• Iowa City Fire Department looks to improve service call time with app

    A new partnership with the Iowa City Fire Department will allow first responders to be more informed of specific circumstances at residences and businesses in the event of an emergency. The city announced a new partnership last week with an app called Community Connect. The service costs $5,550 for the city to implement. googletag.cmd.push(function() {

  • Former Iowa women’s basketball player Kate Martin signs with Excel Sports Management

    Former Iowa women’s basketball player Kate Martin has signed with Excel Sports Management, the agency announced Thursday on social media. Welcoming the newest Aces rookie, @kate_martin22, to the family! #exceling pic.twitter.com/2u1gcz3RES — excel basketball (@excelbasketball) May 2, 2024 Martin was selected by the Las Vegas Aces with the 18th overall pick in the WNBA

  • Over 250 march to IC City Hall to protest new Iowa immigration law

    More than 250 Iowa City area residents and members from Escucha Mi Voz and the Catholic Worker House marched through downtown Iowa City Wednesday evening to protest a new Iowa law that permits state and local police to enforce immigration laws. The protest was one of four similar marches across the state including one in

  • Story Pirates bring kids’ tales to life on stage

    Every kid is a creative genius — or at least according to the Story Pirates, a family-friendly media group dedicated to inspiring kids and growing their imaginations. Throughout the years, the New York and LA-based group has released three middle-grade books as well as several award-winning kid music albums. However, they are best known for

  • Students protest RVAP closure at UI Division of Student Life office sit-in

    University of Iowa students filtered through the hallways on the second floor of the Iowa Memorial Union Wednesday for a sit-in following the university’s decision to dissolve the Rape Victim Advocacy Program and transition it to the Domestic Violence Intervention Program. The several dozen students who participated in the sit-in called for the program to

  • UI first-year student wins award for self-made business

    Caden Youngquist had his sights set on the world of business since his early years at North Scott High School in Eldridge, Iowa. The first-year finance student at the University of Iowa and founder of Youngquist Capital recently received the bronze Stevie American Business Award in the Student-Run Business of the Year category on April

  • ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ closes out with a bang

    With an explosive 51-minute finale, “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” solidified itself as one of the best pieces of Star Wars media in recent years. Competition for this title hasn’t exactly been steep. Recent shows like “Ahsoka” and Season 3 of “The Mandalorian” have been content to coast on character recognition and familiar story beats,

  • FilmScene hosts panel of chaplains for screening of ‘A Still Small Voice’

    FilmScene screened the newest segment in its “Community Collaborations” series on Tuesday with the documentary “A Still Small Voice.” The screening series is dedicated to engaging with nonprofit and advocacy groups through film. Directed by Luke Lorentzen, “A Still Small Voice” follows Margaret “Mati” Engel, a hospital chaplain completing a year-long residency at Mount Sinai

  • Iowa Board of Regents unlikely to abandon test-optional admissions

    Despite some prestigious universities shifting in the last two months to require standardized test scores in admissions again, Iowa regent universities are unlikely to follow. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many public and private universities have made ACT and SAT test scores an optional part of college applications to accommodate for time and learning lost while

  • UI professors, researchers named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows

    The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, selected four University of Iowa faculty members as fellows for the national organization. It is the largest general scientific society and also publishes the academic journal Science. The organization named 502 scientists and scholars as this year’s AAAS fellows across the country. To be considered

  • Voice of Iowa track and field announces ‘Weekend Warrior’ event

    In 1990, the University of Iowa hosted the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships. With no one to announce the biggest meet of the season, all eyes fell on Mike Jay out of Columbus Junction, Iowa. Around the state, Jay is known as the voice of track and field — as he’s been the man

  • How the Iowa women’s swimming and diving team carries on a legacy

    Four years have passed since former University of Iowa athletics director Gary Barta announced that University of Iowa Athletics would cut four varsity sports. The Daily Iowan has spent the past several months tracking down the student-athletes whose NCAA careers were forced to move elsewhere or were stopped altogether. The following story is the third