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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Marissa Payne

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief

Twitter: @marissajpayne
Marissa Payne is the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Iowan. A proud first-generation college student, she served as Managing Editor in 2018-19, shifting coverage to focus on more public-affairs, issue-based news stories. She started working at the DI her freshman year as a news reporter covering the UI administration and Iowa Board of Regents, and also as a page designer. Additionally, she has served as News Editor and Digital Editor. Throughout her DI career, she has reported on higher education and occasionally contributed to politics coverage. She has gained external experience through internships with the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Then-U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst delivers a speech at the Johnson County Republican headquarters in Iowa City on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014.

Iowa’s congressional delegation reacts to Hawkeye hoops success in NCAAs

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
March 22, 2019
Then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, talks to reporters at the Eight Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018.

No ‘evidence of collusion,’ Grassley says after Mueller investigation ends

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
March 22, 2019
Firefighters respond to a report of a fire at a residence on Davenport Street in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

Fire causes estimated $20,000 in damage to Iowa City residence

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
March 19, 2019
UI Ph.D. student fell 500 feet to his death in Utah, authorities say

UI Ph.D. student fell 500 feet to his death in Utah, authorities say

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
March 16, 2019
UI Ph.D. student found dead in Utah's Canyonlands National Park

UI Ph.D. student found dead in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
March 15, 2019
UI Ph.D. student reported missing in Utah's Canyonlands National Park

UI Ph.D. student reported missing in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
March 15, 2019
Contributed (Wikimedia Commons)

Iowa Republican Party member appointed to serve as new regent

Marissa Payne and Andy Mitchell
March 7, 2019
Firefighters respond to a structure fire at Burlington and Clinton on Tuesday, March 5.

Downtown Iowa City fire shuts down Burlington Street block

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
March 5, 2019
Crowd members move out of the meeting room to walk to President Bruce Harreld's office during the Labor Center Statewide Summit in the Old Capitol Senate Chambers on Monday Dec. 3, 2018. Members of the university and the community addressed concerns over the Labor Center closure before taking their petition to Harreld's office.

UI Labor Center to remain open after regents’ vote

Katie Ann McCarver and Marissa Payne
February 28, 2019
Mary Beth Tinker listens to a question during an interview at the KRUI studio on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. Mary Beth and John Tinker wore black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, leading to the Tinker vs. Des Moines court case in 1969.

As First Amendment debate surges at UI, Tinkers push for free speech

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 27, 2019
The Old Capitol is seen on Nov. 25, 2018.

UI reschedules workshop to explore white identity

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 27, 2019
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

UI officials say Mayflower resident dies

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 25, 2019
UI Vice President for Student Life Melissa Shivers speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan on Feb. 21, 2019.

UI boosting late-night programming as alternative to drinking on weekends

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 25, 2019
Grace Morrison

Missing Iowa City girl found uninjured

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 23, 2019
Students shoot hoops on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. UISG hosted tables where students could register to vote.

UISG publishes financial documents on website

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 22, 2019
Community members gather on the Pentacrest to protest the closing of the Labor Center on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018.

UI asking Iowa regents to reconsider Labor Center closure

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 19, 2019
A speaker addresses members of UISG at the IMU on September 25, 2018.

UI Student Government senators could override president’s vetoes

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 19, 2019
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School football photo

UI student Gerald Belz died from hypothermia, UI police say

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 15, 2019
Depend on Dunkin’ for coffee and more

Depend on Dunkin’ for coffee and more

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 13, 2019
Contributed

Fifty years after Tinker v. Des Moines case, Tinkers set to visit UI

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 11, 2019
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

UI exploring public-private partnership for utility system

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 8, 2019
The Old Capitol building is seen in 2018.

Court rules UI discriminated against student group

Marissa Payne and Brooklyn Draisey
February 6, 2019
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School football photo

Prayer service for University of Iowa student Gerald Belz to be held Feb. 4

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
February 2, 2019
The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

No ‘inequitable treatment’ of UI Athletics employees, report says

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
January 31, 2019
UI President J. Bruce Harreld speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan after the state Board of Regents meeting at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls on Friday, Nov. 15, 2018.

LinkedIn scam account impersonates UI President Bruce Harreld

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
January 15, 2019
The Old Capitol building is seen in 2018.

4 UI provost finalists to visit campus, after 2 years of no permanent UI provost

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
January 13, 2019
Former state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter announces the appointment of Bruce Harreld as the new UI president during a meeting in the IMU on Sept. 3, 2015. Harreld is the 21st president of the UI.

Judge: Regents’ private meetings with Harreld did not violate open-meetings law

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
January 9, 2019
The Old Capitol building is seen in 2018.

