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The Iowa City Community School District sign is seen on Apr. 29, 2019.

Williams, Roesler, Eastham, Eyestone gain Iowa City School Board seats

DI Staff
November 5, 2019
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[Photo] Effectiveness of gun buyback programs cause divide in Democratic presidential candidates

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor
October 29, 2019
Photo of Roy C. Browning contributed by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.

Husband charged with first-degree murder of UI Health Care budget official JoEllen Browning

DI staff
October 28, 2019
Director of Finance and Operation Rob Lehnertz sits down for an interview with The Daily Iowan in Jessup Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

Q&A: Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations talks climate strike, P3, Finkbine development

DI Staff
October 21, 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) during the Democratic Presidential Debate at Otterbein University on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/TNS)

Iowa Democrats react to health insurance, jobs topics in 2020 presidential debates

DI Staff
October 15, 2019
Vice President of Student Life Melissa Shivers sits down for an interview with The Daily Iowan on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.

Q&A: VP of Student Life Melissa Shivers talks DEI action plan, student disability services, and #DoesUiowaLoveMe

DI Staff
October 9, 2019
Provost Montserrat Fuentes speaks during an interview with The Daily Iowan in Jessup Hall on Monday Sept. 30, 2019. Fuentes addressed topics including diversity of campus and student enrollment.

Q&A: New Provost Montserrat Fuentes speaks on starting at the UI

DI Staff
October 1, 2019
UI President Bruce Harreld answers a question in the Adler Journalism Building on Monday, September 23, 2019. President Harreld discussed his contract extension, the resignation of the Associate VP for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the UI marching band investigation regarding incidents taken place during the Cy-Hawk football game.

Q&A: UI President Bruce Harreld discusses diversity head’s resignation, contract extension, Cy-Hawk game

DI staff
September 29, 2019
From left: Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen.

[Photo] Hawkeye Marching Band madness: After Harreld’s Cy-Hawk remarks, universities move forward

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief
September 25, 2019
Left to right: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.

[Photo] What does Medicare for All mean for jobs in Iowa?

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor
September 17, 2019
Bernie Sanders supporters watch the third Democratic Presidential Debate in Shambaugh Auditorium on Thursday, September 12, 2019.

Iowa City debate watch parties continue amid storms

DI Staff
September 12, 2019
Students make their way to Kinnick Stadium for Kickoff at Kinnick on Friday, August 23, 2019. Kickoff at Kinnick is a University of Iowa tradition where Freshmen and transfer students form an I on the field.

UI freshmen: What it means to be a Hawkeye

DI Staff
August 26, 2019
Nicholas Johnson and Mary Vasey of Iowa City watch the debate at Airliner for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on July 31, 2019. This is the second night of the second round of debates for democratic candidates. (Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa City tunes into second July presidential debate night

DI Staff
July 31, 2019
Supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders, D-VT, watch the debates from his campaign office in Iowa City on July 30, 2019. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa City voters react to the first night of July debates

DI staff
July 30, 2019
Democratic presidential candidates wave to the crowd as they arrive to the stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami on Thursday, June 27, 2019, for Day 2 of the first Democratic presidential primary debates for the 2020 elections. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS)

Iowa Democrats react to second night of presidential-nomination debates

DI Staff
June 27, 2019
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld sits down for an interview with the Daily Iowan in the Adler Journalism Building on May 2, 2019.

Q&A: UI President Bruce Harreld talks tuition, Modern Piping dispute, future at UI

DI staff
May 5, 2019
UI President Bruce Harreld speaks with The Daily Iowan in the Adler Journalism Building on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

Q&A: UI President Bruce Harreld talks free speech, campus changes, #DoesUIowaLoveMe

DI staff
March 11, 2019
UI cancels nearly 48 hours of classes for weather, online courses to continue as scheduled

UI cancels nearly 48 hours of classes for weather, online courses to continue as scheduled

DI staff
January 28, 2019
UI President Bruce Harreld speaks with The Daily Iowan in an interview in the President's Office on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Q&A: UI President Bruce Harreld talks state funding, student life

DI Staff
December 12, 2018
Melissa Shivers discusses 2020 fraternity/sorority life plan, greek tier system

Melissa Shivers discusses 2020 fraternity/sorority life plan, greek tier system

DI Staff
December 5, 2018
UI VP for Student Life Melissa Shivers speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.

