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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Fact Check | Yes, Representative Axne’s claims of Iowa’s broadband are correct

Fact Check | Yes, Representative Axne’s claims of Iowa’s broadband are correct

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Editor November 12, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  Following the passage...

Photo illustration by Grace Kreber.

UI students, staff work to accommodate absences as non-COVID-19 illnesses tick up on campus

Kate Perez, News Reporter November 11, 2021

The University of Iowa Student Health center is seeing a rise in non-COVID-19 respiratory illnesses as the winter approaches, but it is reporting low numbers of influenza at this point in the season. Lisa...

The first Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award recipient Staff Sergeant Dr. Maria Guadalupe Bruno of the U.S. Air Force and Illinois National Guard. The annual Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award was given to five recipients on Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021, in the Iowa Memorial Union main lounge at 5 p.m.

Five UI alumni and veterans recognized at the Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Awards

Kate Perez, News Reporter November 11, 2021

Five veterans with a University of Iowa connection were recognized on Thursday during the Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Awards ceremony. “The recipients of the award were selected by the committee...

Two doctors show off their mustaches for BeardUP!, November 7, 2021. They and other doctors participate in this tradition every November to promote men’s health.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics raises awareness for men’s health with Beard Up!

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter November 11, 2021

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is participating in Beard Up!, a men’s health campaign, to raise awareness for men’s physical and mental well-being during November — Men’s Health Awareness...

The University of Iowa of Law Building is seen on November 10 2021.

UI College of Law dean responds to backlash from faculty self-evaluation forms

Anthony Neri, News Reporter November 11, 2021

The University of Iowa College of Law declined to respond to two letters from a national nonprofit civil liberties group objecting to a new diversity question in the law school’s faculty self-evaluation...

A COVID-19 vaccination card is seen at Adler Journalism Building at the University of Iowa Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.

Recipients of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine could improve immunity with mRNA boosters, public health experts say

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter November 10, 2021

A few weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cleared booster shots for Modena’s and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, public health experts suggest recipients of the Johnson...

Johnson County Mobility Coordinator Kelly Schneider poses in front of Iowa City Buses at the Downtown Interchange in Iowa City on November 09 2021.

Johnson County receives grant to improve community transportation

Cooper Worth, News Reporter November 10, 2021

Johnson County will use new funding to study how to improve access to affordable transportation in the county. The county received a 2021 Community Mobility Design Challenge grant from the Community...

O'Leary twins, 8, pose for a portrait at a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children at Weber Elementary School in Iowa City Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.

Iowa City Community School District parents ‘relieved’ to vaccinate students 5-11

Meg Doster, News Reporter November 10, 2021

Iowa parents are taking advantage of the Iowa City Community School District’s free on-site walk-in clinics to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. The district partnered with the Visiting...

Community members react after a speaker talks about racism in the Iowa City School District at a meeting of the Board of Directors at the Iowa City Community School District Administration Building in Iowa City Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Community members protested after a video surfaced on social media of an Iowa City West High School student using a racial slur.

Iowa City School District community members protest over racial slurs in student video

Gabby Drees, Photojournalist November 10, 2021

Nearly 100 Iowa City Community School District students, teachers, and community members gathered to voice concerns about a video that surfaced on social media of an Iowa City West High School student...

Board of Regents Office member Mark Braun, President Michael Richards, and President Pro Tem Sherry Bates listen to a speaker during the state of Iowa Board of Regents meeting in Reiman Ballroom at the Alumni Center in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.

Regents ask UI employees to voluntarily confirm vaccination status, exemptions

Sam Knupp, News Reporter November 10, 2021

State Board of Regents President Mike Richards is asking University of Iowa employees to voluntarily submit their documentation of COVID-19 vaccine status to the university.  Richards wrote in...

Contributed by Kyle Kuehl

UI graduate running for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor November 10, 2021

University of Iowa alum, veteran and business owner Kyle Kuehl announced his candidacy as a Republican for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District on Wednesday night.  U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks,...

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st congressional district during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Miller-Meeks said a goal is to win by more than six votes in 2022 after defeating Rita Hart by a slim margin in the 2020 general election. (Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan)

Rep. Miller-Meeks will seek reelection in 1st District

Natalie Dunlap and Rylee Wilson November 10, 2021

DAVENPORT — U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, will run in Iowa’s newly drawn 1st Congressional District in 2022. She made her announcement on Wednesday morning.  The newly drawn 1st...