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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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UI professor Cesare Tinelli poses for a portrait in the Seamans Center on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. Professor Tinelli was the principal investigator for the cybersecurity project.

Researchers at UI receive grant for cybersecurity research

Andy Mitchell, News Reporter August 27, 2018

University of Iowa researchers, in collaboration with General Electric, were recently awarded a four-year, $809,000 grant for innovative work researching cybersecurity. The project, led by UI computer...

Iowa programs address veteran unemployment

Iowa programs address veteran unemployment

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter August 26, 2018

Despite Iowa’s unemployment rate declining, the rate of unemployed Iowa veterans has risen in the last two years, prompting action from politicians. The annual unemployment rates in Iowa in 2016 and...

Jasper Halekas poses for a portrait in his lab in Van Allen Hall on Friday, August 24, 2018.

UI experiments on board NASA’s trip to the sun

Julia DiGiacomo, News Reporter August 26, 2018

A NASA spacecraft launched two weeks ago will nearly reach the sun — with University of Iowa technology and experiments on board. Two UI physics faculty members and a graduate student have contributed...

Nonprofit seeks to make athletics more comfortable for girls who wear hijabs

Nonprofit seeks to make athletics more comfortable for girls who wear hijabs

Aadit Tambe, News Reporter August 26, 2018

Ibtihaj Muhammad made history when she became the first American woman to wear a hijab in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. For many student-athletes, however, the hijab can be a contributing factor...

Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley looks to throw during an Iowa/Minnesota football game in Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. The Hawkeyes defeated the Golden Gophers, 17-10.

Four questions for Hawkeye football

DI Staff August 26, 2018

A new football season is almost upon Iowa City, which means the anticipation for the first Kinnick Swarm is in full effect. But there are plenty of questions surrounding the Hawkeyes going into the opening...

Sen. John McCain receives the applause from the audience before beginning a foreign policy address to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles in March 2008 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. He talked about a collaborative foreign policy with input of allies abroad that differs from the go-it-alone approach of President Bush. (Annie Wells/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Iowa politicians take to social media to honor colleague John McCain

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor August 26, 2018

After Sen. John McCain, 81, an iconic maverick and Republican, died Saturday, Iowa politicians of both sides of the aisle responded with condolences and memories of the senator on social media. The...

Iowa running back Ivory Kelly-Martin catches a touchdown pass during an NCAA football game between Iowa and Illinois in Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017.  The Hawkeyes defeated the Fighting Illini, 45-16.

Hawkeyes taking advantage of running-back trio

Pete Ruden, Sports Editor August 23, 2018

If you want a quick preview of what Mekhi Sargent can do on a football field, all you have to do is turn on Netflix, scroll to “Last Chance U,” Season 3, Episode 1, and the film is right there. Spoiler...

The IMU Flood Mitigation and Recovery Project is being constructed on Saturday, May 10. The project will protect the area from future flooding and the completion date is set for May 2015. (The Daily Iowan/Valerie Burke)

University of Iowa construction moratorium to be lifted next month

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter August 23, 2018

University of Iowa campus construction will return to normal in Sept. 12 with the lifting of a five-month moratorium on construction projects. “Many communities are affected as the university addresses...

Professor Russell Ganim (right), President of the University of Iowa Faculty Senate, leads a discussion with forum attendees during the provost search committee open forum in the IMU on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018.

University of Iowa provost search holds first open forum

Elianna Novitch, Politics Reporter August 23, 2018

The search for a new University of Iowa executive vice president/provost is surging forward, and the UI held the first open forum for the campus community on Aug. 23. A group of around 30 staff, faculty,...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, responds to questions from the crowd at a Town Hall meeting in the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.

After Tibbetts’ death, politicians call for immigration action

Sarah Watson and Elianna Novitch August 23, 2018

A day after authorities announced a murder charge had been filed against a reportedly undocumented immigrant in the case of missing UI student Mollie Tibbetts, Iowa’s GOP senators called to revisit 2016...

Officials learn Tibbetts’ cause of death, status of man charged with murder

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor August 23, 2018

Multiple developments took place Thursday in the case of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, who was found dead Tuesday after disappearing July 18 from Brooklyn, Iowa. Authorities announced Tuesday...

Pedestrians cross Clinton St. and enter the Pedestrian Mall in Downtown Iowa City on Monday June 27, 2016.

Iowa City Latino Festival postponed ‘out of respect’ for Mollie Tibbetts

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor August 23, 2018

An organizer of the Iowa City Latino Festival on Thursday announced that the event, initially scheduled for Aug. 25, has been postponed as organizers wish to send a message of solidarity to those affected...