UI’s 2020 initiative to bring in ‘big ideas’ met barriers, report says

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
December 11, 2018
Graphic by Lily Smith

Regents leave money trails in Iowa politics

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
November 28, 2018
University of Iowa fraternity Kappa Sigma suspended, facing hazing allegations

University of Iowa fraternity Kappa Sigma suspended, facing hazing allegations

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
November 21, 2018
Defense attorney Douglas Davis speaks with Curtis Jones during a case-management conference for Jones in the Johnson County courthouse on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Jones was found guilty of first-degree murder of cab driver Ricky Lillie on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018.

Curtis Jones found guilty of first-degree murder in Iowa City cab driver’s death

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
November 20, 2018
The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

UI receives report of sexual assault

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
November 14, 2018
Regents listen during the state Board of Regents meeting on Sept. 12, 2018 in the IMU Main Lounge.

Iowa regents plan to take ‘holistic approach’ to funding universities

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
November 8, 2018
FILE - The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

UI amends contract again for employment-practices review, extending timeline

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
October 25, 2018
The roots for students to flourish: After 50 years, Afro House remains necessary

The roots for students to flourish: After 50 years, Afro House remains necessary

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
October 22, 2018
Former state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter announces the appointment of Bruce Harreld as the new UI president during a meeting in the IMU on Sept. 3, 2015. Harreld is the 21st president of the UI.

Lawsuit against University of Iowa presidential search committee settled

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
September 17, 2018
Kid Captain Quinn Stumpf attends Kids' Day at Kinnick Stadium on Aug. 11, 2018.

Kid Captain for UNI game considered Iowa football’s ‘good-luck charm’

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
September 14, 2018
Regent Michael Richards listens to a presentation during a meeting in the Reiman Ballroom of the ISU Alumni Center in Ames on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.

Iowa Board of Regents to unveil new multi-year tuition model in November

Katie Ann McCarver and Marissa Payne
September 13, 2018
A protester holds their sign during the Jeffery Nock protest outside of the Pappajohn Business Building on Aug. 30, 2018. Students and faculty turned out to protest Professor Jeffery B. Nock, who is still employed at the university despite issued a criminal trespass warning after allegedly taking photographs of women at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

Jeffrey Nock no longer employed by University of Iowa following sexual-harassment allegations

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
September 13, 2018
UI interim Provost Sue Curry speaks to the state Board of Regents during the Academic Affairs Committee meeting in the IMU on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.

‘There’s no joy’ in closing centers, Provost Curry tells Iowa Board of Regents

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
September 12, 2018
UI President Bruce Harreld speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.

University of Iowa falls in rankings, blames dwindling state funding

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
September 10, 2018
Regent President Michael Richards listens to a presentation during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU Main Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.

Iowa Board of Regents requesting $20 million boost in state support to universities

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
September 4, 2018
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

UI strategic-plan implementation committee releases first work plan

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 28, 2018
Mollie Tibbetts

‘The Mollie Movement has just begun,’ relative says at Mollie Tibbetts’ service

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 26, 2018

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

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 23, 2018
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
Trevor Graves, courtesy hawkeyesports.net

Former UI student sentenced to prison for unauthorized access, damage to computer network

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 23, 2018
contributed

Autopsy results show Mollie Tibbetts’ death caused by ‘multiple sharp-force injuries’

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 23, 2018
Cristhian Bahena Rivera (contributed)

Iowa DOT: Cristhian Rivera had not been issued Iowa identification

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 23, 2018
contributed

University of Iowa responds to news of Mollie Tibbetts’ death

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 21, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence listens to a briefing by acting Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost at the El Centro Border Patrol station in San Diego on April 30, 2018. (Alejandro Tamayo/Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

VP Pence in Des Moines: Trump administration ‘just getting started’ on strengthening U.S. economy

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor
August 15, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at an event in Des Moines, Iowa promoting Trump's tax-cutting policies on Wednesday Aug. 15.

[Photo] VP Pence on Mollie Tibbetts: ‘You’re in the hearts of every American’

Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief
August 15, 2018
VP for Student Life Melissa Shivers speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan in the IMU on Friday, May 4, 2018. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Shivers embraces Hawkeye life in first year as UI vice president for Student Life

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 9, 2018
The six living University of Iowa presidents are shown in the present day. Images by The Daily Iowan staff. Hunter Rawlings (top middle) by Robert Barker/Cornell University Photography.

