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Cox lecture postponed

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An unfortunate caucus conflict will no longer be an issue for many University of Iowa students.

The UI Lecture Committee has postponed the Laverne Cox lecture that had been scheduled for Feb. 1, the same night as the Iowa caucuses.

Cox, an advocate for transgender rights, had a scheduling conflict for that evening, the Lecture Committee said in a statement on Monday. Cox is a transgender female, widely known for her role as Sophia Burset in Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black.”

The committee said it will attempt to reschedule the lecture, which is part of the Just Living Lecture series, for a later time.

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Email: [email protected] Twitter: @katelyn_eliz Katelyn Weisbrod is the Projects Editor at The Daily Iowan. Katelyn is a senior at the University of Iowa and has been a part of the DI since her freshman year. She covered sustainability and environmental issues as a news reporter for one year, and served as news editor for a year. As managing editor, she focused on digital strategy and production of long-form articles, while still reporting on environmental issues.