The principals of the four high schools in the Iowa City Community School District are excited to welcome back the over 4,500 students that attend City High, Liberty High, Tate High, and West High....
A month before COVID-19 hit the U.S., undergraduate students from across the state of Iowa marched into the state Board of Regents’ office in Urbandale, Iowa. Their message was clear: No more tuition...
Six graduation ceremonies in five days. Sound tedious? It’s not when you’re the superintendent of the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD).
As I looked at the thousands of people who...
Although agents like ayahuasca have been a part of ancient rituals for millennia, reports in the 1950s and 1960s sharing the successes psychedelics had in treating mental health conditions saw meteoric...
Known as “Special K” by partygoers or tranquilizers by veterinarians, ketamine has re-emerged as an innovative psychiatric therapy.
What does ketamine do?
From its first forays in the fields...
Departments devoted to diversity, equity, and inclusion are now commonplace in American universities. Nationally, the average university employs 3.4 DEI personnel for every 100 tenure-track faculty. In...
Some Americans are still left with questions about the COVID-19 vaccines and their safety as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth year.
The approval of the bivalent booster and the constant emergence...
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Several members...
Cannabis, marijuana, or weed is becoming a popular drug of choice in the U.S. Whether someone is a daily user or has only tried this product once, it is important to know a few things so the user...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid overdose deaths of any kind have increased more than eight times since 1999, with nearly 69,000 deaths reported in the U.S. in 2020....
When you think of ways to help food-insecure communities in the U.S., what do you imagine? Food banks? Food drives? Government aid?
The money and food that is typically donated or allocated to these...
When I first joined the University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government in the spring 2020, it was for the simple goal of making a difference on campus. Four years and a national pandemic later,...