University of Iowa history, told through the head Hawks’ eyes

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 7, 2018
Students and faculty talk at the LGBTQ Resource Center on Monday, April 30, 2018. They discussed the results of the Speak Out survey conducted on campus. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

UI official: ‘It really hurts my heart’ to see higher rates of sexual violence among LGBTQ students

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 1, 2018
Carolyn Hartley, chair of the Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey Subcommittee of the UI Anti-Violence Coalition, presents the results of the UI's Speak Out survey on Thursday, April 26. The UI has been conducting the survey since 2015. Results of Speak Out aim to discover the causes and effects of sexual assault and dating culture on the UI's campus. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

University of Iowa response to sexual misconduct continues to evolve after second Speak Out Iowa survey

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 27, 2018
FILE - The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

UI releases first report from employment practices review

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 19, 2018
Kim Reynolds talks at Hy-Vee in Coralville during her 99 Counties tour on Thursday, April 5, 2018. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa legislators still hammering out deals on tax reform, budget as the session carries on

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 18, 2018
FILE - Regent Larry McKibben speaks during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU Main Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. The regents provided a summary of the state's funding situation and discussed future steps they would take to make a predictable tuition plan. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa regent universities using financial aid to offset rising tuition

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 16, 2018
UISG President Jacob Simpson and GPSG Vice President Grant Jerkovich speak to the state Board of Regents about the effect of tuition increases on the student body on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. (Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan)

UI students express concerns about rising tuition with unstable state support

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 12, 2018
State Board of Regents President Michael Richards listens to a speaker during a meeting on June 8, 2017 at Iowa State University. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Iowa regents re-elect Richards, Cownie to board’s top positions

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 12, 2018
Interim Chief Diversity Officer Lena Hill speaks in the IMU on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The presentation gave updates on diversity and other University of Iowa statistics. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Hill to leave UI, become dean of the College at Washington and Lee University

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 6, 2018
FILE - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds talks with University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld after a visit on the University of Iowa campus to learn about diversifying biomass fuel sources on at the Cambus Maintenance Facility on Wednesday, June, 7, 2017. Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg met with Harreld and other university experts on their visit while discussing the university's biomass portfolio. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Will higher education remain accessible as funding becomes less public?

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 4, 2018
UI Collegiate Recovery Program supports students struggling with substance abuse

UI Collegiate Recovery Program supports students struggling with substance abuse

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 4, 2018
Students shoot hoops on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. UISG hosted tables where students could register to vote.

Payne: Justice not served by failing to disclose potential UISG election code violation

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 2, 2018
Tens of thousands converge on Washington for the March for Our Lives protest on Pennsylvania Ave. on Saturday, March 24, 2018. The march was held in protest of gun ownership in America as well as the string of mass shootings in schools as of late. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Young people energize ‘March For Our Lives’ demonstrators in D.C.

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 26, 2018
State Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, holds a graphic during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in Kollros Auditorium in Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa Legislature sends funding cuts aimed at UI, ISU budgets to Gov. Reynolds

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 22, 2018
The Iowa House Chamber is seen during Hawkeye Caucus at the State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa House passes about $11 million in midyear cuts to UI, ISU

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 21, 2018
The Old Capitol is seen on July 16, 2015.

Payne: Being first-generation brings uncertainty about heading home

Marissa Payne, News Reporter
March 9, 2018
In the gun-control debate, what’s the priority: safety or freedom?

In the gun-control debate, what’s the priority: safety or freedom?

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 6, 2018
Interim Provost Sue Curry listens during the state Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting inside the IMU Main Lounge on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Almost one year later, UI starting search for new provost

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 1, 2018
UI Housing seeking to market residence halls to returning students

UI Housing seeking to market residence halls to returning students

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 26, 2018
The Board of Regents meeting commences inside the IMU Main Lounge on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. In attendance was Sarah Fisher Gardial, Dean of the Tippie College of Business, who addressed the removal of a full-time MBA program through the business school. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa regents to make a second attempt to establish predictable tuition increases

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 22, 2018
UI President Bruce Harreld testifies to the Iowa House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 21, 2018. The meeting allowed regent university presidents to advocate for the Legislature to fund their institutions' fiscal 2019 appropriations requests. (Marissa Payne/The Daily Iowan)

Tuition hikes likely to be around 4 percent at Iowa regent universities

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 21, 2018
UI President Bruce Harreld takes a question from Regent Larry McKibben during a Board of Regents meeting on June 8, 2017. McKibben chaired the regents’ tuition task force. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Iowa regents not releasing tuition proposal at February meeting

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 13, 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)

Iowa Senate passes bill that would slash funds for higher education

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 8, 2018
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz walks into the stadium before an Iowa/Minnesota football game in Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. The Hawkeyes defeated the Golden Gophers, 17-10.

