-threatening illness of the blood that is classically difficult...

An events board is seen at the Center for Research by Undergrads in the Blank Honors Center on Jan. 22.

ICRU to merge with UI Office of the VP for Research, effective Feb. 1

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter January 23, 2019

Twelve years after its establishment, the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates is shifting to engage a broader scope of students in an effort to provide not only more opportunities but make the existing...

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