Melissa Shivers discusses inclusivity, accessibility, and revising the greek life experience

DI staff, [email protected]
November 4, 2018
Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta sits at his desk on Oct. 17.

UI Athletics Director Gary Barta discusses Title IX, alcohol sales in Kinnick, and more

DI Staff
October 22, 2018
UI President Bruce Harreld stands for a portrait in the Daily Iowan newsroom on Friday, October 12, 2018.

UI president discusses fraternity suspensions, safety on campus

DI staff, [email protected]
October 15, 2018
During City Council election forum, candidates shared their vision for Iowa City at the Mill.

Meet the 5 candidates running in today’s Iowa City Council primary election

DI Staff
September 3, 2018
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
Mollie Tibbetts

Service for UI student Mollie Tibbetts to be held Aug. 26 in Brooklyn

DI staff, [email protected]
August 23, 2018
The Capitol building in Des Moines is pictured on April 29, 2019.

Primary elections are here: who’s who and how to vote

DI Staff, [email protected]
June 5, 2018
State Senatorial candidate Zach Wahls poses for a portrait on Friday, June 1,. Wahls is running in Iowa's 37th district.(Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Zach Wahls believes his youth gives him the edge in Iowa Senate election

DI staff, [email protected]
June 3, 2018
Democratic candidate for Iowa's 37th District Janice Weiner speaks with The Daily Iowan in the Adler Journalism Building on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Weiner served as a U.S. diplomat for over 25 years, and was born and raised in Coralville.

Janice Weiner touts her experience ahead of primary election

DI staff, [email protected]
June 3, 2018
UI President Bruce Harreld poses for a portrait inside the offices of the Daily Iowan on Friday, May 4, 2018. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Q&A: President Harreld talks shared governance, sexual misconduct, faculty issues

DI staff, [email protected]
May 7, 2018
Members of UI's SURGE Party speak in an interview with The Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Verdict reached but not disclosed on potential UISG election code violation

DI Staff, [email protected]
March 29, 2018
UI president Bruce Harreld speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Q&A: UI President Bruce Harreld discusses officials leaving, tuition hikes coming

DI staff, [email protected]
March 9, 2018
The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

The status of (many) ongoing searches for new UI administrators

DI staff, [email protected]
February 2, 2018
FILE - A group gathers around a podium after Gov. Reynolds first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

UI may lose $8.7 million in funding under state Senate budget proposal

DI staff, [email protected]
January 25, 2018
UISG President Jacob Simpson and Vice President Lilián Sánchez pose for a portrait in the Iowa City Daily Iowan Newsroom on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UISG leaders discuss first semester at organization’s helm

DI staff, [email protected]
December 5, 2017
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Summer Hawk Tuition Grant to discontinue after summer 2018

DI staff, [email protected]
November 30, 2017
University of Iowa J. Bruce Harreld speaks during an interview with the Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. This was the DI's first interview of the 2017-18 school year with Harreld. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Harreld talks DACA, tuition increases

DI staff, [email protected]
September 6, 2017
The new UI Vice President for Student Life, Melissa Shivers, poses for a portrait inside her office in the IMU on Friday, Aug. 25. 2017. Shivers moved from her previous job at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville where she filled the role of Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Life and Dean of Students. She has been employed within public higher education for 20 years. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

New UI vice president for Student Life talks success, diversity, safety

DI staff, [email protected]
August 29, 2017
The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

That was the year that was

DI staff
May 13, 2016
(Courtesy Governor's office)

Richards becomes new regent

DI Staff
May 9, 2016
Attack highlights racial tensions

Attack highlights racial tensions

DI Staff, [email protected]
May 5, 2016
(A map of the proposed route for a new oil pipeline through Iowa, proposed by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners. (The Daily Iowan/Photo Illustration)

Iowa Utilities Board OKs Bakken pipeline

DI staff, [email protected]
March 11, 2016

TIER updates presented

DI STAFF
August 6, 2015

Man accused of sexual abuse

DI STAFF
August 6, 2015

Who is the winner of the MLB trade deadline?

DI STAFF
August 6, 2015

Point-Counterpoint: Are Super PACs beneficial?

