The Daily Iowan - 09.07.18

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Catlett gets the gold in eco-friendly building Catlett Hall has been recognized as the latest university building to be LEED-certified in sustainable building.

sAtuRdAy, sEPtEMBER 8 iowA Vs. iowA stAtE kinnick stAdiuM

BY ANDY MITCHELL

andrew-mitchell@uiowa.edu

Resilience AftER MAny uPs And downs in his lifE, ihMiR sMith-MARsEttE fits PERfEctly with thE hAwkEyEs

Smith-Marsette’s journey to Hawkeye football

Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, Iowa wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette did not have an easy path to Iowa City. After growing up surrounded by drugs and crime, Smith-Marsette found football and worked his way to a Division-1 school with a history of sending players to the NFL, and he is fitting in just fine.

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Catlett Residence Hall is the latest University of Iowa building to be recognized as a leading structure in sustainable, eco-friendly construction. This summer, the residence hall, opened in 2017, earned the Leader-

ship in Energy and Environmental Design program’s Gold Certification. LEED certification is a third-party, nationally recognized benchmark developed by the U.S. Green Building Council that validates the sustainability and eco-friendliness of facilities. In a LEED Gold building, 25 per-

cent of the installed materials have a high recycled content and 33 percent of the materials are harvested, extracted, and manufactured within a 500-mile radius of the job site. The construction waste-management plan resulted in 76 percent of waste to be diverted from landfills. After the building’s construction, Catlett continues to save en-

ergy and thousands of dollars. Its appliances, such as laundry and dishwashing machines compounded with low-flow plumbing fixtures, result in annual water savings of 43 percent. Beckwith Boathouse was the UI’s first LEED building, certified SEE CATLETT, 2

UI researchers develop device to diagnose a cause of blindness University of Iowa researchers have developed IDxDR, a first of its kind device, which uses artificial intelligence to diagnose diabetic retinopathy, a major cause of blindness.

Rise Apartments open

The Rise apartment complex opened its doors to around 600 new tenants in August after fourand-a-half years of development. The complex offers such amenities as a pool, a club lounge, and arcade games.

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Iowa City sees boost in women-owned businesses

The Iowa City Downtown District’s initiative to bring more women-owned businesses to central Iowa City has created new partnerships. Four new businesses arrived in August, bringing the district’s total to more than 60.

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan UI Professor Michael Abramoff sits for a portrait in the UIHC Pomerantz Family Pavilion on Aug. 29. Abramoff founded the IDx company to create IDx-DR, a technology used to detect diabetic retinopathy.

BY AADIT TAMBE

aadit-tambe@uiowa.edu University of Iowa researchers have developed a device to diagnose a major cause of blindness. New technology developed by the researchers will use artificial intelligence to help diagnose diabetic retinopathy. The medical device, called IDxDR, is the only one of its kind that is

UI receives report of sexual-assault

UI officials have received a report of a sexual assault that occurred Wednesday afternoon, according to an email sent to UI students from the Department of Public Safety. The email said the incident occurred in an East Side residence hall, and the perpetrator was an acquaintance of the victim, the email said. Go to daily-iowan.com to read this story.

approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Diabetic retinopathy is a complication that can eventually cause blindness after damage to the retina. The American Optometric Association states that early detection and treatment can limit the potential for significant vision loss. Michael Abramoff, the UI Robert C. Watzke Professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, founded the Coralville-based company IDx. He

Kid Captain celebrates end of cancer treatment Iowa/Iowa State Kid Captain Harper Stribe, 6, will walk on the field with the Hawks on Saturday with her cancer treated.

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has worked on the project since 2010, and the project received FDA approval four years ago. “Usually with diabetes, complications are what is bad,” he said. “In this case, the retina gets damaged early on — people don’t know this — when it’s treatable. But when it goes on and on, they go blind.” IDxDR is an artificial-intelligence system that SEE DIABETES, 2

IOWA POLITICS

Civil-rights groups push against profiling A Des Moines traffic stop video has prompted civil-rights groups to call for a ban on racial profiling in Iowa. BY ELIANNA NOVITCH

elianna-novitch@uiowa.edu

er, now 6, had embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancerous tumor that targets skeletal muscles. A year later, Harper’s treatment is complete, and she is the Kid Captain for this Saturday’s game against Iowa State. Throughout 2017 and early this year, Harper underwent a 45-week protocol of

After the video of Montray Little and Jared Clinton’s traffic stop by two Des Moines police officers went viral, civil-rights groups drew attention to Iowa’s lack of legislation to address racial profiling in the state. On July 15, Des Moines police Officers Kyle Thies and Natalie Heinemann pulled over the two black men who have since filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the Police Department and the city of Des Moines alleging racial profiling. Iowa civil-rights organizations are pushing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Taylor state lawmakers to pass legislation that would ban racial profiling in response. According to the NAACP, Iowa is one of 20 states that does not have a law banning racial profiling. “[Racial profiling] does exist, and I think that’s what the Des Moines video shows, that it does exist, and it is not something that we can shy away from,” said Bet-

SEE CAPTAIN, 2

SEE PROFILING, 2

Iowa looks for fourthstraight Cy-Hawk win

Iowa State is a much improved team from 2016, when Iowa easily picked up a 42-3 victory, and the Cyclones proved it last year. Now better on both sides of the ball, the Cyclones pose a threat that could potentially seriously mar Iowa’s overall record.

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Kid Captain Harper Stribe smiles for a portrait during Iowa football Kids Day at Kinnick Stadium Aug. 11.

BY CHARLES PECKMAN

charles-peckman@uiowa.edu After she finished playing outside one day, Harper Stribe’s parents noticed swelling in her cheek. Once she visited a pediatrician and an ear, nose, and throat specialist, she was referred to the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Pediatric oncologists determined Harp-


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