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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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VP for Student Life Melissa Shivers addresses panelists on their struggles as first-generation students during the First Generation Summit in the Iowa Memorial Union on Apr. 7, 2018.

Summit brings awareness to first-gen students

Julia DiGiacomo, [email protected] April 8, 2018
The inaugural First-Generation Summit brought awareness of the experiences and challenges facing a quarter of the UI student population who are the first in their families to go to college.
A University of Iowa Police Department vehicle is pictured.

Hawk Alert: Police interview suspect in Sunday morning sexual assault

April 8, 2018

UPDATE April 8, 1:30 p.m. — Police have taken a suspect into custody to be interviewed by detectives regarding Sunday morning’s Hawk Alert. On Sunday at 5:19 a.m., the University of Iowa Department...

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, [email protected] April 6, 2018
After more than a decade as a Hawkeye, Lena Hill will leave the UI to serve as dean of the College at Washington and Lee University in Virginia.
The Spy from the University of Iowa

The Spy from the University of Iowa

Kit Fitzgerald, [email protected] April 5, 2018
UI alumnus James Olson reflects on his exciting life as a CIA operative, starting with a mysterious phone call and an inexplicable urge to serve.
Members from the Levitt Center for University Advancement hand out cookies on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 for the 1 Day for Iowa fundraiser. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

University of Iowa raised funds with One Day for Iowa online event

Andy Mitchell, [email protected] April 4, 2018
The UI Center for Advancement promoted a 24-hour online fundraising campaign to aid different areas on campus.
UI Collegiate Recovery Program supports students struggling with substance abuse

UI Collegiate Recovery Program supports students struggling with substance abuse

Marissa Payne, [email protected] April 3, 2018
The UI Collegiate Recovery Program was born out of one UI student’s bounce back from substance abuse.
Stella receives bi-monthly physical therapy at her home in Pella, Iowa. The physical therapy is used to monitor her strength while undergoing the treatment, Spinraza. Her mother Sarah gives her words of encouragement while moving the hair off of her face. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

A fork in the road

Ben Smith, [email protected] April 3, 2018
This is the story of two Iowa women.
UISG President Hira Mustafa speaks in an interview with The Daily Iowan in Adler Journalism Building on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

UISG Student Judicial Court finds SURGE responsible for not reporting the fair market value of photographs

The UISG Student Judicial Court has deemed the SURGE Party responsible for not reporting the market value of its head shots but not of intimidation or harassment of Envision Iowa.
UISG Vice President, Heath Schintler, and President, Hira Mustafa, pose for portraits inside the Hubbard Commons of the IMU following the election results on Friday, March 30, 2018. Schintler and Mustafa are running on the Surge Party ticket who won the UISG election for the year 2018-19. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI SURGE Party wins UISG election

Emily Wangen, [email protected] March 30, 2018
The UI SURGE Party came out ahead of the competition in the most contested UISG election since 2008.
Lamar Wilson of Iowa City leaves the court room during a case management hearing for State of Iowa v. Lamar Wilson in the Johnson County courthouse on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Wilson's lawyers asked the judge to dismiss charges against him using Iowa’s “stand your ground” law. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Wilson sentenced to 24 years in prison

March 30, 2018

A judge has sentenced Lamar Wilson to 24 years in prison in connection with the shooting on the Pedestrian Mall last summer. A Polk County jury in February convicted Wilson for the shooting, which...

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)

UI SURGE Party found responsible for falsification of campaign finance records, not responsible for alleged intimidation

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] March 30, 2018
UI SURGE Party was found responsible for the alleged falsification of campaign finance records and was found not responsible for the alleged intimidation of Envision ticket members, according to verdicts given by the Student Judicial Court.
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
The polls have closed for UISG elections, but the student judicial branch of UISG has not yet released its verdict on whether UI SURGE Party violated election code.