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The Daily Iowan
The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Miranda Davis, News Reporter

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Miranda Davis is a first-year student at the University of Iowa majoring in English and Creative Writing with a minor in Psychology. This is her first year writing for the Daily Iowan as a news reporter. She is also the Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate and a senior editor for Mollusk Literary Magazine.

All content by Miranda Davis
Photo contributed by Ella Schmidt

UI hosts week of events and awards to recognize international students

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
November 20, 2024
The Iowa Department of Transportation building in Coralville is seen on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Iowa Mobile ID is now available to allow Iowans to store a digital copy of their ID on their phone.

Iowans can now present driver’s licenses through mobile app

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
November 20, 2024
Jinann AbuDagga works with robotics during a Robotics and Assistive Devices (RAD) Lab on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. AbuDagga built and programmed the robots used in the 2024 Dance Gala.

This year’s co-stars of the 2024 Dance Gala? Robots.

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
November 20, 2024
Erin Lane works in her office at the Lindquist Center in Iowa City on Monday, Nov. 18, 2025. Professor Lane was awarded the 2024 School Counselor Advocate of the Year Award from the Iowa School Counselor Association (ISCA).

Erin Lane receives Iowa School Counselor Advocate of the Year award

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
November 18, 2024
The Adler Journalism Building is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.

UI students gain marketing practice with journalism school professor’s new book

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
November 14, 2024
The School of Social Work, located in North Hall, is seen on March 11, 2019. North Hall houses the criminology and social work departments.

UI affiliates publish study reflecting firearms leading to more pediatric homicide

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
November 7, 2024
The College of Pharmacy is seen in Iowa City on Tuesday Oct. 29 2024. Jill Kolesar was awarded a cancer research grant from the White House.

College of Pharmacy dean receives national funding for ovarian cancer research

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
November 6, 2024
Lauren Haldeman and Stephen Lovely chat during an episode of the podcast Sad Me of the Past in Phillips Hall on Oct. 31. Along with Danny Khalastchi, the three host guests from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.

‘Sad Me of the Past’ podcast connects Iowa writers to their younger selves

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 31, 2024
Calvin Hall, where the Office of Admissions for the University of Iowa is located, sits in the sun on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022.

Counseling service works for UI’s military community

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 30, 2024
The College of Education Lindquist Center is seen in Iowa City on Oct. 27, 2024. The Lindquist Center is located at 240 South Madison Street in Iowa City.

UI College of Education sends teachers to rural schools

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 28, 2024
University of Iowa homecoming Executive Directors Matt McDonnell (left) and Abbie Townsend (right) pose for a portrait during the homecoming’s multi-cultural block party at Hubbard Park in Iowa City on Oct. 23. McDonnell is a fourth-year student majoring in biomedical engineering and cinema, and Abbie Townsend is also a fourth-year student majoring in neuroscience.

The faces making Hawkeye Homecoming happen

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 24, 2024
Aubrey McEnroe poses for a portrait outside of the Lindquist Center in Iowa City on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. McEnroe is a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology specializing in telepsychology.

Rural telepsychology program spanning across Iowa

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 23, 2024
Anne Zepeski and Brett Faine pose for a portrait inside the College of Pharmacy building on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. Zepeski is a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine and pharmacy, and Faine is a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine and pharmacy.

College of Pharmacy announces new certificate

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 20, 2024
University of Iowa Clinical Professor Krista Davidson poses for a portrait inside the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center in Iowa City on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Davidson specializes in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), or the supplementation of oral speech with gestures, communication books, and also electronic speech-generating devices.

First responders receive new resource to bridge communication barriers

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 9, 2024
Teams from Field to Family and Table to Table bite into local apples from Buffalo Ridge Orchard during The Great Apple Crunch in Iowa City on Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024. The nationwide event celebrated local food purchases.

National Great Apple Crunch is celebrated across Johnson County

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 9, 2024
A family enjoys the view from the top deck of The Fenelon Place Elevator in Dubuque, Iowa, on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Senior Photojournalist Jordan Barry and other students participated in capstone journalism and mass communication courses that collaborated with Dubuque, Iowa, earlier in the year. This is one of Barry's photographs from the class that focused on sustainability efforts.

UI students collaborate with Dubuque on sustainability initiatives

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 9, 2024
The Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism recipient, Gene Andrew Jarrett, speaks with peers during the Truman Capote Award Ceremony and Reception in the Senate Chambers at The Old Capitol on Oct. 2. Jarrett won the award for his biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar; the $30,000 annual award is the largest cash prize for English-language literary criticism.

Iowa Writers’ Workshop presents $30,000 Truman Capote Award

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 3, 2024
Iowa Writer Workshop graduate, m.s. RedCherries answers questions about her poetry collection, "mother," during a reading at Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City on Sept. 26. RedCherries explained the inspiration and creative process that went into writing her book.

UI Writer’s Workshop graduates, professors announced as National Book Award finalists

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 1, 2024
The University of Iowa Power Plant as seen on Oct. 19, 2021. The UI is aiming to go coal-free by 2025.

UI makes progress towards coal-free goal

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
October 1, 2024

Iowa City’s hidden talent: Crunching numbers and award-winning budgets

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
September 30, 2024
Boyd Law Building is seen on the University of Iowa campus on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. First-time test-takers for the bar exam had high passing rates.

University of Iowa produces remarkable first-time bar passage rates

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
September 29, 2024
Attendees listen to the Executive Director of the Domestic Violence and Intervention Program, Kristie Fortmann Doser, during an annual Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition meeting at Big Grove Brewery on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. The Affordable Housing Coalition’s mission is to increase access to affordable housing for lower-income people living in Johnson County through education, advocacy, and partnership.

Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition expands efforts

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
September 29, 2024
Nite Ride vehicles are seen in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Nite ride has seen a high demand this year, prompting Uber vouchers to be distributed.

Nite Ride collaborates with USG to reduce wait times

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
September 29, 2024
Van Allen Hall is seen on Monday, November 18, 2019. Van Allen is the home of the physics and astronomy department.

UI professor receives $300,000 grant for research with international students

Miranda Davis, News Reporter
September 12, 2024
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