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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Iowa’s 125-pound Spencer Lee pins Michigan State’s Rayvon Foley during an Iowa/Michigan State wrestling matchup in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Lee pinned Foley in 0:46. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa’s six pins lead to pummeling of Michigan State

James Geeredes, [email protected] January 5, 2018

Iowa hammered Michigan State, 49-6, in Carver-Hawkeye on Jan. 5 for head coach Tom Brands’ 200th dual win. Fittingly, the match included six Hawkeye pins, two major decisions, and a tech fall. Spencer...

Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery reacts to a play during an Iowa/Ohio State men's basketball game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. The Buckeyes defeated the Hawkeyes, 92-81. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa remains winless in Big Ten play, loses to Ohio State

Adam Hensley, [email protected] January 4, 2018

2018 hasn’t been kind to the Hawkeyes, and that didn’t change on Jan. 4 in Carver-Hawkeye. The hunt for a Big Ten win continued for Iowa (9-8), as it dropped its second game in a row — this...

Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery reacts to a call by the referee during the NCAA basketball game between Iowa and Michigan at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2017. The Hawkeyes fell to the Wolverines, 75-68. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Wolverines trounce Hawkeyes as Big Ten play resumes

Pete Ruden, [email protected] January 2, 2018

It was another cold night in Iowa City. With temperatures under 10 degrees during Iowa’s game against Michigan, Carver-Hawkeye needed to heat up somehow. Something in the building caught fire, but...

Iowa's 149-pound Brandon Sorensen has his arm raised after winning during the fourth session of the 55th Annual Midlands Championships in the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Five-for-five makes five Midlands Championships in a row

James Geerdes, [email protected] December 30, 2017

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — The final round of the Midlands Championships was turned into a Hawkeye stomping ground on Dec. 30 when all five of Iowa’s finalists won titles, marking the first time in...

Iowa's 184-pound Cash Wilcke wrestles during the first session of the 55th Annual Midlands Championships in the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

‘Let the best man win’ as Iowa faces off at Midlands

James Geerdes, [email protected] December 30, 2017

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Some of the top wrestlers in the country will meet today in the final portion of the Midlands Championships. Returning Midlands champions Brandon Sorensen and Michael Kemerer...

Iowa's Kevin Ward (26) holds up the New Era Pinstripe Bowl trophy after the Hawkeyes beat Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 27. The Hawkeyes went on to win 27-20. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa snaps bowl-game losing streak, beats Boston College, 27-20, in Pinstripe Bowl

December 27, 2017

By Courtney Baumann [email protected]   NEW YORK — After six years and 364 days, Iowa finally broke its bowl-game curse. For the first time since Dec. 28, 2010, the Hawkeyes...

Iowa running back Akrum Wadley is interviewed during a media availability on Dec. 25, 2017 at the Hilton Hotel in New York City. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Wadley’s final game a homecoming

December 26, 2017

By Courtney Baumann [email protected]   NEW YORK — It may be one last go-round with the Iowa football team for all the seniors, but for Akrum Wadley, this one is extra special. When...

Iowa team members view New York City from the One World Observatory during a visit to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on Dec. 25. Both teams made visits to the site at different times during the day, which included a tour of the One World Observatory atop One World Trade Center. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Welcome to New York, Iowa football

December 25, 2017

  By Courtney Baumann [email protected]   NEW YORK — Not a whole lot of Iowa football players had been to New York City before arriving in preparation for the Pinstripe...

UI professor reportedly misused funds, state audit reveals

UI professor reportedly misused funds, state audit reveals

Marissa Payne, [email protected] December 21, 2017

Officials suspect a University of Iowa professor is believed to have misused his procurement card to cover unauthorized expenses amounting to nearly $100,000, an audit revealed on Dec. 21. After identifying...

The College of Public Health Building as seen on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

UI joins other groups to study HPV-vaccine use

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] December 15, 2017

The University of Iowa is taking part is a yearlong study to investigate why human papillomavirus vaccines lag behind, compared with other vaccines for adolescent, in rural areas of the state. “The...

Festival of Carols brings tradition to Englert

Festival of Carols brings tradition to Englert

Natalie Betz, [email protected] December 14, 2017

Children laughed as they ran to greet Santa, people gathered around a table of cookies while sipping hot cocoa, and snowflakes coated the walls of the auditorium of the Englert, creating the holiday atmosphere...

Brooks Jackson, VP of Medical Affairs at UI, makes his remarks during his welcoming event at Kinnick Stadium on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 . (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

New medical-affairs VP brings new ideas to UI

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] December 13, 2017
J. Brooks Jackson, the new UI vice president for Medical Affairs and dean of the Carver College of Medicine, discussed his plans to help usher in a new era for UI health care with The Daily Iowan.