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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

The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business building is seen on Sunday, April 24, 2022.

Multiple Iowa City entrepreneurs accepted into accelerated program

Katie Asher, News Reporter February 13, 2023

University of Iowa second-year College of Dentistry students Jackie Yeh and David Jun noticed a lack of dental glasses and tools that fit facial structures of Asian people. The duo now has an opportunity...

Photo illustration by Matt Sindt.

UI students continue to use fitness trackers despite claims of inaccuracies in data

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter February 12, 2023

As wearable fitness trackers become a popular way to measure everyday activity, University of Iowa students are continuing to use the devices, despite worries from health care officials. Fitness trackers,...

Professor Ibrahim Damir performs a demonstration of a flood prediction during a press conference for the University of Iowa’s new Center for Hydrologic development at the Iowa Flood Center in Iowa City on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The center aims to better the ability to predict floods and droughts.

UI increases national reach with new Center for Hydrologic Development

Jack Moore, News Reporter February 1, 2023

The University of Iowa will work on a new Center for Hydrologic Development facility in partnership with the University of Alabama, the UI announced in a press conference on Wednesday. The center...

UI researchers find Indigenous dog lineages at Jamestown

UI researchers find Indigenous dog lineages at Jamestown

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter January 25, 2023

A team of UI archeologists extracted DNA from dog remains found at an early settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, that revealed links to an Indigenous dog lineage. Jamestown is a historic site in east...

New COVID-19 variant increases the risk of infections in Johnson County

New COVID-19 variant increases the risk of infections in Johnson County

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter January 17, 2023

Johnson County health officials are concerned about a potential increase in cases of the most recent COVID-19 subvariant as UI students return to campus after winter break. As numbers of the new...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen in Iowa City on Aug. 23, 2022.

Declining global sperm counts raise questions about men’s health

Emily Nyberg, News Reporter December 11, 2022

Sperm counts and concentrations are falling globally and in Iowa, according to recent updates made to a 2017 study.  The study suggests that the average sperm count globally has dropped from 104 million...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen in Iowa City on Aug. 23, 2022.

UI researchers make advances toward a vaccine for RSV

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter December 6, 2022

University of Iowa researchers are developing a vaccine for the respiratory syncytial virus as cases of respiratory infections jump at both UI Hospitals and Clinics and Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. While...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen in Iowa City on Aug. 23, 2022.

UI researchers identify long COVID-19 with chest X-rays

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter November 27, 2022

University of Iowa researchers identified a new way to find effects of long COVID-19 like lung damage through 2D chest X-ray exams in a recent study involving UI Hospitals and Clinics patients. Until...

Patients check into the Holden Center on Aug. 25, 2016.

UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center announces partnership with Caris’ Precision Oncology Alliance

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter November 16, 2022

University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center announced that they have joined the Caris’ Precision Oncology Alliance to improve clinical care and the outcomes of patients with cancer.  The...

Dr. Sandeep Laroia, a practicing interventional radiologist, photographed in an IR suite on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Laroia is leading a group of researchers that recently earned a National Science Foundation Phase I grant to develop an artificial intelligence system that could assist with some interventional radiology procedures.

New artificial intelligence developed for radiology at the UI

Emily Nyberg, News Reporter November 15, 2022

New artificial intelligence technology is being developed for radiology practices at the University of Iowa. The team, led by interventional radiologist Sandeep Laroia, will use programmed medical...

Contributed photo from Christine Peterson

UI epidemiology professor elected to National Academy of Medicine discusses One Health, Election Process

Virginia Russell, News Reporter October 30, 2022

A University of Iowa professor is one of 100 members elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Christine Petersen is a professor of epidemiology and the director of the Center for Emerging Infectious...

Lauren Hagar, a Junior at the University of Iowa, poses for a portrait in the Adler Journalism Communications building on Oct. 27. Hager was diagnosed with ADHD last spring and explained it runs in her family. Hager has been rationing her two last pills and expressed her concerns because of the shortage. “It’s so difficult to find a pharmacy that still had adder all in stock,” she said.

Iowa City hit by nationwide Adderall shortage

Colin Votzmeyer, News Reporter October 30, 2022

University of Iowa third-year student Lauren Hagar was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in July and was prescribed Adderall to manage her symptoms. She recently went to...