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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

Department of Psychiatry Chair and DEO Dr. Peggy Nopoulos poses for a photo in her office in the Pappajohn Pavilion on Thursday, December 12, 2019. Dr. Nopoulos is conducting research on the neurological disease Huntington’s.

University of Iowa researchers study the use of psychedelic drugs in medicine

Natalie Miller, News Reporter April 16, 2023

Researchers at the University of Iowa are reevaluating the use of psychedelic drugs as a treatment for alcohol use disorder in a pilot study. UI Department of Psychiatry Chair Peggy Nopoulos...

Farming machinery stands tall next to crop fields on the Meade Family Farm in Tiffin on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. In light of a recent EPA investigation, information has emerged linking the use of atrazine, a common herbicide sprayed across Iowa farm land, with negative health and environmental outcomes.

UI research couple join new study on herbicide effects during pregnancy

Isabelle Foland, News Reporter April 11, 2023

Donna and Mark Santillan met in English class on their first day of college at Loyola University and became inseparable college sweethearts and lab partners. From there, they married, became research...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen in Iowa City on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.

Iowa to reevaluate residents’ Medicaid eligibility

Jack Moore, News Reporter March 29, 2023

Iowan Medicaid users may have their health benefits removed as program eligibility is going to be re-examined in April. The re-examination comes after the federal government removed the requirement...

New UI training grant focuses on climate change impacts on health

New UI training grant focuses on climate change impacts on health

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter March 7, 2023

University of Iowa researchers are investigating how a person’s lungs react when exposed to climate change. UI researchers recently received a $2.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung,...

Speakers of the Iowa Cancer Registry talk at the College of Public Health Building on Feb. 28, 2023. The Iowa Cancer Registry marks 50 years of servicing Iowans.

Iowa cancer report shows decreased mortality rates, increased incidence rates

Isabelle Foland, News Reporter February 28, 2023

Cancer mortality rates in the state have decreased and overall cancer survival rates increased in Iowa, a report from the Iowa Cancer Registry revealed.  The Iowa Cancer Registry released its annual...

Board of Regents president Michael Richard and president pro tem Sherry Bates listen at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting hosted at the University of Northern Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

State Board of Regents approve replacement of windows at UIHC

Natalie Miller, News Reporter February 22, 2023

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will begin the construction of new windows in the spring following the approval from the state Board of Regents. During the regents meeting on Wednesday,...

University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson speaks during a state Board of Regents meeting in the Alumni Center at Iowa State University on April 6, 2022.

State Board of Regents approve land purchase to expand UIHC parking

Kate Perez, News Editor February 22, 2023

The University of Iowa can expand the UI Hospitals and Clinics surface parking lot to the east. The state Board of Regents approved the UI’s request to purchase property at 9 Melrose Place in...

David Barker, a regent, speaks at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting hosted at the University of Northern Iowa on Sept. 15, 2022.

UIHC reports 22 percent increase in incoming patients for 2022

Jack Moore, News Reporter February 22, 2023

Staff at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics has seen a steady increase in patient and operating income since 2021. In an audit to the state Board of Regents, UIHC reported its operating...

Board of Regents President Mike Richards listens during a regents meeting in the Alumni Center at Iowa State University on April 6, 2022.

UI to request new land purchase to expand UIHC parking

Isabelle Foland, News Reporter February 20, 2023

The University of Iowa is planning to expand the UI Hospitals and Clinics surface parking lot to the east. At the state Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday, the UI will request to purchase property...

James Byrne with his lab’s Parr high-pressure stirring reactor on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A paper published in February 2023 in Advanced Science (IF 17.5) focused on the use of molecular gastronomical techniques to create novel materials for the treatment for cancer.

New UI cancer research inspired by latte foam

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter February 19, 2023

Researchers at the University of Iowa found inspiration from the same bubbly foam found on a morning latte to improve the effectiveness of cancer treatments. In a new study published Feb....

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on April 2, 2022.

UI Hospitals and Clinics to open a new Short Stay Unit

Natalie Miller, News Reporter February 15, 2023

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will be opening a new Short Stay Unit in April.  According to a UIHC presentation for the state Board of Regents, the new unit will include 30 private...

Ashley Lynn, a registered nurse at the hospital, performs an interview with her kids Connor, 2, and Annie, 2, during a nurses protest on Hawkins Drive outside the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic in Iowa City on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

State Board of Regents cancel contract negotiation meetings with UIHC health care professionals union

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter February 9, 2023

After recent salary negotiation meetings between the University of Iowa health care professionals union and the state Board of Regents, the regents canceled all future bargaining meetings.  The...

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