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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

The ACT sign is seen outside of the ACT Headquarters on Monday, March 5, 2018. ACT offices are expected to experience upcoming lay-offs.

Startup designed to reveal Iowa’s ‘hidden advantages’ as an EdTech destination

Gretchen Lenth, News Reporter October 30, 2019

Iowa companies have been trying to become leaders in new forms of education such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality with innovative techniques such as “EdTech,” or Education Technology. Adam...

Photo illustration by Emily Wangen

How a UI graduate aims to make creative collaboration easier for students

Annie Fitzpatrick, News Reporter October 30, 2019

“Comigo,” or the Portuguese phrase for “with me,” is a new web platform made for college students to find cross-campus collaborators and aims to make creative projects an easier feat for the University...

A postcard sits on a table outside the Old Capitol Senate Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. During a Faculty Senate meeting, members were given cards and encouraged to write to elected officials about the importance of higher education funding.

UI student governments give voice to students through postcards to lawmakers

Rachel Steil, News Reporter October 30, 2019

University of Iowa Student Government and Graduate and Professional Student Government partnered with Hawkeye Caucus this fall to launch a postcard campaign advocating for legislation that benefits students. Each...

Iowa City Police Department Community Outreach Assistant Daisy Torres poses for a portrait in the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Daisy Torres was recently promoted to the position after serving in the student run Department of Public Safety.

Hawkeye uses new Iowa City police position to connect authorities, community

Rachel Steil, News Reporter October 30, 2019

In her office between the gym and the ping-pong tables, the new Iowa City police Community Outreach Assistant Daisy Torres works in an office at the Robert A. Lee Community Rec Center behind a door covered...

VP for Student Lifes Office requests to waive search to name Angie Reams dean of students

VP for Student Life’s Office requests to waive search to name Angie Reams dean of students

Lauren White, News Reporter October 29, 2019

The University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Student Life on Oct. 18 requested to waive the search process to choose a dean of students and on Tuesday named Angie Reams to the role, which she...

University of Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta dresses Faculty Senate members during a Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 29, 2019.

UI Athletics Director Gary Barta talks effects of pay-to-play, sports-betting laws

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter October 29, 2019

University of Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta took opposition to the NCAA Board of Directors’ move Tuesday to allow collegiate athletes to own the individual right to their name, image, and likeness...

Effectiveness of gun buyback programs cause divide in Democratic presidential candidates

Effectiveness of gun buyback programs cause divide in Democratic presidential candidates

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor October 29, 2019

Some professors specializing in gun policy are skeptical that mandatory gun buyback programs — a contentious topic among Democratic presidential hopefuls — would reduce the amount of guns in circulation...

Associate Professor of Instruction for the Rhetoric Department Megan Knight reads a statement during a protest for sick leave time at the Old Capitol Building on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Faculty Forward would like to establish a sick leave bank for non-tenure track faculty. The University of Iowa’s Catastrophic Leave policy covers two percent of faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, most of the uncovered faculty are non-tenure track.

Fixed-term faculty protest catastrophic-leave policy outside UI Faculty Senate meeting

Kinsey Phipps and Katie Ann McCarver October 29, 2019

“What do we want? Sick leave. When do we want it? Now. If we don’t get it? Shut it down.” Members of Service Employees International Union Faculty Forward, a grassroots effort by nontenure-track...

Doug Lee, Assistant Provost of International Programs, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Lee was presented with the IES Abroad Volunteer of the Year Award which recognizes an individual who has supported and strengthened the mission of the study abroad field through extraordinary volunteer efforts.

International Programs official receives Volunteer of the Year Award

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter October 29, 2019

University of Iowa Assistant Provost of International Programs Doug Lee recently received the Institute for the International Education of Students Abroad Volunteer of the Year Award for his work assisting...

Coralville man accused of third-degree sexual abuse

Rachel Steil, News Reporter October 29, 2019

A Coralville man has been accused of third-degree sexual abuse. Zachary Taylor, 44, was charged on Oct. 28 with domestic abuse/assault without intent causing injury and third-degree sexual abuse. According...

City Council candidate Megan Alter hopes Iowa City can be ‘stronger together’

City Council candidate Megan Alter hopes Iowa City can be ‘stronger together’

Hannah Rovner, News Reporter October 29, 2019

Since her move to Iowa City nearly 25 years ago, Megan Alter calls the area her home. Now, Alter aims to give back to the community that she said has been so generous to her as she runs for one of two...

Photo of Roy C. Browning contributed by the Johnson County Sheriffs Office.

Records shed light on potential financial motive behind husband’s alleged murder of JoEllen Browning

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief October 29, 2019

University of Iowa Health Care budget official JoEllen Browning had questioned her husband about discrepancies in their financial records days before he allegedly stabbed her to death in April, authorities...

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