DI STAFF
August 6, 2015

Hitchhikers Guide to Republican Rhetoric: Bingo Card

DI STAFF
August 6, 2015

A semester in (p)review

DI STAFF
August 6, 2015

NYT names Quad as one of worst dorms in country

DI STAFF
August 3, 2015

School board won’t expedite plans

DI STAFF
July 29, 2015

Iowa identifies ‘Hot Jobs’

DI STAFF
July 28, 2015

Does Pete Rose belong in baseball’s Hall of Fame?

DI STAFF
July 28, 2015

Officials plan for new avian-flu outbreak

DI STAFF
July 23, 2015

Kasich announces presidential bid

DI STAFF
July 22, 2015

Who’s the favorite to win Prime Time?

DI STAFF
July 22, 2015

Will Tiger ever win another major?

DI STAFF
July 21, 2015

Point/Counterpoint: Jordan Spieth or the field in the British Open?

DI STAFF
July 16, 2015

Hillary for Iowa Iowa City office open

DI STAFF
July 16, 2015

Walker announces presidential bid

DI STAFF
July 14, 2015

Conroy enters City Council race

DI STAFF
July 14, 2015

Who is the team to beat at the All-Star break?

DI STAFF
July 14, 2015

UI cancels rape-defense class

DI STAFF
July 13, 2015

Q&A with Patrick DuLaney

DI STAFF
July 9, 2015

Marco Rubio returns to eastern Iowa

DI STAFF
July 8, 2015

Q&A: Catching up with Aaron White

DI STAFF
July 8, 2015

Who is the MLB’s biggest all-star snub?

DI STAFF
July 8, 2015

Drink of the week: Iowa Sunset

DI STAFF
July 2, 2015

A festival of eating, too

DI STAFF
July 2, 2015

New laws pop up

DI STAFF
July 1, 2015

Christie is running for president

DI STAFF
July 1, 2015

Who deserves the midseason awards for the American League?

DI STAFF
July 1, 2015

NL Midseason Awards

DI STAFF
June 30, 2015

Iowa officials, presidential candidates talk Supreme Court ruling

DI STAFF
June 29, 2015

Feeling a hoops draft

DI STAFF
June 25, 2015

Remembering the Titans in Kinnick

DI STAFF
June 25, 2015

District names new Northwest principal

DI STAFF
June 24, 2015

Who should be the first overall pick in the draft?

DI STAFF
June 24, 2015

Point-Counterpoint: Can the President control the economy?

DI STAFF
June 24, 2015

Event to feature donations

DI STAFF
June 18, 2015

Meeting will cover old Art Building

DI STAFF
June 18, 2015

Embracing Pride

DI STAFF
June 18, 2015

Jurassic World: 4.0/5 stars

DI STAFF
June 18, 2015

A short Q&A with Jennifer Fawcett

DI STAFF
June 18, 2015

Hellerball on wheels

DI STAFF
June 17, 2015

Point/Counterpoint: Can a player who loses the finals win series MVP?

DI STAFF
June 17, 2015

If the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, is it fair to call them a dynasty?

DI STAFF
June 15, 2015

Point/Counterpoint: What should have been the Story of the Year?

DI STAFF
May 15, 2015

Point/Counterpoint: Who should have been Newcomer of the Year?

DI STAFF
May 14, 2015

Drink of the Week: Skittles Martini

DI STAFF
May 14, 2015

Point/Counterpoint: Who should have been the DI’s Coach of the Year?

DI STAFF
May 13, 2015

Point/Couterpoint: Who should have been the DI’s Male Athlete of the Year?

DI STAFF
May 11, 2015

Point/Counterpoint: Why is boxing dead?

DI STAFF
May 8, 2015

Drink of the Week: Old Fashioned

DI STAFF
May 7, 2015

Rucker to leave Iowa

DI STAFF
May 6, 2015

Field hockey schedule announced

DI STAFF
May 6, 2015

Six former Hawkeyes headed to U.S. Senior Open

DI STAFF
May 6, 2015

Metro briefs

DI STAFF
May 1, 2015

Correction

DI STAFF
May 1, 2015

Runefelt signs with Iowa

DI STAFF
May 1, 2015

Art forms collide for ArtsFest

DI STAFF
April 30, 2015
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