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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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

The Daily Iowan

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter

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Sofia Mamakos is a News Reporter for the The Daily Iowan. She is a freshman at the University of Iowa majoring in human physiology on the pre-med track. Sofia covers local health.

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The Old Capitol is seen in Iowa City on Sunday, March 26, 2023.

UI study finds potential links in autism and high IQ to increased thoughts of suicide

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
March 28, 2023
Bullet shells are seen on the ground at the Hawkeye Wildlife Shooting Range in Amana, Iowa on March 20, 2023.

Iowa City emergency rooms prepare to treat high levels of gun violence victims

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
March 21, 2023
Workout equipment is seen in Hillcrest Residence Hall on March 9, 2023.

Johnson County improves general public health ranking across state

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
March 19, 2023
New UI training grant focuses on climate change impacts on health

New UI training grant focuses on climate change impacts on health

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
March 7, 2023
Contributed photo by Marcelo Mena.

UI alum leads national efforts in climate activism

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
March 5, 2023
Music therapy professor, Kristen Nelson, teaches students at Voxman Music Building on Feb. 28, 2023. Nelson is teaching her students how to musically conduct people in assisted living, preschool, and more.

University of Iowa music therapists highlight growing profession

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
February 28, 2023
James Byrne with his lab’s Parr high-pressure stirring reactor on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A paper published in February 2023 in Advanced Science (IF 17.5) focused on the use of molecular gastronomical techniques to create novel materials for the treatment for cancer.

New UI cancer research inspired by latte foam

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
February 19, 2023
Photo illustration by Matt Sindt.

UI students continue to use fitness trackers despite claims of inaccuracies in data

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
February 12, 2023
Ashley Lynn, a registered nurse at the hospital, performs an interview with her kids Connor, 2, and Annie, 2, during a nurses protest on Hawkins Drive outside the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic in Iowa City on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

State Board of Regents cancel contract negotiation meetings with UIHC health care professionals union

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
February 9, 2023
The Iowa Interstate Rest Area is seen in on I-80 in Johnson County on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Iowa rest areas are getting adult changing rooms to help caregivers of people with disabilities.

Iowa rest areas get adult changing rooms to help caregivers of people with disabilities

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
February 7, 2023
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen in Iowa City on Aug. 23, 2022.

UI researchers find genes that can cause cleft lip and palate

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 29, 2023
Photo illustration by Avi Lapchick

Iowa City retirement homes hope to see a return to pre-pandemic normalcy with new variants

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 29, 2023
UI researchers find Indigenous dog lineages at Jamestown

UI researchers find Indigenous dog lineages at Jamestown

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 25, 2023
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital is seen in Iowa City Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

UI expands procedure methods for tracheomalacia

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 25, 2023
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on April 2, 2022.

UI researchers help find COVID-19 bivalent booster effectiveness

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 24, 2023
The Iowa Memorial Union is seen at the University of Iowa on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.

IMU to undergo renovations to address student needs

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 22, 2023
UI Health Care workers ask for 14 percent pay raise, regents propose 1.5 percent

UI Health Care workers ask for 14 percent pay raise, regents propose 1.5 percent

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 19, 2023
New COVID-19 variant increases the risk of infections in Johnson County

New COVID-19 variant increases the risk of infections in Johnson County

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
January 17, 2023
Iowa City Hello Lamp Program yard signs are seen in the Pedestrian Mall on Saturday, Dec.10, 2022.

Iowa City launches Hello Lamp Post program

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
December 11, 2022
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen in Iowa City on Aug. 23, 2022.

UI researchers make advances toward a vaccine for RSV

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
December 6, 2022
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen in Iowa City on Aug. 23, 2022.

UI researchers identify long COVID-19 with chest X-rays

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
November 27, 2022
Iowa City's Mercy Hospital location on September 25, 2017. Kathleen and Andrew Kromphardt, sued Mercy Hospital of Iowa City, Obstetric and Gynecologic Associates of Iowa City and Coralville and Jill Goodman, an obstetrician-gynecologist and one of the directors of the Coralville clinic after their newborn sustained serious brain damage after his birth at the hospital.

Johnson County medical clinic files for bankruptcy after malpractice lawsuit

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
November 27, 2022
Patients check into the Holden Center on Aug. 25, 2016.

UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center announces partnership with Caris’ Precision Oncology Alliance

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
November 16, 2022
Contributed photo from Dr. Skogman.

Local hospitals see uptick in pediatric respiratory illnesses

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
November 13, 2022
Chair of UI Carver College of Medicine’s department of radiation oncology steps down

Chair of UI Carver College of Medicine’s department of radiation oncology steps down

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
November 13, 2022
Contributed photo from Jason Radley.

UI researchers find link between a brain circuit and reaction to stress

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
November 6, 2022
Iowa City man killed in crash with a semi tractor-trailer

Iowa City man killed in crash with a semi tractor-trailer

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
October 31, 2022
The Iowa City Community School District sign in Iowa City is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.

Healthy Kids School-Based Health Clinics celebrates 15 years of service with a fundraiser

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
October 26, 2022
The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is seen on Monday, November 18, 2019.

UI pauses search for vice president for medical affairs and Carver College of Medicine dean

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
October 16, 2022
The first day of the fundraising event is held at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

UI student takes love for tennis to raise money for stroke awareness

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter
October 9, 2022
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