Student Life at Iowa News

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My student life: Anna Turnquist

By Jenny Nuss on August 1, 2018.

Anna Turnquist is a junior studying business with certificates in international business and political risk analysis.

Supporting UI students living off-campus

By Tanya Villhauer on July 12, 2018.

Most University of Iowa students move off-campus after completing their first year at Iowa.

#WordlessWednesday: Chasing music in the City of Literature

By Shelby Campbell on November 30, 2016.

Iowa City has cultivated passion for many of the arts from theatre to painting and most notably, literature.

Trump Presidency: Musings during a water break

By Aspyn Johnson on November 28, 2016.

"They don't understand what it means to me...Where we chose to go, where we've been to know." – Solange Mid-terms and deadlines were in the midst of devouring everyone's lives when news of the new President-elect swallowed campus; a barrage of white and red dad caps ushered a palpable fragility into the fall semester.

#WordlessWednesday: Meet rising Violinist Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw

By Interview by Shelby Campbell on November 16, 2016.

As content creators and curators, the Melanin Voices team strives to give the Black University of Iowa community a platform to showcase their struggles, talents, accomplishments...you get it.

Book Review: Filling history with life in the book "Invisible Hawkeyes"

By Caleb Rainey on November 14, 2016.

Invisible Hawkeyes: African American at the University of Iowa During the Long Civil Rights Era Edited by Lena M.

A Lil' Theory Series: So Help Me God Pt. 1

By Aspyn Johnson on November 4, 2016.

Every month Melanin Voices will decode an inter-sectionally BLACK philosophy, theory or concept as part of the 'A Lil' Theory Series'.

A year of Black Art; Real Stories providing creative spaces for Black voices

By Cassandra Santiago on November 4, 2016.

A litte over a year ago, I linked up with Co-Founder and then Chief Editor of Black Art; Real Stories Shawn Boursiquot to chat about what I deemed a "wall-breaking literary platform." BARS had garnered buzz – some enthusiastic, others unnecessarily bothered – around the University of Iowa community.

Halloween: Minorities on the flip end of cultural appropriation

By Caleb Rainey on October 29, 2016.

Every October we’re bombarded with images of Native American headdresses, Mexican sombreros, Japanese kimonos, and African American afros being worn by people it was never meant for.

A Lil' Theory Series: Double Consciousness

By Aspyn Johnson on October 21, 2016.

Every month Melanin Voices will decode an inter-sectionally BLACK philosophy, theory or concept as part of the 'A Lil' Theory Series'.