Kirk Ferentz settles dispute with neighbors before heading to court

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 6, 2018
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz speaks during Iowa football media day on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. The Hawkeyes will play open up non-conference play against Wyoming at 11 a.m. (CT) on Saturday, Sept. 2. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Ferentz heads to court in neighborhood dispute

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 6, 2018
Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City, introduces Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell alongside Johnson Country sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek at Big Grove Brewery and Taproom on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Campaign volunteers help get out the vote for Iowa gubernatorial candidates

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 5, 2018
FILE - Defense attorney Douglas Davis speaks with Curtis Jones during a case-management conference for Curtis Jones in the Johnson County courthouse on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Jones is being charged with first-degree murder in connection with the killing of cab driver Ricky Lillie and first-degree robbery. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Curtis Jones to appear in court twice more before trial

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 5, 2018
Mary Peterson presents awards for biggest individual fundraising efforts during UI Dance Marathon 24 inside the IMU on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Dance Marathon recognizes contributors’ efforts ‘For The Kids’

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 3, 2018
Steve Wynn arrives for the grand opening of Intrigue Nightclub on April 29, 2016, at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas. (GPA/imageSPACE/Sipa USA/TNS)

UI removes donor’s name from institute in response to sexual misconduct allegations

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 31, 2018
Lon Moeller presents his qualifications and discusses the changes he would make as a the new Vice President of Student Life during the public forum in the Pappajohn Business Building in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Lon Moeller selected as provost of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 30, 2018
Iowa sophomore Katie Uehara works at the IMU welcome desk on Thursday, Jan. 25. 2018.

Career programs at UI leaving students prepared for workforce

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 26, 2018
Members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council perform a dance at the African-American Cultural House on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Members of the community could attend the event for free as a part of the University's Homecoming Week. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Cultural centers to receive additional support from UISG

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 24, 2018
Voters wait in line outside of the Johnson County Administrative Building on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 in Iowa City. Monday was the last day of early voting before Tuesday's General Election for the 2016 presidential nomination. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Civic engagement goes beyond turning out to vote

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 23, 2018
Regent Michael Richards listens to a presentation during a meeting in the Reiman Ballroom of the ISU Alumni Center in Ames on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The Board of Regents will have a full board meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Iowa’s public universities struggle to achieve predictability with tuition

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 23, 2018
UI student Alex Linden, the executive director of Dance Marathon, gave a speech in the lobby of the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Jan. 19, 2018 to announce a $2 million gift commitment to establish the first student-funded faculty chair position in UI history. The UI Dance Marathon Chair in Pediatric Oncology, Clinical and Translational Research will lead the pediatric cancer research program in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics. (Chris Kalous/The Daily Iowan)

UI Dance Marathon commits $2 million to first student-funded faculty position

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 19, 2018
Interim Chief Diversity Officer Lena Hill speaks in the IMU on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The presentation gave updates on diversity and statistics about underrepresented UI students, faculty, and staff. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Students questioning whether they belong at the University of Iowa, survey shows

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 18, 2018
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Reynolds took over the governor office in May 2017.

Additional cuts to Iowa higher-education funding likely in 2018

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 9, 2018
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

Iowa governor envisions a state ‘overflowing with opportunity’

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
January 9, 2018
UI professor reportedly misused funds, state audit reveals

UI professor reportedly misused funds, state audit reveals

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
December 21, 2017
(Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

UI making login process more secure after high-tech cheating scandal

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
December 15, 2017
Vice President for Student Life Melissa Shivers (middle) speaks during an interview with The Daily Iowan on Dec. 8. Shivers, along with Lilián Sánchez, discussed the challenges that first-generation students face on campus. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI helping first-generation students face higher education head-on

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
December 14, 2017
UISG President Rachel Zuckerman speaks to UISG senators during Hawkeye Caucus at the State Capitol building in Des Moines on Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017. Hawkeye Caucus is a day to showcase the accomplishments of the University of Iowa community. (The Daily Iowan/Ben Smith)

Zuckerman to explore global ties with China as Schwarzman Scholar

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
December 14, 2017
Faculty Senate President Peter Snyder talking in the Old Capital Senate Chambers on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2017. The meeting included the annual report from the Office of the Ombudsperson and was the last meeting of the Fall 2017 semester. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Search to replace UI administrators moves forward

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
December 6, 2017
UI Pappajohn Education Center Director Tom Rice gestures during a UI Academic Structure 2020 study forum with the Steering Committee leading Phase II of the study in the Iowa Theatre inside the IMU on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. The committee listened to comment from faculty, staff, students, and community members. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Community urges UI to rethink Iowa-centric practices in reorganization

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
December 5, 2017
Student volunteers meet up at the Women's Resource & Action Center on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2017, to recognize their contributions for the semester. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)

UI seizing upon ‘cultural moment’ to educate students on sexual violence

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
December 1, 2017
Contributed

Kid Captain lives with help from ‘Kidney Grandma’

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
November 24, 2017
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