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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

Sophia Davis drives the test car in the testing area of the University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator, in Coralville, Iowa, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.

UI launches program encouraging employees to explore campus

Emily Nyberg, News Reporter October 19, 2022

The University of Iowa launched a new pilot program, Discover Your University, to allow faculty and staff to explore campus that they don’t get to visit during a normal workday.  On the first visit...

Taylor Thomas, a UI graduate student, works in a lab as apart of the research, led by SPARK and Columbia University that discovered 60 new genes related to autism.

UI researchers help discover 60 new genes linked to autism

Emily Nyberg, News Reporter October 5, 2022

University of Iowa researchers recently contributed to a study published on Aug. 18, in Nature Genetics that discovered 60 new genes associated with the autism spectrum.  Of the genes identified in...

Students meet during an Undergraduate Student Government meeting in the Black Box Theatre of the Iowa Memorial Union on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.

USG approves student fee hike to help finance Iowa Memorial Union renovations

Archie Wagner, News Reporter October 4, 2022

The University of Iowa’s Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution on Tuesday to increase the student fee from $200 to $240 per student over an academic year to advance renovations in...

Senators sit in at an Undergraduate Student Government Meeting in the Black Box Theater in the IMU on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

USG passes resolution supporting UI sexual, reproductive health care access

Archie Wagner, News Reporter October 4, 2022

The University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution on Sept. 27 supporting sexual and reproductive health care accessibility following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which...

Burge Residence hall in Iowa City Iowa on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.

UI students worry about high costs of living, tuition increases

Grace Katzer, News Reporter September 27, 2022

The reality of rising costs and debt is all too familiar for University of Iowa fourth-year student Jarod Valencia-Cheng, who has paid out-of-state tuition ever since they moved from Maryland to Iowa...

Closed off construction sites in the University of Iowa Hospital, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

University of Iowa takes on $56.2 million in campus, UIHC capital improvements

Emily Nyberg, News Reporter September 27, 2022

The University of Iowa will work on five capital projects that will improve on-campus laborato­ries and replace hospital equipment and emergen­cy generators. Rod Lehnertz, UI senior vice president...

The Center for Language and Culture Learning in room 120 of Phillips Hall is seen on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2022.

UI Center for Language and Cultural Learning adds three language tutor programs

Virginia Russell, News Reporter September 26, 2022

The University of Iowa’s language center expanded its tutoring program to include Spanish and more foreign language tutoring programs.  The UI Center for Language and Cultural Learning, located...

Students walk and bike to and from class at the University of Iowa’s Pentacrest on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The University of Iowa has enrolled their third largest freshman class in history, with 4,986 students in total.

UI high enrollment numbers attributed to campus visits and program accolades

Emily Nyberg, News Reporter September 21, 2022

The University of Iowa’s enrollment is growing amid a decline in the amount of people pursuing post-secondary education in the U.S. This year, there are 1.4 million fewer students enrolled in...

An online training program created by Prof. Beth Livingston to identify potential signs of domestic abuse is seen on a laptop on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

UI professor develops online education program with Yves Saint Laurent to identify abusive relationships

Alejandro Rojas, News Reporter September 20, 2022

Beth Livingston, a University of Iowa associate professor of management and entrepreneurship, helped create an online training program released this year aimed at helping people identify intimate partner...

Photo by Tim Schoon

UI’s new ombudsperson Chanelle Reese looks to improve student outreach

Sydney Libert, News Reporter September 19, 2022

Three months into her position, the University of Iowa’s ombudsperson Chanelle Reese is aiming to increase student awareness of the services that Office of the Ombudsperson provides.  The Office...

The Municipal Airport is seen in Iowa City on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022.

Commercial airlines struggle with increasing flight demand, lack of pilots

Alejandro Rojas, News Reporter September 18, 2022

As a national pilot shortage sweeps across the country, Iowa’s commercial airports are also searching for more aviators. Smaller, regional airports, like the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids,...

Board of Regents president Michael Richard and president pro tem Sherry Bates listen at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting hosted at the University of Northern Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

Regents pass $630 million appropriations request, additional $1 million to increase mental health services

Grace Katzer, News Reporter September 15, 2022

The Iowa Board of Regents unanimously passed its $630.5 million appropriations and operations request for its fiscal 2024 budget on Thursday. At the meeting, $1 million was added to the request...

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