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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

(Courtesy University of Iowa)

LNACC to celebrate 45th anniversary

Cindy Garcia, [email protected] April 15, 2016

In the summer of 1971, the University of Iowa Latino-Native American Cultural Center was created by students looking for a place to be themselves on campus. Now, 45 years later, their achievement, and...

file

Wage gap persists at UI

Despite being the first state university in America to admit men and women on an equal basis, gender pay discrepancies among faculty members at the University of Iowa continue to persist, according to...

The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Staff Council set for change

As tenures for current members of the executive committee of the University of Iowa Staff Council are nearing an end, members looked back on the greatest challenges they faced. On Wednesday, nominations...

Trespassing into being: Of Being and Seeing to showcase MFA dance theses

Trespassing into being: ‘Of Being and Seeing’ to showcase MFA dance theses

Isaac Hamlet, [email protected] April 14, 2016

An oblivion of black fades to a stage of mist, lit by shifting lights opening behind five dancers. They are slow to enter this new expanse, hesitant. Electric growls warn them away, yet eventually, with...

Hardin Library steps to the fore with grant

Hardin Library steps to the fore with grant

A new grant will put Iowa on the map with one of the leading health-science libraries in the world. The National Network of Libraries of Medicine recently awarded the UI Hardin Library a five-year grant...

National crime victim rights week panel is held at Old Capitol Mall on Monday, Apr 11, 2016. Families of victims shared their stories with the visitors. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim)

Crime victims step up

“Aren’t you over it?” “Still?” “When are you going to get over it?” These are some of the questions a mother who lost her daughter to murder six years ago faces. “When it happens to you,...

file

UI completes sex-assault plan, officials say

The University of Iowa’s six-point plan to combat sexual assault has been completed, according to updates made on April 5 to the Office of the President’s website. This update comes just days after...

Doctors Without Borders vice president holds lecture at UI

Doctors Without Borders vice president holds lecture at UI

Human rights, and by extension health care, should be given to everyone, contended a doctor who has done eight tours with Doctors Without Borders. The lecture by John Lawrence, the vice president on...

UI class prepares students for Wonder Womans silver screen debut

UI class prepares students for Wonder Woman’s silver screen debut

March 24, 2016

After 75 years, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) will finally shine on the big screen. UI Adjunct Assistant Professor Anna Barker’s new class prepares students for her début flight. By Tessa Solomon [email protected]   Forget...

Editorial: UI should consider the new SAT for admissions

Editorial: UI should consider the new SAT for admissions

March 11, 2016

The new SAT premièred this past weekend, to an audience of 300,000 students. The new standardized test for high-schoolers comes at a time when the importance and relevance of standardized testing for...

Iowa has been moving toward a bike share program for some time now. This will give the public access to bicycles for a small fee. (The Daily Iowan/Glenn Sonnie Wooden)

UI College of Law gets bike repair station

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] March 11, 2016

  Biking just got a little bit easier on the west side of campus. A new bike repair station was installed near the University of Iowa College of Law on Feb. 26. The station is equipped with...

UI sophomore Nikki Gierman donates blood for the Greek Week blood drive at the IMU on Monday, April 7, 2014. Greek Week is a series of events that celebrate the Greek community. (The Daily Iowan/Valerie Burke)

UI blood donations drop

Tom Ackerman, [email protected] March 8, 2016

  The University of Iowa community is still feeling the aftereffect of the mump on campus — it’s creating a shortage of blood donations. According to UI blood-drive officials, donations...

Load More Stories